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Bug 767364 - RFE [libvirt] add support for AMD Bulldozer cpu
RFE [libvirt] add support for AMD Bulldozer cpu
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libvirt (Show other bugs)
6.3
Unspecified Unspecified
high Severity medium
: rc
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Assigned To: Martin Kletzander
Virtualization Bugs
: FutureFeature
Depends On: 767302
Blocks: 767307 773650 773651 773677 773696
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Reported: 2011-12-13 16:36 EST by Andrew Cathrow
Modified: 2014-09-07 18:54 EDT (History)
6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: libvirt-0.9.10-6.el6
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3, libvirt has been updated to add support family 15h microarchitecture AMD processors. With this update, libvirt now leverages new features these processors include.
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Last Closed: 2012-06-20 02:38:57 EDT
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0748 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2012-06-19 15:31:38 EDT

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Description Andrew Cathrow 2011-12-13 16:36:49 EST

    
Comment 6 min zhan 2012-03-20 03:21:07 EDT
Verified with the following pkgs:

libvirt-0.9.10-6.el6
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.248.el6
# uname -r
2.6.32-251.el6.x86_64


Steps:
1. Check definition for this cpu model:

# cat /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map.xml
...
  <model name='Opteron_G4'>
      <vendor name='AMD'/>
      <feature name='fpu'/>
      <feature name='de'/>
      <feature name='pse'/>
      <feature name='tsc'/>
      <feature name='msr'/>
      <feature name='pae'/>
      <feature name='mce'/>
      <feature name='cx8'/>
      <feature name='apic'/>
      <feature name='sep'/>
      <feature name='mtrr'/>
      <feature name='pge'/>
      <feature name='mca'/>
      <feature name='cmov'/>
      <feature name='pat'/>
      <feature name='pse36'/>
      <feature name='clflush'/>
      <feature name='mmx'/>
      <feature name='fxsr'/>
      <feature name='sse'/>
      <feature name='sse2'/>
      <feature name='pni'/>
      <feature name='pclmuldq'/>
      <feature name='ssse3'/>
      <feature name='cx16'/>
      <feature name='sse4.1'/>
      <feature name='sse4.2'/>
      <feature name='popcnt'/>
      <feature name='aes'/>
      <feature name='xsave'/>
      <feature name='avx'/>
      <feature name='syscall'/>
      <feature name='nx'/>
      <feature name='pdpe1gb'/>
      <feature name='rdtscp'/>
      <feature name='lm'/>
      <feature name='lahf_lm'/>
      <feature name='svm'/>
      <feature name='abm'/>
      <feature name='sse4a'/>
      <feature name='sse4a'/>
      <feature name='misalignsse'/>
      <feature name='3dnowprefetch'/>
      <feature name='xop'/>
      <feature name='fma4'/>
    </model>

2. Tested with machine in beaker: amd-dinar-07.lab.bos.redhat.com, check the cpu model should be Opteron_G4.

# virsh capabilities
<capabilities>

  <host>
    <uuid>00001111-0000-2222-0000-888800009999</uuid>
    <cpu>
      <arch>x86_64</arch>
      <model>Opteron_G4</model>  
      <vendor>AMD</vendor>
      <topology sockets='2' cores='8' threads='2'/>
      <feature name='nodeid_msr'/>
      <feature name='wdt'/>
      <feature name='skinit'/>
      <feature name='ibs'/>
      <feature name='osvw'/>
      <feature name='cr8legacy'/>
      <feature name='extapic'/>
      <feature name='cmp_legacy'/>
      <feature name='fxsr_opt'/>
      <feature name='mmxext'/>
      <feature name='osxsave'/>
      <feature name='monitor'/>
      <feature name='ht'/>
      <feature name='vme'/>
    </cpu>
...
Comment 7 Martin Kletzander 2012-05-03 09:04:34 EDT
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Cause
    AMD Bulldozer CPU was not supported
Consequence
    Nobody could make any use of this processor nor it's flags
Change
    The description for AMD Bulldozer CPU was added
Result
    Everyone can make the use of this processor and it's flags
Comment 8 Martin Prpič 2012-05-09 07:23:46 EDT
    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1,8 +1 @@
-Cause
+In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3, libvirt has been updated to add support family 15h microarchitecture AMD processors. With this update, libvirt now leverages new features these processors include.-    AMD Bulldozer CPU was not supported
-Consequence
-    Nobody could make any use of this processor nor it's flags
-Change
-    The description for AMD Bulldozer CPU was added
-Result
-    Everyone can make the use of this processor and it's flags
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 02:38:57 EDT
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0748.html

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