@@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ static void cap_nested_kvm_hv_apply(SpaprMachineState *spapr,
uint8_t val, Error **errp)
{
ERRP_GUARD();
+ PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(first_cpu);
+
if (!val) {
/* capability disabled by default */
return;
@@ -391,6 +393,14 @@ static void cap_nested_kvm_hv_apply(SpaprMachineState *spapr,
error_setg(errp, "No Nested KVM-HV support in TCG");
error_append_hint(errp, "Try appending -machine cap-nested-hv=off\n");
} else if (kvm_enabled()) {
+ if (!ppc_check_compat(cpu, CPU_POWERPC_LOGICAL_3_00, 0,
+ spapr->max_compat_pvr)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Nested KVM-HV only supported on POWER9");
+ error_append_hint(errp,
+ "Try appending -machine max-cpu-compat=power9\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
if (!kvmppc_has_cap_nested_kvm_hv()) {
error_setg(errp,
"KVM implementation does not support Nested KVM-HV");