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From: Jonas Theisen <j.theisen@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH docs] qm: document potential host cpu type drawback
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:21:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3a03cfcb-8bd1-49f9-a066-ec698edcd71a@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260715130131.397579-1-m.sandoval@proxmox.com>

On 7/15/26 15:01, Maximiliano Sandoval wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
> ---
>
> Notes:
>      This happened for example on Kernel 7.0.0 where the vmx-mbec is now enabled.
>
>   qm.adoc | 4 ++++
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
> index 96ba68b..bca5792 100644
> --- a/qm.adoc
> +++ b/qm.adoc
> @@ -482,6 +482,10 @@ cluster, choose the lowest compatible virtual QEMU CPU type.
>   
>   NOTE: Live migrations between Intel and AMD host CPUs have no guarantee to work.
>   
> +WARNING: The 'host' CPU type can potentially enable new CPU features for the
> +guest when the guest is restarted after a system upgrade. This can result in
> +unexpected consequences.
> +
>   See also
>   xref:chapter_qm_vcpu_list[List of AMD and Intel CPU Types as Defined in QEMU].
>   
Gentle ping.
I personally would like to see this mentioned in the docs, since this
is and will stay a potential problem / hazard to be aware of with
this CPU type.

So consider this:
Reviewed-by: Jonas Theisen <j.theisen@proxmox.com>




      reply	other threads:[~2026-11-10 14:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-15 13:01 [PATCH docs] qm: document potential host cpu type drawback Maximiliano Sandoval
2026-11-10 14:21 ` Jonas Theisen [this message]

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