From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Cyril Plisko" Subject: Re: Solaris 10 doesn't work under KVM Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:45:23 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20070128144052.GA5069@waba> <45C99EE9.3010306@qumranet.com> <20070207230427.GA7946@waba> <45CAECEB.4000701@qumranet.com> <20070208095816.GA5204@amd.com> <45CAF5C6.8020104@qumranet.com> <20070208101945.GB5204@amd.com> <45CAFDF6.4020402@qumranet.com> <45CB15E3.7010803@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Waba To: "Avi Kivity" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <45CB15E3.7010803-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On 2/8/07, Avi Kivity wrote: > Cyril Plisko wrote: > >> > >> Can this be sysenter support? i.e. is sysenter supported on opteron but > >> not on athlon x2? > > > > > > AFAIK, on both Opteron an Athlon X2 Solaris uses syscall, rather than > > sysenter. > > The catch here is that it starts with the least optimized libc at > > boot, and at some > > point SMF uses moe(1) to find out most suitable version of libc and > > lofs-mount it > > on top of the original. From this point on AMD machine will use syscall. > > > > Is this true on 32-bit solaris as well? > It is true _only_ for 32 bit. 64 bit userland doesn't have to check these things as syscall available by virtue of the fact. > While the host is 64-bit, the guest is 32 in this case IIRC. > > -- > Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. > > -- Regards, Cyril ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642