Hi Dan, > > Thanks for looking at my patch. I understand that KVM does not offer a > > i686 host cpu but allows x86_64 and i686 guests. > > > > The reason for my patch was that I could not create i686 guests on a > > x86_64 host with KVM, the only option offered was using qemu. > > Yes you can - just select the x86_64 option. It is refering to the *CPU* > architecture that is virtualized, *not* the OS architecture. You can select > x86_64 CPU and then install a i386 operating system just fine. I'm using virt-manager to create a new vm. Virt-manager asks me "CPU architecture" and "Hypervisor". When I select i686 as CPU arch I can not select KVM as hypervisor, only qemu is offered. If I understand you correctly, I should select x86_64 and KVM, even if I want to run a 32 bit OS, right? Isn't that counter-intuitive? Kind regards, Gerd -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list