2.26.  RHEA-2009:1308: xorg-x11-drv-qxl

xorg-x11-qxl-drv is a new package that is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as a technology preview.

xorg-x11-qxl-drv is an X11 video driver for the qemu QXL video accelerator. This driver makes it possible to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as a guest operating system under KVM and QEMU, using the SPICE protocol.

Technology preview features are included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux to provide the features with wide exposure with the goal of supporting these features in a future release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. technology preview features are not supported under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 subscription services and may not be functionally complete. Red Hat welcomes customer feedback and suggestions for technology previews. Advisories will be provided for high-severity security issues in technology preview features.

All users who plan to preview this forthcoming technology are advised to install this new package.