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Re: [Xen-devel] x86 versus 64 bit emulation complexity

To: Jason Thomas <jthomas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] x86 versus 64 bit emulation complexity
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:43:42 -0800
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On 11/14/2011 02:46 PM, Jason Thomas wrote:
>
> This is a general question about the complexity of emulating a 32 bit
> x86 environment compared to a 64 bit environment. What are the
> differences between the two types. Does one require much more
> code/complexity to emulate compared with the other?
>

That's not really on-topic for this list, unless you have a specific
question about Xen.

    J

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