Virtual Environment 0.4.2 (public beta) release notes.
                                       
(C) SWSoft Pte Ltd., 2000

   14 August 2000
   
1. Introduction

   This is the latest public beta release of Linux Virtual Environment
   System. It is made for Linux kernel version 2.4.0-test6, but may been
   used for more recent kernels with a little tweak and a bit of luck.
   
   We recommend you to periodically check our FTP site for newer
   versions.
   
   More information about the system is in the Virtual Environment HOWTO
   
2. Feature Highlights

   Current release should properly implement namespace separation for all
   userspace-visible objects, including restrictions for VE superuser
   access to global namespace and changes of global parameters.
   
3. Changes

3.1 Release 0.4.2

     * Updated to mainstream kernel 2.4.0-test6.
     * SOCK_PACKET traffic has been isolated within VE (tcpdump now works
       inside VE as expected).
     * Added support for UNIX98 pty.
     * Fixed bug with fragmented IP traffic.
     * Fixed bug with truncated /proc/user_beancounters output.
     * Compile fixes with CONFIG_NETFILTER, CONFIG_KHTTPD turned on.
     * Various source code cleanups.
       
3.2 Release 0.4.0

     * First public beta release
       
4. Known Bugs

     * Virtual environment superuser doesn't have CAP_NETADMIN capability
       (and, thus, is unable to change the visible part of network
       configuration). This restriction will be solved in future
       releases.
     * VM system performance is crappy under high load, and nasty things
       like OOPS, deadlocks and killing random processes may happen.
       This, however, is not a VE specific bug, but a problem of current
       2.4.0-test* kernels.
     * Unmodified init scripts used for VE startup and shutdown may cause
       troubles. For example, /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt loops endlessly
       trying to unmount all filesystems. This is the problem of the
       scripts itself, rather then Virtual Environment. Please modify
       scripts accordingly to your needs, i.e. move execution of halt or
       reboot command to the top of /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt
     * Kernel fails to compile with user resources (CONFIG_USER_RESOURCE)
       turned off.
     * Documentation is partially fragile and incomplete.
       
5. Future Development Plans

     * Special filesystem for doing chrooted trees (VEFS). It will
       support union mount of the read-only template tree and the private
       read-write tree.
     * Hierarchical fair CPU scheduler (using
       http://fairsched.sourceforge.net/).
     * Hierarchical routing tables (private routing table per VE).
     * Hierarchical netfilter rules (private rules per VE).
     * Per VE disk quotas.
     * Network bandwidth management.
     * Resource utilizations accounting.
     * Web interface for management VEs.
     * Clustered high-availability and load-balancing solution.
       
6. Download

   This release of Virtual Environments for Linux, as well as other
   releases are available for free download at:
   
     * ftp://ftp.asplinux.com.sg/pub/aspcomplete/ (Singapore)
     * ftp://ftp.asp-linux.com/pub/aspcomplete/ (USA)
     * ftp://ftp.asplinux.ru/pub/aspcomplete/ (Russia)
     * ftp://ftp.asp-linux.co.kr/pub/aspcomplete/ (Korea)