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Message-ID: <453BB1B0.7040500@qumranet.com> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:00:16 +0200 From: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine 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. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.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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