Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit host systems
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 don't think letting the status quo win by inertia is a good outcome
> > here.
> >
> > Which 32-bit hosts are still useful, and why?
>
> NetBSD runs on 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.
Are you sure about that? TCG doesn't support sparc32 or vax.
I suppose you could be using TCI, but I can't even imagine how
slow that would be on vax.
I've asked around amongst active developers and they steted that they had used
it in the past but not ianymore recently. I doubt normal users would use them
often though since most hardware is 64 bit capable anyways.
Reinoud