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| 2 | + Copyright 2026, UNSW |
| 3 | + SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
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| 5 | + |
| 6 | +# Revision history for libvmm |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +## Release 0.1.0 (26/Mar/2025) |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +This is the first proper release of libvmm, see the README and |
| 11 | +manual for getting started and what the library offers. The library |
| 12 | +has existed and been used internally by Trustworthy Systems for a |
| 13 | +while now but is starting to get used by others so it is time to |
| 14 | +start tagging and releasing versions. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +For subsequent releases, release notes will be published as well. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +## Release 0.2.0 (19/Aug/2026) |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +This release introduces support for x86-64 VMs, along with many |
| 21 | +fixes to ARM virtualisation and the virtIO emulation layer. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +### Features |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +#### ARM |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +- Support booting a default configured Linux kernel with an initrd image. |
| 28 | +- Support guests with multiple cores (VCPUs) via PSCI. |
| 29 | +- Hardware-accelerated GIC virtualisation. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +#### x86 |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +- ACPI implementation. |
| 34 | +- Support booting a default configured Linux kernel with an initrd image. |
| 35 | +- Support booting any EFI guest from block storage or PXE via TianoCore OVMF firmware. |
| 36 | +- Only support guests with a single VCPU. |
| 37 | +- Software virtualised APIC in xAPIC mode and single I/O APIC. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +#### Guest-facilities |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +- VirtIO MMIO and PCI transports. |
| 42 | +- Networking via virtIO Network, either through a NIC or Virtual Switch. |
| 43 | +- Storage via virtIO Block. |
| 44 | +- Console via serial passthrough, virtIO Console or SSH. |
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