[opensuse-virtual] Re: there's no (supported) 32-bit Xen on 12.1
Bit of an old follow-up: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-virtual/2012-04/msg00006.html
Per Jessen wrote:
Jan Beulich wrote:
On 30.04.12 at 13:21, Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have two xen hosts -
host1 is 32bit, 16Gb RAM, running 12.1+updates, kernel
3.1.9-1.4-xen.
Hardly - there's no (supported) 32-bit Xen on 12.1.
I guess I must have built it from source.
I was just wondering, were there any particular reasons why we stopped building xen for i586? Afaict, we were still building for i586 in 11.4, but then stopped in 12.1. It also still builds and works just fine, support for x86-32pae is also explicitly mentioned in the source package. I am really _only_ being curious, I have no problems building it in my own project. thanks Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.3°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
On 14.11.12 at 10:26, Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote: I am really _only_ being curious, I have no problems building it in my own project.
Upstream maintenance of that was long deprecated, and the code got removed right after the release of 4.2. So with no clear demand it was decided to drop support (and hence the building of it), but iirc for 12.1 post-release there was a decision to still make 32-bit packages available. For 12.2, I don't think you can expect that, and starting with whatever release is going to use upstream's 4.3 it's going to be plain impossible. Are you indeed running Xen on 64-bit incapable systems? Jan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
Jan Beulich wrote:
On 14.11.12 at 10:26, Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote: I am really _only_ being curious, I have no problems building it in my own project.
Upstream maintenance of that was long deprecated, and the code got removed right after the release of 4.2. So with no clear demand it was decided to drop support (and hence the building of it), but iirc for 12.1 post-release there was a decision to still make 32-bit packages available.
I don't think I've seen of those, I did a search just this morning and I only saw packages for 11.4.
For 12.2, I don't think you can expect that, and starting with whatever release is going to use upstream's 4.3 it's going to be plain impossible.
Understood.
Are you indeed running Xen on 64-bit incapable systems?
Yes, I actually am - I'm moving a small cluster of test servers onto virtual machines, and the only spare box I could find is an elderly Proliant DL380 without 64bit support. (Xeon 2.8GHz processors). It's by no means critical, it's just a good way of saving some energy and space. When this box breaks, I'm sure I can get a newer with 64bit support. /Per -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
Jan Beulich wrote:
On 14.11.12 at 10:26, Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote: I am really _only_ being curious, I have no problems building it in my own project.
Upstream maintenance of that was long deprecated, and the code got removed right after the release of 4.2. So with no clear demand it was decided to drop support (and hence the building of it), but iirc for 12.1 post-release there was a decision to still make 32-bit packages available.
I don't think I've seen of those, I did a search just this morning and I only saw packages for 11.4.
For 12.2, I don't think you can expect that, and starting with whatever release is going to use upstream's 4.3 it's going to be plain impossible.
Understood.
Are you indeed running Xen on 64-bit incapable systems?
Yes, I actually am - I'm moving a small cluster of test servers onto virtual machines, and the only spare box I could find is an elderly Proliant DL380 without 64bit support. (Xeon 2.8GHz processors). It's by no means critical, it's just a good way of saving some energy and space. When this box breaks, I'm sure I can get a newer with 64bit support. /Per -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
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