From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support 32bit SVM host Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:24:58 -0600 Message-ID: <457AE35A.4000408@cs.utexas.edu> References: <4579CC40.5080601@cs.utexas.edu> <457A62A3.9000708@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 Return-path: To: Avi Kivity In-Reply-To: <457A62A3.9000708-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@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 Avi Kivity wrote: > 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]). Very nice :-) Regards, Anthony Liguori > >> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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