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[2001:8b0:1d0::2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f19-20020a05600c155300b00411ff030f06sm22434458wmg.9.2024.02.22.05.09.21 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:09:21 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Maydell To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: =?utf-8?q?Alex_Benn=C3=A9e?= , =?utf-8?q?Daniel_?= =?utf-8?q?P=2E_Berrang=C3=A9?= , Thomas Huth , Yonggang Luo Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] docs: Document that 32-bit Windows is unsupported Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:09:18 +0000 Message-Id: <20240222130920.362517-2-peter.maydell@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20240222130920.362517-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> References: <20240222130920.362517-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::32a; envelope-from=peter.maydell@linaro.org; helo=mail-wm1-x32a.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell --- docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 2 ++ docs/about/removed-features.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst index f2a7aec56ff..8fd7da140a3 100644 --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst @@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ unprivileged accounts can create symlinks if Developer Mode is enabled. When Developer Mode is not available/enabled, the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege privilege is required, or the process must be run as an administrator. +Only 64-bit Windows is supported. + .. _Homebrew: https://brew.sh/ .. _MacPorts: https://www.macports.org/ .. _MSYS2: https://www.msys2.org/ diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 54081a6c196..417a0e4fa1d 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -659,6 +659,21 @@ This command didn't produce any output already. Removed with no replacement. The ``singlestep`` command has been replaced by the ``one-insn-per-tb`` command, which has the same behaviour but a less misleading name. +Host Architectures +------------------ + +System emulation on 32-bit Windows hosts (removed in 9.0) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Windows 11 has no support for 32-bit host installs, and Windows 10 did +not support new 32-bit installs, only upgrades. 32-bit Windows support +has now been dropped by the MSYS2 project. QEMU also is deprecating +and dropping support for 32-bit x86 host deployments in +general. 32-bit Windows is therefore no longer a supported host for +QEMU. 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. + Guest Emulator ISAs -------------------