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 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42A5EC54EAA for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:47:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pMSd5-0004rl-Nm; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:47:19 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pMSd3-0004rU-0T for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:47:18 -0500 Received: from mail-pg1-x535.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::535]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pMSd1-0003zR-4A for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:47:16 -0500 Received: by mail-pg1-x535.google.com with SMTP id s67so7426791pgs.3 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 03:47:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=puN5eMLuzQhrBSmRg0X27iq37JGPsGDWT3cdxc7Nppk=; b=Zuovbyjkzt3MUkFxJk7kOTNrbWUxudRGUGGIDlxPBV2ESgvuauoT3JOM6sMylGlt9l GIvKXGBXorTBulRVFzp3DAR60EBVNhZVfa1zjpTw1zPjhZEg1mn8vT8g9TCprTg/FYg3 BBPJsb5KUn19ROICRflW5wx9Dk0XK/abMwlA4mmIQFd3JLz3gafanyD3AX5DtjcPF/Ue moPciT5buWc5LTKaP3khusObcCTVG3augQHAswpLgv/KQq6cDir7sVscFO6RK2uVzbln pLCf2S1vEjt5u+0PD9nCZ4eWCCliPTGM+WLdaIwobM+EvfF5PEvgTsjk0A74UQl8XBtU T5FA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=puN5eMLuzQhrBSmRg0X27iq37JGPsGDWT3cdxc7Nppk=; b=hREoyk/B+OgrUZ/rQJ1J2S87qkdE3NwUCHgwPNRJuL7ZiEYzdC0Ldr0gXg9gwS2UZX rJAtpDiHloSj20yYyfoSQDKM4HYlOyG+LbbjfpaEGJsEV/D6ro4VyChb3zsbbHTSCtES PiwpubUCIQ0jIJWVubpujodsYt4hAj0RBZeeSHsbOvqxNKPVYZVPIWTyrhh7Hd21nL9Q 9wfisSbq5uRXAdBAclTqKkYWudZTuwaADh8oEdDy+9TJ06x4b6W3O8qK9tiGoJ/tlAHS eGKFqY5K4vLKOUiwCg2MmccBV/9opNNxKRlyF4Gg/+ROKXD+5OsbRpG582Gx0FId4Fof 9CmA== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKUYLF3Den34/WJkWqU4cW8gWRjV6Xxx5mGy6u2oYUCxRAwabjQ8 Z/n1pe12k2aLW+Fa6ar83xbUeCK13Q9fZAua5ck/FA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set8l69h22Vp9PUayRJ0wa5y5qp99ce/8tu69Zq0TwzIAE8eDqVm/WSIg5ev2aOXwDCHgb8v1PPurytrV9HgbSKo= X-Received: by 2002:a62:144d:0:b0:591:8ac8:7c78 with SMTP id 74-20020a62144d000000b005918ac87c78mr2195584pfu.54.1675079233586; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 03:47:13 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230130114428.1297295-1-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230130114428.1297295-1-thuth@redhat.com> From: Peter Maydell Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:47:02 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit host systems To: Thomas Huth Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Stefan Hajnoczi , Richard Henderson , libvir-list@redhat.com, Paolo Bonzini , Daniel Berrange , =?UTF-8?Q?Philippe_Mathieu=2DDaud=C3=A9?= , Reinoud Zandijk , Ryo ONODERA , Brad Smith , Stefan Weil Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::535; envelope-from=peter.maydell@linaro.org; helo=mail-pg1-x535.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 at 11:44, Thomas Huth wrote: > > Testing 32-bit host OS support takes a lot of precious time during the QEMU > contiguous integration tests, and considering that many OS vendors stopped > shipping 32-bit variants of their OS distributions and most hardware from > the past >10 years is capable of 64-bit True for x86, not necessarily true for other architectures. Are you proposing to deprecate x86 32-bit, or all 32-bit? I'm not entirely sure about whether we're yet at a point where I'd want to deprecate-and-drop 32-bit arm host support. thanks -- PMM