Bug 738555

Summary: Stop exposing -enable-nested
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Dor Laor <dlaor>
Component: qemu-kvmAssignee: Amos Kong <akong>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 6.2CC: acathrow, ailan, chayang, dallan, dyuan, ehabkost, juzhang, mkenneth, mzhan, rwu, tburke, virt-maint
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.192.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
The -enable-nested qemu-kvm option was removed, as nested virtualization is not supported.
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Clone Of: 738466 Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-12-06 16:03:29 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 738466    
Bug Blocks: 743047    

Comment 5 Chao Yang 2011-10-10 07:35:39 UTC 
Reproduced on qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6.x86_64 and 
verified on qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.195.el6.x86_64 by following command:
# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm --help | grep nest

Actual Result:
on qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6.x86_64:
# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm --help | grep nest
-enable-nesting enable support for running a VM inside the VM (AMD only)
on qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.195.el6.x86_64:
# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm --help  | grep nest | wc -l
0

Based on this comment, this issue has been fixed.
Comment 7 Eduardo Habkost 2011-11-22 15:51:17 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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    New Contents:
The -enable-nested qemu-kvm option was removed, as nested virtualization is not supported.
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 16:03:29 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1531.html