From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kip Macy Subject: Re: x86-64 32bit applications support discussion Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:30:27 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1110819748.5379.60.camel@thinkpad> <20050314172027.GS11417@tpkurt.garloff.de> Reply-To: Kip Macy Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <20050314172027.GS11417@tpkurt.garloff.de> Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Kurt Garloff Cc: Jerone Young , Xen development list List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Segment protection checks don't work in long mode. So - yes. On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:20:27 +0100, Kurt Garloff wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 11:02:27AM -0600, Jerone Young wrote: > > Since the virtual domain & applications are all running in ring 3. > > You mean the kernel is running in ring 3 as well? > > > Does > > the hypervisor need to know how to tell the CPU when and when not to go > > into compatibility mode to run running 32bit applications properly > > under virtual domains? > > I would think so. > > Regards, > -- > Kurt Garloff, Director SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click