[ovirt-users] [HEADS UP] CentOS 7.3 is rolling out, need qemu-kvm-ev 2.6

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 12/12/2016 15:06, Sandro Bonazzola wrote:
> 
>     Hello,
>     where to find details about this info?
>     I ask because on my tests in a nested environment with 4.1 beta on
>     CentOS 7.2 + CR (that should match upcoming 7.3) I was not able to
>     power on the SHE VM using qemu-kvm-ev-2.6.0-27.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>     manually downloaded
>     by http://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/virt/x86_64/kvm-common
>     <http://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/virt/x86_64/kvm-common> 
> 
>     Got error
>     warning: host doesn't support requested feature: CPUID.07H:EBX.erms
>     [bit 9]
> 
> 
> Michal, Paolo, what about above error?

It's harmless.  I would first of all check if L0 has the bit (you can do
it with cat /proc/cpuinfo on a live Linux CD).  If it does, tell VMWare
to fix it.  If it bugs you, you can force the bit to 1 in ESX, even if
L0 doesn't have it.

Paolo