The patches forcefully set the 'IgnoreFlush' option to false and change
a sanity check in the VMDK backend. This enables passing the guest's
flush request down to the Block VFS plugin.
Issue #3743.
- use priorities solely with nova
- handle exceptions during vCPU creation
- avoid assertion in vga_vbda
- silence compiler warnings about outdated register keyword
Issue #3111
- use more upstream hm code
- add call to memory check as done in vbox4
- add in principle all vbox devices and drivers
- avoid null pointer during VM startup (patch reported to vbox-devel list)
- avoid endless loop in usb root hub
Issue #2338
The main feature for this version upgrade is the use of the instruction
emulator (IEM) to speed up execution and less often the slow recompiler.
issue #2059
Josef Söntgen
Johannes Schlatow
Alexander Boettcher
Stefan Kalkowski
Christian Prochaska