Richard Henderson <[email protected]> writes:
> We deprecated i686 system mode support for qemu 8.0. However, to
> make real cleanups to TCG we need to deprecate all 32-bit hosts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <[email protected]>
> ---
> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 7 +++++++
> meson.build | 6 ++----
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 4a3c302962..7c61d0ba16 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -204,6 +204,13 @@ is going to be so much slower it wouldn't make sense for
> any serious
> instrumentation. Due to implementation differences there will also be
> anomalies in things like memory instrumentation.
>
> +32-bit host operating systems (since 10.0)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +Keeping 32-bit host support alive is a substantial burden for the
> +QEMU project. Thus QEMU will in future drop the support for all
> +32-bit host systems.
> +
> System emulator CPUs
> --------------------
>
> diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> index 866b8ce477..0dae54da0d 100644
> --- a/meson.build
> +++ b/meson.build
> @@ -4833,14 +4833,12 @@ if host_arch == 'unknown'
> message('configure has succeeded and you can continue to build, but')
> message('QEMU will use a slow interpreter to emulate the target CPU.')
> endif
> -elif host_arch == 'mips'
> +elif host_long_bits < 64
> message()
> warning('DEPRECATED HOST CPU')
> message()
> message('Support for CPU host architecture ' + cpu + ' is going to
> be')
Support for 32 bit host architecture...?
> - message('dropped as soon as the QEMU project stops supporting Debian 12')
> - message('("Bookworm"). Going forward, the QEMU project will not guarantee')
> - message('that QEMU will compile or work on this host CPU.')
> + message('dropped in a future QEMU release.')
> endif
>
> if not supported_oses.contains(host_os)
Otherwise:
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <[email protected]>
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Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro
