Old: qemu 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.15, libvirt 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.8 # qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu ? | grep Rome x86 EPYC-Rome (alias configured by machine type) x86 EPYC-Rome-v1 AMD EPYC-Rome Processor # virsh domcapabilities EPYC-Rome AMD New: # qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu ? | grep Rome x86 EPYC-Rome (alias configured by machine type) x86 EPYC-Rome-v1 AMD EPYC-Rome Processor x86 EPYC-Rome-v2 AMD EPYC-Rome Processor # virsh domcapabilities EPYC-Rome AMD Instance with ibrs flag can now be run processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 23 model : 49 model name : AMD EPYC-Rome Processor stepping : 0 microcode : 0x1000065 cpu MHz : 2495.312 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm rep_good nopl cpuid extd_apicid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw topoext perfctr_core ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves clzero xsaveerptr wbnoinvd arat npt nrip_save umip rdpid bugs : sysret_ss_attrs spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass bogomips : 4990.62 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: Migration of guest (e.g. with EPYC-IBPB or EPYC-Rome) from previous version to proposed still works. Migration of guest (EPYC-Rome with ibrs) to previous version doesn't (as expected)