Pre: root@f:~# grep EPYC /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map/index.xml root@f:~# virsh domcapabilities | grep EPYC EPYC-IBPB EPYC root@f:~# cat test.xml test 4194304 4194304 4 hvm EPYC-Rome /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 root@f:~# virsh define test.xml Domain test defined from test.xml root@f:~# virsh start test error: Failed to start domain test error: internal error: Unknown CPU model EPYC-Rome Upgrade: root@f:~# v=6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5; apt install libvirt-daemon-system=$v libvirt-clients=$v libvirt-daemon=$v libvirt0=$v libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu=$v libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd=$v Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: geoip-database libgd3 libgeoip1 libxencall1 libxendevicemodel1 libxenevtchn1 libxenforeignmemory1 libxengnttab1 libxenmisc4.11 libxenstore3.0 libxentoolcore1 libxentoollog1 libxpm4 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. Suggested packages: libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox libvirt-daemon-driver-xen libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs numad auditd pm-utils radvd systemtap zfsutils The following packages will be upgraded: libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd libvirt-daemon-system libvirt0 6 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 53 not upgraded. Need to get 2892 kB of archives. After this operation, 8192 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu amd64 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5 [605 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd amd64 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5 [28.3 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 libvirt-daemon-system amd64 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5 [67.5 kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 libvirt-clients amd64 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5 [344 kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 libvirt0 amd64 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5 [1443 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 libvirt-daemon amd64 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5 [405 kB] Fetched 2892 kB in 1s (2314 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 77297 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../0-libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu_6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) over (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.4) ... Preparing to unpack .../1-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd_6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) over (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.4) ... Preparing to unpack .../2-libvirt-daemon-system_6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libvirt-daemon-system (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) over (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.4) ... Preparing to unpack .../3-libvirt-clients_6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libvirt-clients (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) over (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.4) ... Preparing to unpack .../4-libvirt0_6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libvirt0:amd64 (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) over (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.4) ... Preparing to unpack .../5-libvirt-daemon_6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libvirt-daemon (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) over (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.4) ... Setting up libvirt0:amd64 (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) ... Setting up libvirt-clients (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) ... Setting up libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) ... Setting up libvirt-daemon (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) ... Setting up libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) ... Setting up libvirt-daemon-system (6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5) ... Job failed. See "journalctl -xe" for details. virtlockd.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. virtlogd.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Setting up libvirt-daemon dnsmasq configuration. Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... Post upgrade: root@f:~# grep EPYC /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map/index.xml root@f:~# ll /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map/x86_EPYC-Rome.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2289 Oct 8 05:36 /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map/x86_EPYC-Rome.xml root@f:~# virsh domcapabilities | grep EPYC EPYC-Rome EPYC-IBPB EPYC root@f:~# virsh start test error: Failed to start domain test error: the CPU is incompatible with host CPU: Host CPU does not provide required features: clwb, sha-ni, rdpid, mmxext, fxsr_opt, svm, cr8legacy, sse4a, misalignsse, osvw, perfctr_core, clzero, xsaveerptr, wbnoinvd, npt, nrip-save While I had no Rome cpu around one can see it now knew how to make one up (showing me what features I miss). This LGTM and also had shown no issues in the regression and migration tests. Up to @Markus to give this a final verification on the respective CPU then we can call it verified.