Re: What should I do for kvm development first?

[Neo Jia <neojia-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Neo Jia wrote:
>> On Nov 18, 2007 3:04 AM, Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>  
>>> Neo Jia wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Another question is about the architecture, I found it seems that the
>>>> 32-bit platform is much more stable than 64-bit. Should I switch my
>>>> system to 64-bit for later work?
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> Where do you get this impression?  I do almost all of my development on
>>> 64-bit, and I don't recall an issue that was 64-bit host specific.
>>>     
>>
>> Sorry about that ...
>>
>> because I always saw "host 64-bit" in the bug report although maybe
>> they are not 64-bit host specific problem.
>>   
>
> Yes.  Most testing (and production use) is done on 64-bit hosts, since 
> virtualization is memory-intensive.  Also, you can test more types of 
> guests this way.  Almost all virtualization-capable processors are 
> also 64-bit capable.
So, does that mean I need to install a 64-bit host to make the reproduce 
easier?

Neo
>
> 32-bit hosts are mostly useful for laptop/desktop use.
>


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