Re: [ANNOUNCE] Xen x86 32-bit hypervisor end of life after 4.2

[Keir Fraser <keir.xen@gmail.com>]

On 09/09/2012 12:11, "Keir Fraser" <keir.xen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> With 64-bit support well established in the x86 world these days, the number
> of x86 production environments that cannot run a 64-bit hypervisor is pretty
> much nil. Maintaining the 32-bit x86 port, and implementing new features for
> it, is an ongoing development burden which could be more usefully directed
> elsewhere. Therefore, 32-bit x86 will be considered obsolete in the 4.3
> development branch, and removed.

Ian,

Please can you remove x86_32 from the automated tests for xen-unstable?

 Thanks,
 Keir

> 32-bit x86 will continue to be maintained and supported (insofar as it has
> been recently) in the supported stable branches: 3.4, 4.1, and 4.2.
> 
> Furthermore, 32-bit guests (including 32-bit PV guests) will continue to be
> supported on the 64-bit hypervisor, as they always have been.
> 
>  Regards,
>  Keir & The Xen Team
> 
>