Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCHv1] xen-blkback: default to X86_32 ABI on x86

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/02/15 19:44, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 05:09:56PM +0000, David Vrabel wrote:
>> Prior to the existance of 64-bit backends using the X86_64 ABI,
>> frontends used the X86_32 ABI.  These old frontends do not specify the
>> ABI and when used with a 64-bit backend do not work.
> 
> Whoa. How old are we talking? I had been using RHEL5 guests and
> those work OK (64bit dom0, 32-bit domU).

Unfortunately I can't remember and the internal commit is tagged with
the wrong bug number.  I think it was either sles 9 or rhel 4.

David

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