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From: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: berrange@redhat.com, stefanha@gmail.com, philmd@linaro.org
Subject: [PATCH for-10.0] docs: Document removal of 64-bit on 32-bit emulation
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 09:43:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250412164315.36161-1-richard.henderson@linaro.org> (raw)

With acce728cbc6c we disallowed configuring 64-bit guests on
32-bit hosts, but forgot to document that in removed-features.

Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
---
 docs/about/removed-features.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index 2527a91795..790a5e481c 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -858,6 +858,15 @@ 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.
 
+32-bit hosts for 64-bit guests (removed in 10.0)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+In general, 32-bit hosts cannot support the memory space or atomicity
+requirements of 64-bit guests.  Prior to 10.0, QEMU attempted to
+work around the atomicity issues in system mode by running all vCPUs
+in a single thread context; in user mode atomicity was simply broken.
+From 10.0, QEMU has disabled configuration of 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts.
+
 Guest Emulator ISAs
 -------------------
 
-- 
2.43.0



             reply	other threads:[~2025-04-12 16:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-12 16:43 Richard Henderson [this message]
2025-04-14  8:36 ` [PATCH for-10.0] docs: Document removal of 64-bit on 32-bit emulation Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-04-14  9:21 ` Alex Bennée
2025-04-14 10:25 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-04-14 15:16 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-04-14 15:24   ` Richard Henderson

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