[Users] 64-bit host, 32-bit guests and iptables

Listaccount lst_hoe01 at kwsoft.de
Fri Dec 21 04:53:45 EST 2007


Zitat von Kirill Korotaev <dev at sw.ru>:

>>> 2.6.24 is developed for Ubuntu Long Term Support Server
>>> and won't have new OVZ features compared to 2.6.18.
>>> i.e. we are currently very much commited to 2.6.18-RHEL5
>>> and will add features there (even to stable branch) as long as needed.
>>
>>
>> Does this mean that the 32-bit iptables problems on 64-bit hosts will
>> be fixed in 2.6.18 OpenVZ kernel?
>
> MUST be fixed (the only known big problem is ipt_ULOG).
> There was a number of compats added in latests kernels to fix 32/64 issues.
> What exact problems do you refer to? Can you point to them or to bug  
>  you have in mind?

Not something special. As of now we use 32-bit / 32-bit for our OpenVZ  
solely but as said plan to move the HW nodes to 64-bit soon and many  
32-bit guests use iptables.

Thanxs

Andreas




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