A Virtual Machine Monitor for modern Cloud workloads. Features include CPU, memory and device hotplug, support for running Windows and Linux guests, device offload with vhost-user and a minimal compact footprint. Written in Rust with a strong focus on security.
This feature enables passing configuration data and files, such as VM
boot configurations (kernel, kernel cmdline, e820 memory map, and ACPI
tables), from the host to the guest. (#7117)
Experimental ivshmem Device Support
Support for inter-VM shared memory has been added. For more information,
please refer to the ivshmem documentation. (#6703)
Firmware Boot Support on riscv64
In addition to direct kernel boot, firmware boot support has been added
on riscv64 hosts. (#7249)
Increased vCPU Limit on x86_64/kvm
The maximum number of supported vCPUs on x86_64 hosts using KVM has been
raised from 254 to 8192. (#7299)
Improved Block Performance with Small Block Sizes
Performance for virtio-blk with small block sizes (16KB and below)
is enhanced via submitting async IO requests in batches. (#7146)
Faster VM Pause Operation
The VM pause operation now is significantly faster particularly for VMs
with a large number of vCPUs. (#7290)
Updated Documentation on Windows Guest Support
Our Windows documentation now includes instructions to run Windows 11
guests, in addition to Windows Server guests. (#7218)
Policy on AI Generated Code
We will decline any contributions known to contain contents generated or
derived from using Large Language Models (LLMs). Details can be found
in our contributing documentation. (#7162)
Removed SGX Support
The SGX support has been removed, as announced in the deprecation notice two
release cycles ago. (#7093)
Notable Bug Fixes
Seccomp filter fixes with glibc v2.42 (#7327)
Various fixes related to (#7331, #7334, #7335)
Contributors
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to our release: