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
next 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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