From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5BAAC34050 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:56:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mm01.cs.columbia.edu (mm01.cs.columbia.edu [128.59.11.253]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D2BA206ED for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:56:31 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 5D2BA206ED Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kvmarm-bounces@lists.cs.columbia.edu Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mm01.cs.columbia.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3D5A4AF17; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:56:30 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: at lists.cs.columbia.edu Received: from mm01.cs.columbia.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mm01.cs.columbia.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id j1x-8sjuzOpP; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:56:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from mm01.cs.columbia.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mm01.cs.columbia.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3F0D4AC7C; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:56:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mm01.cs.columbia.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE3B4A98A for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:56:28 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: at lists.cs.columbia.edu Received: from mm01.cs.columbia.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mm01.cs.columbia.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kmNtDf1VBL-l for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:56:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by mm01.cs.columbia.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6FAC4A51D for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:56:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 272D81FB; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:56:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (e113682-lin.copenhagen.arm.com [10.32.145.14]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B16633F68F; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:56:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:56:24 +0100 From: Christoffer Dall To: Marc Zyngier Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Removing support for 32bit KVM/arm host Message-ID: <20200219145624.GD26684@e113682-lin.lund.arm.com> References: <20200210141324.21090-1-maz@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200210141324.21090-1-maz@kernel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Cc: Anders Berg , Russell King , Arnd Bergmann , kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Paolo Bonzini , Will Deacon , kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu X-BeenThere: kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Where KVM/ARM decisions are made List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: kvmarm-bounces@lists.cs.columbia.edu Sender: kvmarm-bounces@lists.cs.columbia.edu On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 02:13:19PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: > KVM/arm was merged just over 7 years ago, and has lived a very quiet > life so far. It mostly works if you're prepared to deal with its > limitations, it has been a good prototype for the arm64 version, > but it suffers a few problems: > > - It is incomplete (no debug support, no PMU) > - It hasn't followed any of the architectural evolutions > - It has zero users (I don't count myself here) > - It is more and more getting in the way of new arm64 developments > > So here it is: unless someone screams and shows that they rely on > KVM/arm to be maintained upsteam, I'll remove 32bit host support > form the tree. One of the reasons that makes me confident nobody is > using it is that I never receive *any* bug report. Yes, it is perfect. > But if you depend on KVM/arm being available in mainline, please shout. > > To reiterate: 32bit guest support for arm64 stays, of course. Only > 32bit host goes. Once this is merged, I plan to move virt/kvm/arm to > arm64, and cleanup all the now unnecessary abstractions. > > The patches have been generated with the -D option to avoid spamming > everyone with huge diffs, and there is a kvm-arm/goodbye branch in > my kernel.org repository. Acked-by: Christoffer Dall _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm