Bochs 2.6.7 released

Volker Ruppert <[email protected]> Sun, 02 Nov 2014 12:29:01 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.bochs.announce
Message-ID <5456157D.5030603__19659.1706168421$1414927988$gmane$org@t-online.de>
Hi all!

The intermediate (bugfix+) release Bochs 2.6.7 has been released on
November 2nd, 2014. Most of the files are now available for download
(new: win64 binaries), the online documentation is up-to-date and the
website update is in progress.

Brief summary of changes:

- CPU: implemented AVX-512BW/AVX-512DQ/AVX-512VL extensions emulation.
- CPU: implemented AVX512-IFMA532 instructions emulation.
- CPU: implemented AVX512-VBMI instructions emulation.
- Bugfixes for CPU emulation correctness
- The VGA update timer and the status LED timer now always use the
   realtime mode independent from the 'clock' option setting.
- Added native SDL2 GUI support to Bochs. To enable configure with
   --with-sdl2.
- Write enhanced gui debugger settings to file on exit and restore on
   initialization.
- USB xHCI model now emulates a NEC/Renesas uPD720202 device
- ROM BIOS: fixed int74_function() for 4-byte (wheel mouse) packets.
- LGPL'd VGABIOS updated from CVS (fixed building VBE modes list)
- Visual Studio workspace files updated to VS2013Ex format.

--
Volker Ruppert

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