From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support 32bit SVM host Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:15:47 +0200 Message-ID: <457A62A3.9000708@qumranet.com> References: <4579CC40.5080601@cs.utexas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: To: Anthony Liguori In-Reply-To: <4579CC40.5080601-NZpS4cJIG2HvQtjrzfazuQ@public.gmane.org> 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 Anthony Liguori wrote: > Howdy, > > This is a pretty basic patch to enable KVM on 32bit SVM capable hosts. > It introduces a bit of ugliness with #ifdefs and redefining some > things that are only present in the 64bit Linux headers. The way to avoid the ugliness is to send a separate patch to Andi that extracts the common definition into a new header file includable from both archs (see [1]). > I've tested it only on an Ubuntu Edgy host (2.6.17) and with a Windows > 2000 guest. It boots quite happily though. > Will merge asap. Thanks for the good work. [1] http://kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=249e83fe839a13b5dc94285daeeaf70f6e54d930 -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV