From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
To: Keir Fraser <keir.xen@gmail.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Xen x86 32-bit hypervisor end of life after 4.2
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:24:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <504E1458.70606@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CC7237F3.3E2CD%keir.xen@gmail.com>
On 09/09/12 12:11, Keir Fraser wrote:
> Folks,
>
> With 64-bit support well established in the x86 world these days, the number
> of x86 production environments that cannot run a 64-bit hypervisor is pretty
> much nil. Maintaining the 32-bit x86 port, and implementing new features for
> it, is an ongoing development burden which could be more usefully directed
> elsewhere. Therefore, 32-bit x86 will be considered obsolete in the 4.3
> development branch, and removed.
I have some tracing patches that have some 32-bit/64-bit #ifdef'ery.
Would you prefer them posted now, or deferred until 32-bit is gone?
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-10 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-09 11:11 [ANNOUNCE] Xen x86 32-bit hypervisor end of life after 4.2 Keir Fraser
2012-09-10 14:00 ` Keir Fraser
2012-09-10 14:16 ` Ian Jackson
2012-09-10 14:23 ` Keir Fraser
2012-09-10 17:09 ` Ian Jackson
2012-09-10 17:24 ` Keir Fraser
2012-09-11 10:27 ` Ian Jackson
2012-09-11 10:44 ` Keir Fraser
2012-09-11 10:51 ` Jan Beulich
2012-09-11 10:57 ` Keir Fraser
2012-09-10 16:24 ` David Vrabel [this message]
2012-09-10 16:55 ` Keir Fraser
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