Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:56:10 +0100 | | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine |
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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.
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