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diff --git a/tests/clitest.py b/tests/clitest.py
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c.add_compare("--cpuset auto --vcpus 2", "cpuset-auto") # --cpuset=auto actually works
c.add_compare("--memory 1024,hotplugmemorymax=2048,hotplugmemoryslots=2 --cpu cell0.cpus=0,cell0.memory=1048576 --memdev dimm,access=private,target_size=512,target_node=0,source_pagesize=4,source_nodemask=1-2 --memdev nvdimm,source_path=/path/to/nvdimm,target_size=512,target_node=0,target_label_size=128", "memory-hotplug")
c.add_compare("--connect " + utils.URIs.kvm_q35 + " --cpu qemu64,secure=off", "cpu-disable-sec") # disable security features that are added by default
+c.add_compare("--connect " + utils.URIs.kvm_rhel, "cpu-rhel7-default") # default CPU for old QEMU where we cannot use host-model