From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Izik Eidus Subject: Re: Intel-only or AMD Opteron as well? Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:20:43 +0300 Message-ID: <46E32E4B.7020801@qumranet.com> References: <52733fad0709080603y33b6b08dka55c9a4f9812aca7@mail.gmail.com> <46E223C8.4000308@qumranet.com> <52733fad0709080759md4de7d6p12f4c748f2495881@mail.gmail.com> <46E3A54D.5060404@qumranet.com> <1539.82.77.99.237.1189329890.squirrel@portal.bppiac.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Avi Kivity To: Farkas Levente Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1539.82.77.99.237.1189329890.squirrel-Dt882nC6kngb7DgKQta39w@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 Farkas Levente wrote: > On Vas, Szeptember 9, 2007 09:48, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> kvm is too new to have been included in RHEL 5. The enterprise distros >> have a long lead time where the technology is tested and fixed, they >> don't pick the latest kernel off kernel.org and ship it the next day. I >> think RHEL 5 is based on 2.6.18, whereas kvm was first merged in 2.6.20 >> and gained guest smp support in 2.6.23. >> > > does this means if i compile the latest kvm as a module for rhel5's 2.6.18 > kernel it won't support guest smp? anyway the whole kernel and kvm > versioning and what is required for whicv version is not clear and should > have to be documented! it's a faq for all new kvm users! > > no, if you will compile the latest kvm as module to 2.6.18 you will have smp support. (it might be slower than in 2.6.23) >> Xen can also run virtual machines on older processors, but this is >> changing with kvm-lite. >> > > is there any info about kvm-lite? is there any docs where can i donwload > and test etc? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/