2011/8/4 Ewan Mellor <[email protected]>: >> You don't *need* to run 64-bit Linux on the host, but if you're >> running a 32-bit Linux kernel on the host, you'll be limited to 32-bit >> guests as well (at least with KVM (for now), not sure about the >> others). > A similar thing is true of Xen too -- a 32-bit hypervisor limits you to > 32-bit guests. XenServer runs a 64-bit hypervisor and a 32-bit domain 0.
FWIW, VMWare actually manages to do this (at a slight performance penalty). The CPU of course must be 64-bit capable, but the host kernel can be 32 bit. -- Soren Hansen | http://linux2go.dk/ Ubuntu Developer | http://www.ubuntu.com/ OpenStack Developer | http://www.openstack.org/ _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
