@@ -367,6 +367,14 @@ guarantees must resolve the CPU model aliases using te
``alias-of'' field returned by the ``query-cpu-definitions'' QMP
command.
+While those guarantees are kept, the return value of
+``query-cpu-definitions'' will have existing CPU model aliases
+point to a version that doesn't break runnability guarantees
+(specifically, version 1 of those CPU models). In future QEMU
+versions, aliases will point to newer CPU model versions
+depending on the machine type, so management software must
+resolve CPU model aliases before starting a virtual machine.
+
@node Recently removed features
@appendix Recently removed features
@@ -3981,7 +3981,13 @@ static PropValue tcg_default_props[] = {
};
-X86CPUVersion default_cpu_version = CPU_VERSION_LATEST;
+/*
+ * We resolve CPU model aliases using -v1 when using "-machine
+ * none", but this is just for compatibility while libvirt isn't
+ * adapted to resolve CPU model versions before creating VMs.
+ * See "Runnability guarantee of CPU models" at * qemu-deprecated.texi.
+ */
+X86CPUVersion default_cpu_version = 1;
void x86_cpu_set_default_version(X86CPUVersion version)
{