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Bochs version 2.7 available (Announce)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 11.10.2021, 20:45
(edited by rr on 19.10.2021, 21:13)

The Bochs Project released version 2.7 on 01 August 2021.

Summary of changes since version 2.6.11:
- Bugfixes for CPU emulation correctness (CPUID/VMX/SVM fixes to support
  Windows Hyper-V as guest in Bochs)
- Improvements for the plugin handling to simplify Bochs extensions
- Added "multiple NICs" support to the NE2000 and E1000 devices
- Added experimental FTP service for networking modules 'vnet' and 'socket'
- Fixes and improvements for all supported Voodoo graphics adapters
- Added USB keyboard emulation with most of the keys supported
- GUI "cmdmode": create a headerbar event with key combo starting with F7
- LGPL'd VGABIOS updated to version 0.8a (new VGABIOS for Voodoo Banshee)

Most important change for me: No more official 32-bit binaries! -- See replies for my progress on rolling my own Windows XP x86 binaries. See https://www.bttr-software.de/download/bochs/ for my binaries.

Also note: You need to change, e.g., "pci: enabled=1, chipset=i440fx, slot1=pcivga, slot2=ne2k" to "pci: enabled=1, chipset=i440fx, slot1=pcivga, slot2=ne2k0" in your Bochs configuration files, because of the "multiple NICs" support added.

Home page: http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
Official announcement: Bochs 2.7 released
Detailed Changelog: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/bochs/code/tags/REL_2_7_FINAL/bochs/CHANGES
Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/

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Complete thread:

• Bochs version 2.7 available - rr, 11.10.2021, 20:45 (Announce)
  • Bochs version 2.7 available - RayeR, 12.10.2021, 18:48
    • Bochs version 2.7 available - rr, 12.10.2021, 20:42
      • Bochs version 2.7 available - rr, 14.10.2021, 23:32
        • Bochs version 2.7 available - rr, 15.10.2021, 21:29
          • Bochs version 2.7 available - rr, 19.10.2021, 21:10
            • Bochs version 2.7 available - RayeR, 22.10.2021, 04:11
              • Bochs version 2.7 available - rr, 23.10.2021, 00:49