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([2001:b07:6468:f312:1c09:f536:3de6:228c]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id iz7-20020a05600c554700b003e203681b26sm5158153wmb.29.2023.02.17.08.38.14 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:38:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:38:13 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.7.1 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit host systems Content-Language: en-US To: =?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_P=2e_Berrang=c3=a9?= , Markus Armbruster Cc: Thomas Huth , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , Stefan Hajnoczi , Richard Henderson , libvir-list@redhat.com, =?UTF-8?Q?Philippe_Mathieu-Daud=c3=a9?= , Reinoud Zandijk , Ryo ONODERA , Brad Smith , Stefan Weil References: <20230130114428.1297295-1-thuth@redhat.com> <87a61cbmti.fsf@pond.sub.org> From: Paolo Bonzini In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=pbonzini@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -23 X-Spam_score: -2.4 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.256, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, 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 2/17/23 11:47, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:36:41AM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> I feel the discussion petered out without a conclusion. >> >> I don't think letting the status quo win by inertia is a good outcome >> here. >> >> Which 32-bit hosts are still useful, and why? > > Which 32-bit hosts does Linux still provide KVM support for. All except ARM: MIPS, x86, PPC and RISC-V. I would like to remove x86, but encountered some objections. MIPS, nobody is really using it I think. So that leaves PPC and RISC-V. > If any, is there an EOL date for Linux 32-bit KVM support ? No, and I don't think there's going to be one. Paolo