diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/nested-vmx.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/nested-vmx.rst index 6ab4e35cee233c408338d3d7efbff4d6c9f065a9..ac2095d41f020c9095918bede118a72b34b118a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/nested-vmx.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/nested-vmx.rst @@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ call L2. Running nested VMX ------------------ -The nested VMX feature is disabled by default. It can be enabled by giving -the "nested=1" option to the kvm-intel module. +The nested VMX feature is enabled by default since Linux kernel v4.20. For +older Linux kernel, it can be enabled by giving the "nested=1" option to the +kvm-intel module. + No modifications are required to user space (qemu). However, qemu's default emulated CPU type (qemu64) does not list the "VMX" CPU feature, so it must be diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/running-nested-guests.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/running-nested-guests.rst index d0a1fc754c84f4addc328e359d4d4f41319ec45b..bd70c69468aebb236937232d41adce56654e3149 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/running-nested-guests.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/running-nested-guests.rst @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ few: Enabling "nested" (x86) ----------------------- -From Linux kernel v4.19 onwards, the ``nested`` KVM parameter is enabled +From Linux kernel v4.20 onwards, the ``nested`` KVM parameter is enabled by default for Intel and AMD. (Though your Linux distribution might override this default.)