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* Running something like <code>qemu-system-x86_64 -device isa-fdc,help</code> shows <code>default: (null)</code> instead of the proper default values in the output (fix is here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-03/msg08402.html) | * Running something like <code>qemu-system-x86_64 -device isa-fdc,help</code> shows <code>default: (null)</code> instead of the proper default values in the output (fix is here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-03/msg08402.html) | ||
=== Fixed in rc3 === | |||
* QEMU aborts with: <code>qemu-system-ppc64 -device power8_v2.0-spapr-cpu-core,help</code> | |||
* QEMU aborts with: <code>qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -device macio-oldworld</code> | |||
* QEMU aborts with: <code>qemu-system-mips64el -M pica61 -device isa-vga</code> | |||
=== Not fixed yet === | === Not fixed yet === | ||
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* Windows won't boot on default x86_64 machine type for 6.0 (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-03/msg05322.html) | * Windows won't boot on default x86_64 machine type for 6.0 (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-03/msg05322.html) | ||
* QEMU crashes with: <code>qemu-system-i386 -M x-remote -device piix3-ide-xen</code> | * QEMU crashes with: <code>qemu-system-i386 -M x-remote -device piix3-ide-xen</code> | ||
* Invalid handling of emulated nvme private namespaces (fix is here: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20210405175452.37578-8-its@irrelevant.dk/) | * Invalid handling of emulated nvme private namespaces (fix is here: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20210405175452.37578-8-its@irrelevant.dk/) | ||
* ESP security fixes (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-04/msg01000.html) | * ESP security fixes (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-04/msg01000.html) | ||
Revision as of 10:34, 12 April 2021
Release Schedule
| 2020-12-09 | Beginning of development phase |
| 2021-03-16 | Soft feature freeze. Only bug fixes after this point. All feature changes must be already in a sub maintainer tree and all pull requests from submaintainers must have been sent to the list by this date. |
| 2021-03-23 | Hard feature freeze. Tag rc0 |
| 2021-03-30 | Tag rc1 |
| 2021-04-06 | Tag rc2 |
| 2021-04-13 | Tag rc3 |
| 2021-04-20 | Release; or tag rc4 if needed |
| 2021-04-27 | Release if we needed an rc4 |
Known issues
Please list all patch series or bugs which need to be fixed for the release here. That way I can be sure I don't miss any when I'm rolling release candidates.
Fixed in rc0
- Semihosting SYS_HEAPINFO (currently in for-6.0/fixes-for-rc1 (original series))
Fixed in rc1
- util: fix use-after-free in module_load_one
- dbus-vmstate: Increase the size of input stream buffer used during load
- yank: Add chardev tests and fixes
Fixed in rc2
- Running something like
qemu-system-x86_64 -device isa-fdc,helpshowsdefault: (null)instead of the proper default values in the output (fix is here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-03/msg08402.html)
Fixed in rc3
- QEMU aborts with:
qemu-system-ppc64 -device power8_v2.0-spapr-cpu-core,help - QEMU aborts with:
qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -device macio-oldworld - QEMU aborts with:
qemu-system-mips64el -M pica61 -device isa-vga
Not fixed yet
- Windows won't boot on default x86_64 machine type for 6.0 (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-03/msg05322.html)
- QEMU crashes with:
qemu-system-i386 -M x-remote -device piix3-ide-xen - Invalid handling of emulated nvme private namespaces (fix is here: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20210405175452.37578-8-its@irrelevant.dk/)
- ESP security fixes (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-04/msg01000.html)
- ESP acceptance test/migration fix (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-04/msg00860.html)
Targeted Features
See the ChangeLog/6.0 for full details.