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

[Goswin von Brederlow]

Adriaan Peeters <apeeters at 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