Bug 691991 - libvirt cannot recognize the right arch
Summary: libvirt cannot recognize the right arch
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libvirt
Version: 14
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
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Assignee: Daniel Veillard
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-03-30 06:15 UTC by Hongqing Yang
Modified: 2011-03-30 16:36 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-03-30 16:36:00 UTC
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Description Hongqing Yang 2011-03-30 06:15:17 UTC 
Description of problem:
The host is i386, when a x86_64 guest is installing, it gives the following error:

This kernle requires an x86_64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU.
unable to boot, please use a kernel approximate for your CPU.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

libvirt-0.8.3-4.fc14.i686

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install F14 x86_64 with KVM on host i686
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Expected results:


Additional info:
Comment 1 Eric Blake 2011-03-30 16:36:00 UTC 
qemu emulation might work, but there's no way that KVM can support an x86_64 guest on an i686 host.  However, the converse is possible: an x86_64 host can run both x86_64 and i686 guests.
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