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Re: [Xen-users] about migration betweendifferents architecture

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] about migration betweendifferents architecture
From: Javier Guerra <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:56:19 -0500
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Quoting Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: 
 
> > I always thought that on a x86-64-system only 64 bit-domU's will work 
> > and on i386 only 32 bit. Is this not true anymore? 
>  
> Right now it's still true. 
 
i think the mantra is something like "the memory model of a paravirtualized 
kernel must match that of the hypervisor" 
 
> So, folks, no migrating between 64 and 32 bit architectures.  It's naughty, 
>  
> yall hear?  ;-) 
 
in this particular case, it might be a solution to just use the x86-64 in 
totally 32 bit mode, with 32bit xen hypervisor.  would that work? 
 
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Javier 

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