https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61411 Bug ID: 61411 Summary: [Nested]L2 guest failed to start in VMware on KVM Product: Virtualization Version: unspecified Kernel Version: 3.11.0-rc1 Hardware: All OS: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: kvm Assignee: virtualization_kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reporter: chao.zhou@xxxxxxxxx Regression: No Environment: ------------ Host OS (ia32/ia32e/IA64):ia32e Guest OS (ia32/ia32e/IA64):ia32e Guest OS Type (Linux/Windows):Windows kvm.git Commit:6b9e4fa07443f5baf5bbd7ab043abd6976f8d7bc qemu.git Commit:aaa6a40194e9f204cb853f64ef3c1e170bb014e8 Host Kernel Version:3.11.0-rc1 Hardware:Ivytown_EP, Romley_EP Bug detailed description: -------------------------- vmware product doesn't support foreign hypervisor, so if you want to start vmware in nested environment, please configure your vmware config file(.vmx) and add vmx.allowNested = "TRUE". But after enable this option, when trying to start or install a VM, vmware will report 'intel VT-x implementation is incompatible with vmware' note: 1.VMware product: VMware player and VMware Workstation Reproduce steps: ---------------- 1. qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4G -smp 2 -net nic,macaddr=00:12:34:12:42:14 -net tap,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup win7.qcow -cpu host 2.install VMware player 3.use VMware player Current result: ---------------- 'intel VT-x implementation is incompatible with vmware' Expected result: ---------------- L2 guest can boot up successfully in VMware on KVM Basic root-causing log: ---------------------- -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
