| Message ID | 20230302163106.465559-6-thuth@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Deprecate support for 32-bit x86 and arm hosts | expand |
On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 05:31:05PM +0100, 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. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> > diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > index 21ce70b5c9..c7113a7510 100644 > --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > @@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ 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) s/continuous/continues/ s/,too/, as well as command line tools like qemu-img, qemu-nbd, etc/ > + > > QEMU API (QAPI) events > ---------------------- > -- > 2.31.1 > With regards, Daniel
On Thu, 2023-03-02 at 17:31 +0100, 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. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa <wilfred.mallawa@wdc.com> > > diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > index 21ce70b5c9..c7113a7510 100644 > --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > @@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ 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 > ----------------------
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 21ce70b5c9..c7113a7510 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ 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 ----------------------
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. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)