Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine | | Date | Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:36:03 +0200 |
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On Sunday 22 October 2006 20:00, Avi Kivity wrote: > 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.
Ok, but if you radically change the kernel<->user API, doesn't that mean you have to upgrade in the same way? The 32 bit emulation mode in x86_64 is actually pretty complete, so it probably boils down to a kernel upgrade for you, without having to touch any of the user space.
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