From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: What should I do for kvm development first? Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:49:57 +0200 Message-ID: <47412405.3090102@qumranet.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> <47409A38.50700@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: Neo Jia Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47409A38.50700-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@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 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? > A 32-bit host is fine, if you don't run 64-bit guests. -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/