On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 11:21:11 +0200, Jiri Denemark via Devel wrote:
From: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com> --- NEWS.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 07f539f996..53c2c205a3 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ v12.5.0 (2026-07-01) specifying additional arguments to it, via ``argv`` attribute.
+ * Introduce VIR_CONNECT_GET_DOMAIN_CAPABILITIES_SUPPORTED_CPU_FEATURES flag
Mark the flag as code via '``'
+ + Some CPU features may be enabled explicitly, but should not automatically + become part of a host-model CPU and thus are not normally visible in domain + capabilities. Users can now request such features to be shown in the + host-model CPU in domain capabilities using the new flag. It is exposed as + ``--supported-cpu-features`` option for ``virsh domcapabilities``. + * **Bug fixes**
* Ensure proper shutdown ordering of ``virtlogd`` and ``virtlockd`` @@ -78,6 +86,18 @@ v12.5.0 (2026-07-01) not properly initializing an agent to crashing when the agent socket cannot be opened.
+ * Fix domain capabilities on AMD CPUs + + QEMU 10.1 and newer does not automatically enable features from + arch-capabilities MSR on AMD CPUs as they are specific for Intel CPUs and + KVM is just emulating them on AMD. But advertising them on AMD CPUs can + cause Windows guest OS to crash so they are hidden by default now. But the + features are still supported and can be enabled explicitly, for example, + when migrating existing domains. Libvirt now detects this scenario and + properly shows the affected features as enabled in domain capabilities when + requested by VIR_CONNECT_GET_DOMAIN_CAPABILITIES_SUPPORTED_CPU_FEATURES
Mark the flag as code
+ flag. +
v12.4.0 (2026-06-01) ==================== -- 2.54.0
Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>