Public bug reported: Tested on qemu v0.11.0 and v0.12.3:
>qemu-kvm -cpu core2duo,+sse4.1,+sse4.2 CPU feature sse4.1 not found CPU feature sse4.2 not found >egrep "model name|flags" /proc/cpuinfo | sort -r | uniq model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5570 @ 2.93GHz flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology tsc_reliable nonstop_tsc pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ** Affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- qemu fails to recognize host features SSE4.1, SSE4.2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588127 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: New Bug description: Tested on qemu v0.11.0 and v0.12.3: >qemu-kvm -cpu core2duo,+sse4.1,+sse4.2 CPU feature sse4.1 not found CPU feature sse4.2 not found >egrep "model name|flags" /proc/cpuinfo | sort -r | uniq model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5570 @ 2.93GHz flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology tsc_reliable nonstop_tsc pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid