Nested on Intel should be much improved in newer kernel versions (especially with regard to nested ept as the original report seems to indicate is in use.
So if the original emulation failure is reproducible, I'd suggest testing on a newer kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387881 Title: qemu fails to recognize full virtualization Status in QEMU: New Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “qemu” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “virtinst” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: System: 14.04 qemu - 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.6 virtinst 0.600.4-3ubuntu2 Command: virt-install --name juju-bootstrap --ram=2048 --vcpus=1 --hvm \ --virt-type=kvm --pxe --boot network,hd --os-variant=ubuntutrusty \ --graphics vnc --noautoconsole --os-type=linux --accelerate \ --disk=/var/lib/libvirt/images/juju-bootstrap.qcow2,bus=virtio,format=qcow2,cache=none,sparse=true,size=20 \ --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio Error: ERROR Host does not support virtualization type 'hvm' Diagnostics: $ sudo kvm -vnc :1 -monitor stdio [sudo] password for cscloud: QEMU 2.0.0 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) KVM internal error. Suberror: 1 emulation failure EAX=00000000 EBX=40010000 ECX=00000030 EDX=00000cfd ESI=00000000 EDI=00000000 EBP=00000000 ESP=00006fcc EIP=0fedb30c EFL=00000002 [-------] CPL=0 II=0 A20=1 SMM=0 HLT=0 ES =0010 00000000 ffffffff 00409300 DPL=0 DS [-WA] CS =0008 00000000 ffffffff 00c09a00 DPL=0 CS32 [-R-] SS =0010 00000000 ffffffff 00409200 DPL=0 DS [-W-] DS =0010 00000000 ffffffff 00409300 DPL=0 DS [-WA] FS =0010 00000000 ffffffff 00c09300 DPL=0 DS [-WA] GS =0010 00000000 ffffffff 00c09300 DPL=0 DS [-WA] LDT=0000 00000000 0000ffff 00008200 DPL=0 LDT TR =0000 00000000 0000ffff 00008b00 DPL=0 TSS32-busy GDT= 000f6688 00000037 IDT= 000f66c6 00000000 CR0=60000011 CR2=00000000 CR3=00000000 CR4=00000000 DR0=0000000000000000 DR1=0000000000000000 DR2=0000000000000000 DR3=0000000000000000 DR6=00000000ffff0ff0 DR7=0000000000000400 EFER=0000000000000000 Code=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 <00> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 info kvm kvm support: enabled (qemu) > lsmod|grep kvm kvm_intel 143109 0 kvm 451552 1 kvm_intel $ dmesg|grep -i kvm [ 5.722167] kvm: Nested Virtualization enabled [ 5.722190] kvm: Nested Paging enabled --- I haven't been able to get much out of libvirt as the kvm instance never starts. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1387881/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
