#781296 qemu: On x86, cannot give more than 2G of memory to guest

Package:
qemu
Source:
qemu
Submitter:
Raymond Jennings
Date:
2026-06-27 09:01:02 UTC
Severity:
minor
Tags:
#781296#5
Date:
2015-03-27 06:29:56 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas-test/+bug/1257891 for a full
description
#781296#10
Date:
2015-03-27 07:03:07 UTC
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27.03.2015 09:29, Raymond Jennings wrote:

Indeed, x86 (32bit) qemu does not support >2047Mb of guest RAM, and this
is not going to change, at least not any time soon, because it requires
major changes in qemu, because very few people still use it on 32bit
systems and because x86_64 works just fine without any hacks.

Thanks,

/mjt
#781296#17
Date:
2026-06-27 08:58:46 UTC
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Version: 1:11.0.0+ds-1
This issue can now be closed for good - starting with qemu 11.0, 32bit
host support is removed entirely, so qemu does not exist on x86 anymore, -
only on x86-64.

Thanks,

/mjt