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@@ -367,6 +367,14 @@ guarantees must resolve the CPU model aliases using te
``alias-of'' field returned by the ``query-cpu-definitions'' QMP
command.
+While those guarantees are kept, the return value of
+``query-cpu-definitions'' will have existing CPU model aliases
+point to a version that doesn't break runnability guarantees
+(specifically, version 1 of those CPU models). In future QEMU
+versions, aliases will point to newer CPU model versions
+depending on the machine type, so management software must
+resolve CPU model aliases before starting a virtual machine.
+
@node Recently removed features
@appendix Recently removed features