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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>
* 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>
* 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

Fixed in rc1

Fixed in rc2

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

Targeted Features

See the ChangeLog/6.0 for full details.