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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2021-03-14 23:39:52 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2021-03-15 18:03:16 -0400
commit1ea2c82355d81d95c39c9a6b29c43f85e48baa19 (patch)
tree9efe35f8cf646b0febcf3c136a8ecf3be5a2aa1b
parentd15fdb66f33b5abf5f719bc87c27c94c206fc542 (diff)
downloadguix-1ea2c82355d81d95c39c9a6b29c43f85e48baa19.tar.gz
news: Add news entry about changes to the QEMU binfmt service.
* etc/news.scm: Add entry.
-rw-r--r--etc/news.scm13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm
index 3773e49d8d..e2e7897e8a 100644
--- a/etc/news.scm
+++ b/etc/news.scm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ;; Copyright © 2020 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
-;; Copyright © 2020 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
+;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
 ;; Copyright © 2021 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;; Copyright © 2021 Zhu Zihao <all_but_last@163.com>
 ;;
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@
 (channel-news
  (version 0)
 
+ (entry (commit "77c2f4e2068ebec3f384c826c5a99785125ff72c")
+        (title
+         (en "@code{qemu-binfmt-service-type} is usable for any container"))
+        (body
+         (en "The service now makes use of the statically built QEMU binaries
+along with the fix binary (F) @code{binfmt_misc} flag, which allows the kernel
+to fully pre-load it in memory.  QEMU can thus now be used with any container
+without extra configuration.  The @code{guix-support?} field of the
+@code{qemu-binfmt-configuration} record is removed, as it is no longer
+necessary.")))
+
  (entry (commit "02e2e093e858e8a0ca7bd66c1f1f6fd0a1705edb")
         (title
          (en "New @command{guix import go} command")