Bug#599200: base-installer: Install amd64 kernel on i686 kvm guest - and fail to boot

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 06:27:55PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> This is the /proc/cpuinfo in the i686 kvm guest:
> 
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 2
> model name      : QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.10.0
> stepping        : 3
> cpu MHz         : 2999.338
> cache size      : 2048 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 2
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 nx lm pni hypervisor

The 'lm' flag means this system has 64bit support.  If in fact it doesn't,
then the VM is broken.  The installer did the right thing based on the
CPU feature flags.

> bogomips        : 5998.67
> clflush size    : 64
> cache_alignment : 64
> address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management:
> 
> Happy hacking,

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Len Sorensen