Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:42:27 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine |
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Hi!
> > >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.
If you have 1GB ram, having 64-bit capable cpu does not mean you want to run 64-bit kernel. Pointers are twice as big, etc... And if your shiny new cpu fails, you can't put hdd back in good old working machine.
(IOW I see reasons. Not sure if they are big enough...) Pavel -- Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins. - 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/
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