Using check='none' when starting a domain with a CPU model marked as usable is no longer needed as libvirt will do the right thing even with check='partial'. Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/formatdomaincaps.rst | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomaincaps.rst b/docs/formatdomaincaps.rst index ef752a0f3a..1999112944 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomaincaps.rst +++ b/docs/formatdomaincaps.rst @@ -237,10 +237,12 @@ more details about it: using the CPU model and no additional feature elements. Models marked as usable (``usable='yes'``) can be safely used in domain XMLs with ``check='none'`` as the hypervisor guarantees the model can be used on the - current host and additional checks done by libvirt are redundant. In fact, - disabling libvirt checks via ``check='none'`` for such models is recommended - to avoid needless issues with starting domains when libvirt's definition of - a particular model differs from hypervisor's definition. The + current host and additional checks done by libvirt are redundant. + :since:`Since 10.2.0` libvirt automatically detects this situation and + avoids the redundant checks, with older releases disabling libvirt checks + via ``check='none'`` for such models is recommended to avoid needless + issues with starting domains when libvirt's definition of a particular model + differs from hypervisor's definition. The ``deprecated`` attribute reflects the hypervisor's policy on usage of this model :since:`(since 7.1.0)`. The ``vendor`` attribute :since:`(since 8.9.0)` contains the vendor of the CPU model for users who want to use CPU models -- 2.44.0