It has been a while since the last release, and 2.1.0 brings several exciting features. Below is the changelog from the latest to the oldest (though not strictly).
Highlights
- Revive QEMU logs, now we have
-DUNICORN_LOGGING=yesto enable all qemu logs. @BitMaskMixer - Faster (up to 40x) write performance by not always doing
store_helperand cleaning page locks. @tunz @boborjan2 - Brand new python bindings, with strongly typed and many improvements. @elicn
- Fix to a long-standing MinGW random segfault bug.
- We bring python2 compatibility back.
- We now fully support M1, both building and a pre-built wheel.
- We support snapshot memory now, with a very low overhead copy-on-write fashion. @PhilippTakacs
- An option to bypass MMU is also added, check our FAQ. @PhilippTakacs
- A brand new (and modern) java bindings. We are also working to publish it to maven. @nneonneo
- We have zig integrated. @kassane @atipls
- Now Unicorn no longer allocates 2GB memory for every instance. The memory will be only committed once used and the upper limit can be adjusted with
uc_ctl. - New DotNet binding, with published to both Github and Nuget. @TSRBerry
- The release will attach all binaries, thanks to @marameref
Fixes & Improvements
- RISCV improvements, but we still have a long way to go. @apparentlymart @ks0777
- cmake improvements @scribam @es3n1n
- Various python bindings fix and improvements @bet4it @rhelmot
- Docs. @gerph @BitMaskMixer
- Rust bindings. @lockbox @mlgiraud @deadash
- TCG backend fixes. @redoste @StalkR @dglynos
- PPC32 fixes. @dotCirill
- Haiku fixes. @kallisti5
- Improvements to avoid simulator detection. @mrexodia
New Contributors
- @ks0777 made their first contribution in #1736
- @LG3696 made their first contribution in #1764
- @PhilippTakacs made their first contribution in #1765
- @edsky made their first contribution in #1754
- @tunz made their first contribution in #1790
- @kassane made their first contribution in #1809
- @Xeonacid made their first contribution in #1807
- @nneonneo made their first contribution in #1830
- @lockbox made their first contribution in #1847
- @mlgiraud made their first contribution in #1849
- @basavesh made their first contribution in #1861
- @hamarituc made their first contribution in #1886
- @StalkR made their first contribution in #1907
- @dotCirill made their first contribution in #1910
- @marameref made their first contribution in #1897
- @redoste made their first contribution in #1922
- @xclusivor made their first contribution in #1929
- @elicn made their first contribution in #1629
- @nganhkhoa made their first contribution in #1942
- @es3n1n made their first contribution in #1960
- @BitMaskMixer made their first contribution in #1977
- @apparentlymart made their first contribution in #1995
- @atipls made their first contribution in #1985
- @omer54463 made their first contribution in #2005
Full Changelog: 2.0.1...2.1.0
Again, thanks for all contributors and sorry if I missed your name here (please tell me @wtdcode !). 2.1.1 is also coming because we expect some minor break changes to fix.