KVM host/guest test cases and architecture

[Eric Blake]

On 03/06/2012 01:13 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> On 05/03/12 10:10, Kamil Paral wrote:
> 
>> In the test results matrix [1] they are split according to the
>> architecture. Now, does it talk about HOST architecture or GUEST
>> architecture?
> 
> The host currently has to be *x86_64*.

Actually, running the host in i686 mode is also useful for testing,
although it probably reduces the set of guests that you can run.

> Guests can be "whatever you can can push, shove, beat the crap out of"
> As long as they work.

Fully emulated guests can be any architecture supported by qemu; but KVM
guests have to be arch compatible (i686 or x86_64 guests on x86_64 host,
i686 guests on i686 host) if you want the guest to be reasonably fast.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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