You don't need "+xsave", "-cpu host" just works. The bug is invalid. You are requesting a CPU that doesn't exist (a core2duo that supports XSAVE), and the guest's behavior is probably not going to be well defined.
** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1285708 Title: FreeBSD Guest crash on boot due to xsave instruction issue Status in QEMU: Invalid Status in qemu-kvm: New Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Won't Fix Status in “linux” source package in Trusty: In Progress Bug description: When trying to boot a working FreeBSD 9.1/9.2 guest on a kvm/qemu host with the following command: kvm -m 256 -cdrom FreeBSD-9.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso -drive file=FreeBSD-9.2-RELEASE-amd64.qcow2,if=virtio -net nic,model=virtio -net user -nographic -vnc :10 -enable-kvm -balloon virtio -cpu core2duo,+xsave The FreeBSD Guest will kernel crash on boot with the following error: panic: CPU0 does not support X87 or SSE: 0 When launching the guest without the cpu flags, it works just fine. This bug has been resolved in source: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/22/58 Can this fix be included in Precise ASAP! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1285708/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp