Re: [PATCH for 6.6.0] NEWS: Document changes for upcoming release

In contrast with other releases, this time NEWS is pretty much updated. I've identified only a couple of features/bug fixes worth mentioning that were not mentioned yet. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com&gt; --- NEWS.rst | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 1314f3e698..d97ca501dc 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ v6.6.0 (unreleased) MAC addresses that would generate a new one if they were in its OUI (00:0c:29). + * conf: add control over COW for storage pool directories + + The storage pool code now attempts to disable COW by default on btrfs, but + management applications may wish to override this behaviour. This is now + possible via new ``cow`` element. + * **Improvements** * esx: Change the NIC limit for recent virtualHW versions @@ -41,6 +47,14 @@ v6.6.0 (unreleased) The event can now be used also for block copy destinations by using the index of the ``<mirror>`` image. + * qemu: consider available CPUs in ``vcpupin/emulatorpin`` output + + This patch changes the default bitmap of ``vcpupin`` and ``emulatorpin``, + in the case of domains with static vcpu placement, all available CPUs + instead of all possible CPUs are returned making these APIs consistent with + the behavior of ``vcpuinfo``. + + * **Bug fixes** * virdevmapper: Don't use libdevmapper to obtain dependencies @@ -61,6 +75,24 @@ v6.6.0 (unreleased) Starting from libvirt-6.5 an active layer block commit or a block copy could fail if the same destination was used more than once. + * qemu: Don't change ownership of restore file + + When restoring a domain from a file, Libvirt no longer changes its ownership. + + * qemu: Set SPAPR TPM default to 2.0 and prevent 1.2 choice + + The firmware (SLOF) on QEMU for ppc64 does not support TPM 1.2, so prevent + the choice of TPM 1.2 when the SPAPR device model is chosen and use a + default of '2.0' (TPM 2) for the backend. + + * qemu: Do not set ``//cpu/@migratable`` for running domains + + Libvirt release of 6.4.0 started to fill the default value for + ``//cpu/@migratable`` attribute according to QEMU support. However, active + domains either have the migratable attribute already set or they were + started with older Libvirt which doesn't support the attribute. + + v6.5.0 (2020-07-03) =================== -- 2.26.2