Release of libvirt-11.5.0
The 11.5.0 release of both libvirt and libvirt-python is tagged and
signed tarballs are available at
https://download.libvirt.org/
https://download.libvirt.org/python/
Thanks everybody who helped with this release by sending patches,
reviewing, testing, or providing feedback. Your work is greatly
appreciated.
* Removed features
* qemu: Don't accept VIR_DUMP_LIVE flag in virDomainCoreDumpWithFormat()
Unfortunately, QEMU always pauses vCPUs when doing a core dump. Therefore,
there is no way for Libvirt to honor VIR_DUMP_LIVE flag semantics. Instead
of silently pretending the flag works, an appropriate error is now
reported.
* New features
* vmx: Add support for reporting NVMe disks in the domain XML
* qemu: Add support for NVMe disks
NVMe disks can now be emulated by using an ``nvme`` bus, but require a
serial due to the hypervisor::
<target dev='nvme0n1' bus='nvme'/>
<serial>qwertyuiop</serial>
Multiple disks can be represented as different namespaces on the same
controller, but they cannot have a different serial number due to the fact
that it is the controller which ultimately has the serial number attached to
it, but for ease of use it is automatically copied from the disk serial.
* esx: Add support for specifying alternative CA bundle for remote peer verification
Users can now use ``cacert`` parameter in the URI to specify a file path
with CA certificate(s) that will be used for remote peer certificate
validation.
* qemu: add support for AMD IOMMU device
The ``amd`` model for the ``<iommu>`` device is now supported.
New attributes ``passtrhough`` and ``xtsup`` are also supported for this
model.
* Improvements
* Include supported console types in domain capabilities
Domain capabilities now include information about supported console types, such as::
<console supported='yes'>
<enum name='type'>
<value>pty</value>
<value>tcp</value>
</enum>
</console>
* virsh: Add waiting for domain state via ``virsh await``
The new helper command ``virsh await`` simplifies waiting on domain state
which is normally announced via events. Currently two waiting conditions are
implemented: ``domain-inactive``, and ``guest-agent-available``.
* Bug fixes
* qemu: Be more forgiving when acquiring QUERY job when formatting domain XML
Since ``libvirt-11.0.0`` the ``virDomainGetXMLDesc()`` API used to format
domain XML acquires QUERY job. But this caused a regression when the API
might timeout for incoming migration. This is now fixed.
* qemu: Fix shared filesystem detection on nonexistent paths
Since ``libvirt-11.1.0`` nonexistent paths within directories marked as
shared filesystem (via the ``shared_filesystems`` option in ``qemu.conf``
would not be properly detected as being on a shared filesystem.
* qemu: Properly emulate USB cdrom device
CD-ROM devices on USB bus are now properly emulated as such which was not
the case since libvirt switched to the modern qemu commandline sytnax for
storage backends.
Enjoy.
Jirka