From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Parag Warudkar Subject: Re: Solaris 10 U2 installation failure Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 21:02:44 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4597F8DF.6010602@qumranet.com> <4598C3CE.3050802@qumranet.com> <459B6B91.7070509@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@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 writes: > 32-bin kvm userspace can run a 64-bit guest, if you're using a 64-bit os > kernel, hence the 64-bit registers. Just ignore the 64-bit parts. > Didn't understand. Allow me to clarify a bit - I am running a 32-bit Host OS (Linux i386) on a purely 32-bit CPU (Core Duo). Solaris installation will first check if the processor is 64-bit capable and only then install a 64-bit kernel. In that case, when Solaris asks KVM if the CPU is 64-bit, is KVM lying to it even though the host CPU on which it is running is NOT 64-bit capable and then emulating all AMD64 instructions without any help from the host CPU? That sounds more confusing! Even if it does something like that is there a way to tell KVM not to pretend like it is running a 64-bit CPU? I don't want to run Solaris in 64-bit mode as I am running on 32-bit host with just 512Mb of total memory. Thanks for your patience. Parag ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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