* Ryan Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-09-19 09:56]:
> * Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-09-19 03:58]:
> > Ryan Harper wrote:
> > >>
> > >>We have a test which verifies #GP is not caused by setting the bits on
> > >>either AMD or Intel chips.  "Stray" bits can get turned on in some cases
> > >>when switching between 64-bit, PAE and non-PAE address modes.
> > >>
> > >>Were you testing on a 64-bit host kernel?
> > >>    
> > >
> > >64-bit Host running 32-bit KVM Guest. VMware-server shouldn't be seeing
> > >anything 64-bit AFAIK.
> > >  
> > 
> > If the host is 64-bit, so is the guest, although the guest can choose to 
> > ignore the 64-bit capabilities (and 32-bit guest OSes do; but VMware 
> > might be doing something tricky).
> 
> Hrm.  I'm not sure I understand the distiction you are making.  I'll
> give a 32-bit host a try without the patch and see if I see the same
> behavior.

With, or without the patch, using 32-bit host, I get triple fault in the
guest.

-- 
Ryan Harper
Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center
IBM Corp., Austin, Tx
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