From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Neo Jia Subject: Re: What should I do for kvm development first? Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:02:00 -0800 Message-ID: <47409A38.50700@gmail.com> References: <5d649bdb0711162146x32d4b74bicbf58c0f851b9ede@mail.gmail.com> <20071117152930.GA4968@karma.qumranet.com> <473F0CFC.4000908@qumranet.com> <5d649bdb0711172302y4e3e8292r7ac10c89f0479b13@mail.gmail.com> <4740182E.1070208@qumranet.com> <5d649bdb0711180300p1720e15co5383337a9b5181b1@mail.gmail.com> <47401C4F.20508@qumranet.com> <5d649bdb0711180315u4a22c1c2kfe8f2a450aae38e0@mail.gmail.com> <4740202D.4070502@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: Avi Kivity Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4740202D.4070502-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: > Neo Jia wrote: >> On Nov 18, 2007 3:04 AM, Avi Kivity wrote: >> >>> Neo Jia wrote: >>> >>>> Another question is about the architecture, I found it seems that the >>>> 32-bit platform is much more stable than 64-bit. Should I switch my >>>> system to 64-bit for later work? >>>> >>>> >>> Where do you get this impression? I do almost all of my development on >>> 64-bit, and I don't recall an issue that was 64-bit host specific. >>> >> >> Sorry about that ... >> >> because I always saw "host 64-bit" in the bug report although maybe >> they are not 64-bit host specific problem. >> > > Yes. Most testing (and production use) is done on 64-bit hosts, since > virtualization is memory-intensive. Also, you can test more types of > guests this way. Almost all virtualization-capable processors are > also 64-bit capable. So, does that mean I need to install a 64-bit host to make the reproduce easier? Neo > > 32-bit hosts are mostly useful for laptop/desktop use. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/