| guide | VirtualBox 6.1.34 open source and cross-platform virtualization software has been released, this version has preliminary support for Linux kernel 5.17, and various other improvements and bug fixes, which means that it is now possible to run GNU powered by Linux kernel 5.17 in a virtual machine /Linux distribution. |
VirtualBox 6.1.34 introduces preliminary support for the latest Linux 5.17 kernel series for Linux guests and hosts, which means that it is now possible to run GNU/Linux distributions powered by Linux kernel 5.17 in virtual machines.
Second, this release introduces initial support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 kernel in Linux Guest Additions, improves support for the Linux 5.14 kernel series, and fixes possible Linux guest screen resizing issues.
other updates
- Fixed instruction emulation for "cmpxchg16b",
- Improved handling of short packets in the EHCI interface,
- Fixed potential pending cache being disabled that could occur during host I/O disk I/O
- Improved descriptor handling for E1000
- Improved virtio-scsi driver
- Fixed NVMe loading status when drive has nothing connected
This release also improves the VBoxManage component to better handle command line arguments with incomplete quotes . Solaris, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows guests/hosts have also seen various improvements, see the official announcement for the full updates.
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