Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate the qemu-system-i386 binary
On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 05:31:01PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote:
Hardly anybody really requires the i386 binary anymore, since the
qemu-system-x86_64 binary is a proper superset. So let's deprecate
the 32-bit variant now, so that we can finally stop wasting our time
and CI minutes with this.
The first sentence isn't quite true wrt to KVM. Change slightly to:
Aside from not supporting KVM on 32-bit hosts, the qemu-system-x86_64
binary is a proper superset of the qemu-system-i386 binary. With the
32-bit host support being deprecated, it is now also possible to
deprecate the qemu-system-i386 binary.
With regards to 32-bit KVM support in the x86 Linux kernel,
the developers confirmed that they do not need a recent
qemu-system-i386 binary here:
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/Y%2ffkTs5ajFy0hP1U@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth(a)redhat.com>
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docs/about/deprecated.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com>
With regards,
Daniel
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