Hi Andrew,
On 16/3/23 01:57, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
Looking at https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/8.0
<https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/8.0>
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System emulation on 32-bit x86 and ARM hosts has been deprecated. The
QEMU project no longer considers 32-bit x86 and ARM support for system
emulation to be an effective use of its limited resources, and thus
intends to discontinue.
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well, I guess arguing from memory-consuption point on 32 bit x86 hosts
(like my machine where I run 32 bit userspace on 64 bit kernel) is not
If you use a 64-bit kernel, then your host is 64-bit :)
host: hardware where you run QEMU
guest: what is run within QEMU
Running 32-bit *guest* on your 64-bit *host* is still supported.
We don't plan to support running 32-bit WinXP x86 (guest) on 32-bit
Raspberry Pi 2 (host) for example.
going anywhere, but what about 32bit userspace on Android tablets,
either via Limbo emulator or qemu itself in Termux?
*System* emulation [on 32-bit hosts] is deprecated. User emulation
(such linux-user) is not. For example, you can still run 64-bit x86_64
Linux binaries on a 32-bit ARM Raspberry Pi.
At least I hope it will be not *actively* (intentionally) broken, just
...unsupported (so users who know how to run git revert still will get
their build for some more time).
Unsupported code almost always unintentionally end bit-rotting...
I hope this is clearer.
Regards,
Phil.
