kernel panic using hvf with CPU passthrough Host Details QEMU 5.1 (Homebrew) macOS 10.15.6 Catalina Late 2014 model i5-4690 @ 3.5 GHz 8 GB RAM Guest Details Ubuntu Desktop 20.04.1 Installer ISO Problem Whenever I boot with "-accel hvf -cpu host", the Ubuntu desktop installer will immediately crash with a kernel panic after the initial splash screen. See the attached picture of the kernel panic for more details. Steps to recreate From https://www.jwillikers.com/posts/virtualize_ubuntu_desktop_on_macos_with_qemu/ 1. Install QEMU with Homebrew. $ brew install qemu 2. Create a qcow2 disk image to which to install. $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 ubuntu2004.qcow2 60G 3. Download the ISO. $ curl -L -o ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso 4. Run the installer in QEMU. $ qemu-system-x86_64 \ -accel hvf \ -cpu host \ -smp 2 \ -m 4G \ -usb \ -device usb-tablet \ -vga virtio \ -display default,show-cursor=on \ -device virtio-net,netdev=vmnic -netdev user,id=vmnic \ -audiodev coreaudio,id=snd0 \ -device ich9-intel-hda -device hda-output,audiodev=snd0 \ -cdrom ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso \ -drive file=ubuntu2004.qcow2,if=virtio Workaround Emulating the CPU with "-cpu qemu64" does not result in a kernel panic. 0f 01 f9 is RDTSCP; use -cpu host,-rdtscp to mask out the feature. KVM couldn't pass the feature through for a while, and HVF currently can't, though HVF should be modified to automatically hide the feature until it can emulate it. Thanks for the response Jessica! The option you provided fixes the problem and everything works flawlessly now. Thank you!! Fixed in commit 65baabca22366e5246955474228908d6a8354881