From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51257 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OQKSp-000739-49 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:21:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OQKSo-0005SD-4f for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:21:30 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:15463) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OQKSn-0005Rw-SV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:21:30 -0400 Message-ID: <4C1E15D4.7050308@redhat.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:21:24 +0300 From: Avi Kivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 596106] Re: kvm to emulate 64 bit cpu on 32 bit host References: <20100618221506.20805.22930.malonedeb@wampee.canonical.com> <20100618225344.20761.62499.malone@wampee.canonical.com> In-Reply-To: <20100618225344.20761.62499.malone@wampee.canonical.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Bug 596106 <596106@bugs.launchpad.net> Cc: Iggy , qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 06/19/2010 01:53 AM, Iggy wrote: > KVM isn't an emulator. It virtualizes the CPU. A 32bit CPU can't be > forced to run as a 64bit cpu. This is a wontfix. > > qemu actually supports this (32-bit qemu can run a 64-bit guest with kvm, provided that the kernel is 64-bit). So as well as a wontfix, it's filed in the wrong tracker. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function