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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] 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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