Re: [Xen-devel] Vanilla Linux 64-bit paravirt guest support

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>]

Michael Abd-El-Malek wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can someone tell me what the status of 64-bit paravirtualization 
> support is in the vanilla Linux tree?  It seems that 2.6.24 only has 
> 32-bit PV support.  And it seems that 2.6.25 will be getting 64-bit PV 
> support.  Will it be complete?
No, 2.6.25 will not have 64-bit Xen support.  I'm hoping it will be 
ready for .26.
> On a related note: is it possible to compile the PV network/block 
> drivers for a HVM Linux guest with the newest kernels?  Compilation 
> failed and a previous message on the list says that you can't do 
> that.  The reason I'd want to do this is to let me run a 64-bit recent 
> Linux kernel with PV drivers. 
No, we don't support that for the moment, though it would be a useful 
thing to have.
   J

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