--- upgrade: - | The default QEMU machine type for ARMv7 architecture is now changed to ``virt`` (from the older ``vexpress-a15``, which is a particular ARM development board). The ``virt`` board is the recommended default for ARMv7, which is explicitly designed to be used with virtual machines. It is more flexible, supports PCI and 'virtio' devices, has decent RAM limits, and so forth. For pre-existing Nova guests on ARMv7 to acquire the ``virt`` machine type: (a) upgrade Nova with this fix; (b) explicitly start and stop the guests, then they will pick up the 'virt' machine type.