Re: [PATCH] x86: kvm: add back X86_LOCAL_APIC dependency

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/12/24 10:05, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Fixes: ea4290d77bda ("KVM: x86: leave kvm.ko out of the build if no vendor module is requested")
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202410060426.e9Xsnkvi-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Question: is there actually any point in keeping KVM support for 32-bit host
> > processors?
>
> Nope.  We need _a_ 32-bit KVM build to run as a nested (L1) hypervisor for testing
> purposes, but AFAIK there's zero need to keep 32-bit KVM up-to-date.

What do you mean here? Running an old kernel with the 32-bit KVM in a VM 
for testing the L0 hypervisor?

	-hpa