WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-users

Re: [Xen-users] VT 64bit kernel with >4Gb RAM

To: Guillaume Lenoir <glenoir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] VT 64bit kernel with >4Gb RAM
From: Mats Rynge <rynge@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:30:04 -0400
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Delivery-date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:31:07 -0700
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <0329C0D74DD1D64F98E6C6B43B5C7810EEA2B0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
List-help: <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-users@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
References: <0329C0D74DD1D64F98E6C6B43B5C7810EEA2B0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060813)
Guillaume Lenoir wrote:
> But, my concern now, while I'm struglling to setup my 1rst VM, is that I
> don't see all the RAM.
> Still I 'm using both dual cores as cat /proc/cpuinfo lists 4 processors
> 
>>From my understanding, if I had a 64bit kernel I'd see them (pae beeing
> only for 32bit systems, right ?)
> And I'm guessing if I want to VMise 64bit OSes, I'll need it.
> 
> So :
> Is there a debian prepackaged kernel that'd do the trick, or do I have
> to compile my own ?
> In the afirmative, what patch should I apply and where is that friendly
> 64bit option ?
> Is there something else I'm missing ?

Use the xen-hypervisor-3.0-i386-pae package, instead of
xen-hypervisor-3.0-i386.

-- 
Mats Rynge
Renaissance Computing Institute <http://www.renci.org>

_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users