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=yes` to enable all qemu logs. BitMaskMixer
- Faster (up to 40x) write performance by not always doing `store_helper` and 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 https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1736
* LG3696 made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1764
* PhilippTakacs made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1765
* edsky made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1754
* tunz made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1790
* kassane made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1809
* Xeonacid made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1807
* nneonneo made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1830
* lockbox made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1847
* mlgiraud made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1849
* basavesh made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1861
* hamarituc made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1886
* StalkR made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1907
* dotCirill made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1910
* marameref made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1897
* redoste made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1922
* xclusivor made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1929
* elicn made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1629
* nganhkhoa made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1942
* es3n1n made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1960
* BitMaskMixer made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1977
* apparentlymart made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1995
* atipls made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/1985
* omer54463 made their first contribution in https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/pull/2005
Full Changelog: https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/compare/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.
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