On Thu, 2023-03-02 at 17:31 +0100, Thomas Huth wrote: > For running QEMU in system emulation mode, the user needs a rather > strong host system, i.e. not only an embedded low-frequency > controller. > All recent beefy arm host machines should support 64-bit now, it's > unlikely that anybody is still seriously using QEMU on a 32-bit arm > CPU, so we deprecate the 32-bit arm hosts here to finally save use > some time and precious CI minutes. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa <wilfred.mallawa@xxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > index 21ce70b5c9..c7113a7510 100644 > --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > @@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ discontinue it. 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. > > +System emulation on 32-bit arm hosts (since 8.0) > +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > + > +Since QEMU needs a strong host machine for running full system > emulation, and > +all recent powerful arm hosts support 64-bit, the QEMU project > deprecates the > +support for running any system emulation on 32-bit arm hosts in > general. Use > +64-bit arm hosts for system emulation instead. (Note: "user" mode > emulation > +continuous to be supported on 32-bit arm hosts, too) > + > > QEMU API (QAPI) events > ----------------------
