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Description
Error shows when booting guest with option rebootTimeout set in xml file

Version:
libvirt-1.1.1-14.el7.x86_64
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-21.el7.x86_64
seabios-1.7.2.2-5.el7.x86_64


How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Prepare a guest,edit xml file to add:
    <bios rebootTimeout='1000'/>

2. Try to boot the guest,error shows:
# virsh start t2
error: Failed to start domain t2
error: unsupported configuration: reboot timeout is not supported by this QEMU binary

3. Use qemu-kvm command to try the reboot-timeout option,no error shows and the option works.
# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm  -vnc :3  -boot reboot-timeout=1000


Actual results：
As description.

Expected results:
rebootTimeout option can work through libvirt

Additional info:
The issue can not be reproduced on rhel6.

Tested PASS with:
libvirt-1.1.1-16.el7.x86_64

Steps:
1. Prepare a guest,edit xml file to add:
    <bios rebootTimeout='1000'/>

2. Try to boot the guest,guest can be booted successfully.
# virsh start test
Domain test started

3.Launch the guest console,if no boot devic found,the guest will try to reboot in 1 second.

Refer to the above comments,move the bug to VERIFIED.

This request was resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.

Contact your manager or support representative in case you have further questions about the request.