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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