KVM Unable to boot RHEL 6 guest running kernel 2.6.32-696.30.1 with Opteron_G4 or Opteron_G5 CPU type
Issue
When trying to boot up a RHEL 6 guest with the latest RHEL 6 kernel (2.6.32-696.30.1.el6.x86_64), this error messages shows up after the GRUB menu screen in virt-viewer:
PANIC: early exception 0d rip 10:ffffffff810462b6 error 0 cr2 0
Environment
- RHEL 7.5
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