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Re: [Xen-users] Mixture of 32/64 bit VMs

To: "Rene Castillo" <ReneCastillo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Mixture of 32/64 bit VMs
From: Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:37:51 +0100
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"René Castillo" <ReneCastillo@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi
>
> as I currently understand it, being able to run both 32 bit and 64 bit
> domUs on the same hypervisor requires it to be a 64-bit hypervisor and
> the domUs being HVM, not paravirtualized. This in turn requires 
> hardware with virtualization support.
>
> Is this true?
>
> Now given these requirements, are there any restrictions on running
> 32 bit HVM domUs and 64 bit HVM domUs side-by-side on the same 
> x86_64 hypervisor? What about 32-bit PAE HVM guests?
>
> Can I mix a 64-bit paravirtualized guest with 32/64 bit HVM guests on
> a x86_64 hypervisor?

Why not run a 64bit domU with 32bit userland? At least works just fine
in that setup and you even gain another Gb address space for your
programms (3.99G instead of 3G).

MfG
        Goswin

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