Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit host systems

2023-02-22 Thread Reinoud Zandijk
On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 09:51:57AM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 09:11:13AM +, Bernhard Beschow wrote: > > Are there any plans or ideas to support 128 bit architectures > > such as CHERI in the future? There is already a QEMU fork > > implementing CHERI for RISC V [

Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit host systems

2023-02-19 Thread Reinoud Zandijk
On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 12:05:46PM +0100, Stefan Weil wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:36:41AM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote: > > > Which 32-bit hosts are still useful, and why? > > Citing my previous mail: > >I now checked all downloads of the latests installers since 2022-12-30. > >

Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit host systems

2023-02-19 Thread Reinoud Zandijk
On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 08:22:43AM -1000, Richard Henderson wrote: > On 2/17/23 06:06, Reinoud Zandijk wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:36:41AM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote: > > > I feel the discussion petered out without a conclusion. > > > > > > I do

Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit host systems

2023-02-17 Thread Reinoud Zandijk
a bunch of 32 bit-only hosts (sparc32, ppc32, armv7, vax, mips32 etc.) that all run Qemu fine. They are all actively maintained and released as part of the main releases. Maintaining 32 bit host support is thus vital for those machines; not everyone runs a 64 bit system. with regards, Reinoud Za