Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:00:16 +0200 | | From | Avi Kivity <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine |
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Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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. >
Existing installations?
Dropping 32-bit host support would certainly kill a lot of #ifdefs and reduce the amount of testing needed. It would also force me to upgrade my home machine.
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