| Message ID | 20230306084658.29709-5-thuth@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Deprecate system emulation support for 32-bit x86 and arm hosts | expand |
On 6/3/23 09:46, Thomas Huth wrote: > For running QEMU in system emulation mode, the user needs a rather > strong host system, i.e. not only an embedded low-frequency controller. > All recent beefy arm host machines should support 64-bit now, it's > unlikely that anybody is still seriously using QEMU on a 32-bit arm > CPU, so we deprecate the 32-bit arm hosts here to finally save use > some time and precious CI minutes. > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> > Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa <wilfred.mallawa@wdc.com> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
On 3/6/23 00:46, Thomas Huth wrote: > +continuous to be supported on 32-bit arm hosts, too) "continues" Acked-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> r~
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index c4fcc6b33c..f0de517dc2 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -220,6 +220,15 @@ 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. +System emulation on 32-bit arm hosts (since 8.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Since QEMU needs a strong host machine for running full system emulation, and +all recent powerful arm hosts support 64-bit, the QEMU project deprecates the +support for running any system emulation on 32-bit arm hosts in general. Use +64-bit arm hosts for system emulation instead. (Note: "user" mode emulation +continuous to be supported on 32-bit arm hosts, too) + QEMU API (QAPI) events ----------------------