Bug 1285943

Summary: ept support for Windows KVM guest machines
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: nijin ashok <nashok>
Component: qemu-kvmAssignee: Karen Noel <knoel>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
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Version: 7.2CC: knoel, pbonzini, rbalakri, virt-maint
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Description nijin ashok 2015-11-27 02:52:25 UTC 
Description of problem:

ept is required to install Hyper-V in KVM guests using nested virtualization. 
ept cpu flag is not enabled in Windows KVM guests even though the cpu is given as  <cpu mode='host-model'> . However it's shown in Linux guests.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a Windows 2008 R2 guest with --cpu host option
2. Check coreinfo -f output for ept support 


Actual results:
ept support is not available with <cpu mode='host-model'>

Expected results:
ept support should be available with <cpu mode='host-model'>

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