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Sun atnaujino VirtualBox į 2.1

Neseniai Sun kompanija atnaujino virtualizacijai skirtą nemokamą produktą VirtualBox. Šioje versijoje pakeitimų nedaug. Vieni svarbesnių pakeitimų yra ilgai lauktas ICMP echo palaikymas, 64-bit’ų palaikymas 32-bit’ų platformose, techninės įrangos virtualizacijos palaikymas MacOS X sistemose ir kt.

Naujos svarbiausios funkcijos

• Techninės įrangos virtualizacijos (VT-x ir AMD-V) palaikymas MacOS X sistemose.
• 64-bit’ų plaformų palaikymas 32-bitų sistemose (tačiau tai vis dar eksperimentinė funkcija).
• Įtraukta Intel Nehalem virtualizacijos pagerinimai (EPT ir VPID).
• Eksperimentinė 3D akseleracija per OpenGL.
• Eksperimentiniai LsiLogic ir BusLogic SCSI kontroleriai.
• Pilnas VMDK/VHD palaikymas.
• Naujas NAT varikliukas su žymiai geresne sparta ir kitomis svarbiomis funkcijomis (pvz., ICMP echo (ping) palaikymu).
• Naujas „Host Interface Networking“ Windows ir Linux sistemoms su lengvesniu nustatymu.

Kiti pakeitimai

• VMM: significant performance improvements for VT-x (real mode execution)
• VMM: support for hardware breakpoints (VT-x and AMD-V only; bug #477)
• VMM: VGA performance improvements for VT-x and AMD-V
• VMM: Solaris and OpenSolaris guest performance improvements for AMD-V (Barcelona family CPUs only)
• VMM: fixed guru meditation while running the Dr. Web virus scanner (software virtualization only; bug #1439)
• VMM: deactivate VT-x and AMD-V when the host machine goes into suspend mode; reactivate when the host machine resumes (Windows, Mac OS X & Linux hosts; bug #1660)
• VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved states/snapshots
• VMM: fixed guru meditation when executing a one byte debug instruction (VT-x only; bug #2617)
• VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (VT-x)
• VMM: disallow mixing of software and hardware virtualization execution in general (bug #2404)
• VMM: fixed black screen when booting OS/2 1.x (AMD-V only)
• GUI: pause running VMs when the host machine goes into suspend mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)
• GUI: resume previously paused VMs when the host machine resumes after suspend (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)
• GUI: save the state of running or paused VMs when the host machine’s battery reaches critical level (Windows hosts)
• GUI: properly restore the position of the selector window when running on the compiz window manager
• GUI: properly restore the VM in seamless mode (2.0 regression)
• GUI: warn user about non optimal memory settings
• GUI: structure operating system list according to family and version for improved usability
• GUI: predefined settings for QNX guests
• IDE: improved ATAPI passthrough support
• Networking: added support for up to 8 Ethernet adapters per VM
• Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after a reboot
• iSCSI: allow snapshot/diff creation using local VDI file
• iSCSI: improved interoperability with iSCSI targets
• Graphics: fixed handling of a guest video memory which is not a power of two (bug #2724)
• VBoxManage: fixed bug which prevented setting up the serial port for direct device access.
• VBoxManage: added support for VMDK and VHD image creation
• VBoxManage: added support for image conversion (VDI/VMDK/VHD/RAW)
• Solaris hosts: added IPv6 support between host and guest when using host interface networking
• Mac OS X hosts: added ACPI host power status reporting
• API: redesigned storage model with better generalization
• API: allow attaching a hard disk to more than one VM at a time
• API: added methods to return network configuration information of the host system
• Shared Folders: performance and stability fixes for Windows guests (Microsoft Office Applications)

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