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[PULL 05/16] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit x86 hosts for syste
From: |
Thomas Huth |
Subject: |
[PULL 05/16] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit x86 hosts for system emulation |
Date: |
Mon, 6 Mar 2023 14:29:51 +0100 |
Hardly anybody still uses 32-bit x86 hosts today, so we should start
deprecating them to stop wasting our time and CI minutes here.
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa <wilfred.mallawa@wdc.com>
Message-Id: <20230306084658.29709-2-thuth@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 15084f7bea..1ca9dc33d6 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ CI coverage support may bitrot away before the deprecation
process
completes. The little endian variants of MIPS (both 32 and 64 bit) are
still a supported host architecture.
+System emulation on 32-bit x86 hosts (since 8.0)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Support for 32-bit x86 host deployments is increasingly uncommon in mainstream
+OS distributions given the widespread availability of 64-bit x86 hardware.
+The QEMU project no longer considers 32-bit x86 support for system emulation to
+be an effective use of its limited resources, and thus intends to discontinue
+it. Since all recent x86 hardware from the past >10 years is capable of the
+64-bit x86 extensions, a corresponding 64-bit OS should be used instead.
+
+
QEMU API (QAPI) events
----------------------
--
2.31.1
- [PULL 09/16] tests/qtest/readconfig: Rework test_object_rng_resp into a generic function, (continued)
- [PULL 09/16] tests/qtest/readconfig: Rework test_object_rng_resp into a generic function, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 11/16] docs/config: Set the "kvm" accelerator via "[accel]" section, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 07/16] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit arm hosts for system emulation, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 02/16] Hexagon (meson.build): define min bison version, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 01/16] docs/about/build-platforms: Refine the distro support policy, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 03/16] test: Check vnc enable before compiling vnc test, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 10/16] tests/qtest/readconfig: Test docs/config/ich9-ehci-uhci.cfg, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 12/16] tests/qtest/readconfig-test: Allow testing for arbitrary memory sizes, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 13/16] tests/qtest: Move mkimg() and have_qemu_img() from libqos to libqtest, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 08/16] gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds: Drop the 32-bit arm system emulation jobs, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 05/16] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit x86 hosts for system emulation,
Thomas Huth <=
- [PULL 14/16] tests/qtest/readconfig: Test docs/config/q35-emulated.cfg, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 16/16] pc-bios/s390-ccw: Update s390-ccw.img with the list-directed IPL fix, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 04/16] include/hw/i386: Clean up includes in x86.h, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- [PULL 15/16] pc-bios: Add support for List-Directed IPL from ECKD DASD, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/06
- Re: [PULL 00/16] Final tests, s390x and misc updates before the soft freeze, Peter Maydell, 2023/03/07