[PATCH-for-10.2] docs: Mention 32-bit PPC host as removed

[PATCH-for-10.2] docs: Mention 32-bit PPC host as removed

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

We removed support for 32-bit PPC hosts in commit 5c1ec5a1ee0
("tcg/ppc: Remove support for 32-bit hosts").

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
---
 docs/about/removed-features.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index 88ea0dc4edc..3ebbe9aec98 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -902,6 +902,12 @@ From 10.0, QEMU has disabled configuration of 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts.
 Debian 12 "Bookworm" removed support for 32-bit MIPS, making it hard to
 maintain our cross-compilation CI tests of the architecture.
 
+32-bit PPC (since 11.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Keeping 32-bit host support alive is a substantial burden for the
+QEMU project.
+
 Guest Emulator ISAs
 -------------------
 
-- 
2.51.0

Re: [PATCH-for-10.2] docs: Mention 32-bit PPC host as removed

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 04:37:56PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> We removed support for 32-bit PPC hosts in commit 5c1ec5a1ee0
> ("tcg/ppc: Remove support for 32-bit hosts").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
> ---
>  docs/about/removed-features.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
> index 88ea0dc4edc..3ebbe9aec98 100644
> --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
> @@ -902,6 +902,12 @@ From 10.0, QEMU has disabled configuration of 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts.
>  Debian 12 "Bookworm" removed support for 32-bit MIPS, making it hard to
>  maintain our cross-compilation CI tests of the architecture.
>  
> +32-bit PPC (since 11.0)

We're in freeze for 10.2, not 11.0

> +'''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +Keeping 32-bit host support alive is a substantial burden for the
> +QEMU project.

That's a suitable justification for the original commit, but for the
removed features user docs I think we can simply say

   "The QEMU project no longer supports 32-bit host builds"


With regards,
Daniel
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