Pkg xen devel - Jan 2007 - Bug#407141: xen-utils-3.0.3-1: please provide 32bit domU kernels on amd64 arch

Package: xen-utils-3.0.3-1
Version: 3.0.3-0-2
Severity: wishlist

Xen can run 32bit domU clients on 64bit (amd64) dom0. Unfortunately only amd64
linux-image-xen packages are available on arch amd64. Please provide 686
packages
as well (if possible). This would enable the installation of 32bit clients
without
the need to manually compile a kernel.

Feel free to reassign this bug to the correct package.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-xen-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xen-utils-3.0.3-1 depends on:
ii  iproute                      20061002-3  Professional tools to control the 
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-5       Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  python                       2.4.4-2     An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-central               0.5.12      register and build utility for Pyt
ii  udev                         0.103-1     /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
ii  xen-utils-common             3.0.3-0-2   XEN administrative tools - common 
ii  zlib1g                       1:1.2.3-13  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xen-utils-3.0.3-1 recommends:
ii  bridge-utils                  1.2-1      Utilities for configuring the Linu
ii  xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-amd64  3.0.3-0-2  The Xen Hypervisor on AMD64

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Adriaan Peeters <apeeters@lashout.net> writes:
> Package: xen-utils-3.0.3-1
> Version: 3.0.3-0-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Xen can run 32bit domU clients on 64bit (amd64) dom0. Unfortunately only
amd64
> linux-image-xen packages are available on arch amd64. Please provide 686
packages
> as well (if possible). This would enable the installation of 32bit clients
without
> the need to manually compile a kernel.
>
> Feel free to reassign this bug to the correct package.
I asked this before on irc and indirectly in the bug to reenable 64bit
i386 kernels. Heres the summary:

The problem with this is that xen needs python and more specifically
python modules compiled fro C source and they have to match the
hypervisor bit-ness.

So to run a 64bit hypervisor you need a 64bit xen-utils and a 64bit
python. And there lies the problem.


You can install the amd64 package with --force-architecture and try it
out.

MfG
        Goswin

On 16 Jan 2007, at 16:49, Debian Bug Tracking System
wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 02:26:52PM +0100, Adriaan Peeters wrote:
>> Xen can run 32bit domU clients on 64bit (amd64) dom0.
>
> No, it can't. Only one kernel type (x86_64, x86_32, x86_32/pae) is
> supported at the same time.
I was confused by HVM guests which can be 64 and 32 bit. My loss.

Adriaan