Re: Heads up: New Ceph images require x86-64-v2 and possibly a qemu config change for virtual servers

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+1 to this, also ran into this in our lab testing. Thanks for sharing this
information!

Regards,

Bailey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eugen Block <eblock@xxxxxx>
> Sent: July 18, 2024 3:55 AM
> To: ceph-users@xxxxxxx
> Subject:  Re: Heads up: New Ceph images require x86-64-v2 and
> possibly a qemu config change for virtual servers
> 
> Thanks a lot for the heads up, Dan!
> 
> Zitat von Dan van der Ster <dan.vanderster@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Hey all,
> >
> > The upcoming community Ceph container images will be based on CentOS
> 9.
> >
> > In our Clyso CI testing lab we learned that el9-based images won't run
> > on some (default) qemu VMs. Where our el8-based images run well, our
> > new el9-based images get:
> >
> >     error during bootstrap: Fatal glibc error: CPU does not support
> > x86-64-v2
> >
> > This is because RHEL 9 (and clones) added a hard requirement on x86-64-
> v2:
> >
> > * https://srobb.net/rhel9.html
> > *
> > https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/el9-will-require-x86-64-v2-support/531
> > 1
> > *
> > https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/01/05/building-red-hat-enterpr
> > ise-linux-9-for-the-x86-64-v2-microarchitecture-level
> > * https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6833751
> >
> > The reason for the failure in our testing is that some of our virtual
> > nodes use qemu's default CPU emulation (qemu64), which does not
> > support x86-64-v2. The solution for these nodes is to switch to "host"
> > or something else listed at
> > https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/i386/cpu.html
> >
> > I would encourage cephadm/Rook users with daemons on VM hosts to
> > verify their CPU modes on their VMs prior to any upgrades, and make
> > the necessary changes to the hypervisor configuration ahead of time.
> >
> > Best,
> > Dan
> >
> > --
> > Dan van der Ster
> > CTO
> >
> > Clyso GmbH
> > p: +49 89 215252722 | a: Vancouver, Canada
> > w: https://clyso.com | e: dan.vanderster@xxxxxxxxx
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