Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751399AbWJVR4Y (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:56:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751793AbWJVR4Y (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:56:24 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:26757 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751399AbWJVR4X (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:56:23 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:56:10 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Avi Kivity Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Muli Ben-Yehuda , linux-kernel , Anthony Liguori , Alan Cox Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine Message-ID: <20061022175609.GA28152@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Avi Kivity , Arnd Bergmann , Muli Ben-Yehuda , linux-kernel , Anthony Liguori , Alan Cox References: <4537818D.4060204@qumranet.com> <200610221723.48646.arnd@arndb.de> <453B99D7.1050004@qumranet.com> <200610221851.06530.arnd@arndb.de> <453BA3E9.4050907@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <453BA3E9.4050907@qumranet.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 717 Lines: 17 On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 07:01:29PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > >What is the point of 32 bit hosts anyway? Isn't this only available > >on x86_64 type CPUs in the first place? > > > > No, 32-bit hosts are fully supported (except a 32-bit host can't run a > 32-bit guest). Again, what's the point? All cpus shipped by Intel and AMD that have hardware virtualization extensions also support the 64bit mode. Given that I don't see any point for supporting a 32bit host. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/