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v2.5.0 (unreleased)
+ - New features
+
+ - shmem: Add support for additional models
+ The shmem device can now utilize QEMU's ivshmem-plain and
+ ivshmem-doorbell, more modern versions of ivshmem
+
+ - vbox: Add VirtualBox 5.1 support
+
+
+
- Improvements
+ - vhostuser: Allow hotplug of multiqueue devices
+
- NEWS: Switch to an improved format
List user-visible changes instead of single commits for a better
high-level overview of differences between libvirt releases
+ - Bug fixes
+
+ - vz: Fix migration in P2P mode
+
+
+
Releases earlier than v2.5.0 detailed their changes using a different