NEWS: document bhyve changes for 12.5.0

Signed-off-by: Roman Bogorodskiy <bogorodskiy@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
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--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,27 @@ v12.5.0 (unreleased)
 
 * **New features**
 
+  * bhyve: Extend the guest agent support
+
+    The bhyve driver now supports several APIs on top of the guest agent:
+
+     * Getting and setting guest OS SSH keys
+     * Setting guest OS user's password
+     * Getting and setting guest OS time
+
+    Additionally, domain rebooting and shutting down using the agent
+    is now supported.
+
+  * bhyve: Support ``on_reboot`` and ``on_poweroff`` actions
+
+    The bhyve driver now respects the domain's
+    ``on_reboot`` and ``on_poweroff`` actions.
+
+  * bhyve: Support populating SMBIOS fields
+
+    Add support for populating the SMBIOS fields as defined
+    by the ``<sysinfo type='smbios'>`` section of the domain's XML.
+
 * **Improvements**
 
 * **Bug fixes**
@@ -37,6 +58,12 @@ v12.5.0 (unreleased)
     device. This version thus records the picked device both for running VMs
     on upgrade and for new devices to prevent this problem in the future.
 
+  * bhyve: Guest agent related fixes
+
+    A few bugs related to the guest agent communication are fixed, from
+    not properly initializing an agent to crashing when the agent
+    socket cannot be opened.
+
 
 v12.4.0 (2026-06-01)
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