IDE: new ATA implementation with improved performance, reliability and better standards compliance

IDE: added experimental support for ATAPI passthrough (to use CD/DVD burners inside VMs)

VMM: fixed user mode IOPL handling (hwclock failure)

VMM: fixed crashes upon termination in Linux X servers

VMM: fixed problems with Knoppix 5.0 (and other Linux kernels 2.6.15+)

VMM: improved handling of self modifying code (aka Linux 2.6.15+ errors)

VMM: introduce release logging for better serviceability

VMM: significant performance improvements, especially for Linux 2.6 guests

VRDP: several issues have been fixed

VRDP: fixed enhanced rdesktop to build correctly under Linux 2.6.15+

Additions: added support for SUSE 10.1 and Fedora Core 5

NAT: improved performance and stability

NAT: handle host IP configuration changes at runtime

VBoxManage: made VRDP authentication configurable

VDI: added workaround against possible Windows host deadlocks caused by a synchronization flaw in Windows

ACPI: improved host power status reporting