From patchwork Thu Mar 2 16:31:01 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Thomas Huth X-Patchwork-Id: 13157563 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CD36C678D4 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lists.xenproject.org with outflank-mailman.505234.777880 (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlpx-0001Ib-DQ; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:21 +0000 X-Outflank-Mailman: Message body and most headers restored to incoming version Received: by outflank-mailman (output) from mailman id 505234.777880; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:21 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlpx-0001IQ-6a; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:21 +0000 Received: by outflank-mailman (input) for mailman id 505234; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:20 +0000 Received: from se1-gles-sth1-in.inumbo.com ([159.253.27.254] helo=se1-gles-sth1.inumbo.com) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlpw-0001EZ-6b for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:20 +0000 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by se1-gles-sth1.inumbo.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id a836b9c4-b917-11ed-96ad-2f268f93b82a; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:31:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-323-YDXKNcPTNsmtB1atJEVCHg-1; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:31:13 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25DA51C04349; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thuth.com (unknown [10.39.192.93]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9A7440B3F12; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:10 +0000 (UTC) X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Precedence: list Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Inumbo-ID: a836b9c4-b917-11ed-96ad-2f268f93b82a DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1677774677; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=mrgkRdNE+AcdsZ+zHYLBFAXiQu5tjayM7At8EKmQNNc=; b=QLeZ4PRx6vhhCfbNA/Unc/x+XfiDpaoYx7xuVDdhyKh3f3yotpDQRU9rAp9QKHFjXWyBhO x9gDScMeKlRUdNCQDou1VYIuntooHC7eKrfYR5Au8DoKaAsCKeEtbygmnRZ+k6IHICpAZ2 NmjiO+8HupRYMVgimGA6x84uIOxvhMY= X-MC-Unique: YDXKNcPTNsmtB1atJEVCHg-1 From: Thomas Huth To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , Daniel Berrange , Paolo Bonzini Cc: Markus Armbruster , =?utf-8?q?Alex_Benn=C3=A9e?= , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Maxim Levitsky , libvir-list@redhat.com, Richard Henderson , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Reinoud Zandijk Subject: [PATCH v2 1/6] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate the qemu-system-i386 binary Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 17:31:01 +0100 Message-Id: <20230302163106.465559-2-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> References: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.1 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. 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 Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 15084f7bea..11700adac9 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ deprecating the build option and no longer defend it in CI. The ``--enable-gcov`` build option remains for analysis test case coverage. +``qemu-system-i386`` binary (since 8.0) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``qemu-system-i386`` binary was mainly useful for running with KVM +on 32-bit x86 hosts, but most Linux distributions already removed their +support for 32-bit x86 kernels, so hardly anybody still needs this. The +``qemu-system-x86_64`` binary is a proper superset and can be used to +run 32-bit guests by selecting a 32-bit CPU model, including KVM support +on x86_64 hosts. Thus users are recommended to reconfigure their systems +to use the ``qemu-system-x86_64`` binary instead. + + System emulator command line arguments -------------------------------------- From patchwork Thu Mar 2 16:31:02 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Thomas Huth X-Patchwork-Id: 13157560 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64105C7EE2F for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lists.xenproject.org with outflank-mailman.505235.777892 (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlpy-0001jL-IO; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:22 +0000 X-Outflank-Mailman: Message body and most headers restored to incoming version Received: by outflank-mailman (output) from mailman id 505235.777892; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlpy-0001jC-FW; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:22 +0000 Received: by outflank-mailman (input) for mailman id 505235; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:21 +0000 Received: from se1-gles-flk1-in.inumbo.com ([94.247.172.50] helo=se1-gles-flk1.inumbo.com) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlpx-0001IZ-Io for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:21 +0000 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by se1-gles-flk1.inumbo.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id a883bb25-b917-11ed-a550-8520e6686977; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:31:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-112-FcfOwdQLOLq8Nr9yu7kRsA-1; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:31:16 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E59C9802C18; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thuth.com (unknown [10.39.192.93]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 697CD400EA93; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:13 +0000 (UTC) X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Precedence: list Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Inumbo-ID: a883bb25-b917-11ed-a550-8520e6686977 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1677774677; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=3psyEgJRau2Jh1sB5FoWnPWnwz10rj9WAfK8OXPQ0lI=; b=CGCoKkp/O/cIAT7rmrqKicDsVp6z2YSno9vOa5tkDcJ5WQvAb0uJ3Dbvl7O4Vv79opm8/V MACyFz2f+i11xKkqHt4gfEHiWj3nldiXRN41dVA1o9FhYOikGC/R1sV8Y+ZeGpoMUGQS3W PS41vhSrK17s2xCeloy3CGA+7lqDKrU= X-MC-Unique: FcfOwdQLOLq8Nr9yu7kRsA-1 From: Thomas Huth To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , Daniel Berrange , Paolo Bonzini Cc: Markus Armbruster , =?utf-8?q?Alex_Benn=C3=A9e?= , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Maxim Levitsky , libvir-list@redhat.com, Richard Henderson , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Reinoud Zandijk Subject: [PATCH v2 2/6] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit x86 hosts Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 17:31:02 +0100 Message-Id: <20230302163106.465559-3-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> References: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.1 Hardly anybody still uses 32-bit x86 hosts today, so we should start deprecating them to stop wasting our time and CI minutes here. For example, there are also still some unresolved problems with these: When emulating 64-bit binaries in user mode, TCG does not honor atomicity for 64-bit accesses, which is "perhaps worse than not working at all" (quoting Richard). Let's simply make it clear that people should use 64-bit x86 hosts nowadays and we do not intend to fix/maintain the old 32-bit stuff. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 11700adac9..a30aa8dfdf 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -208,6 +208,18 @@ CI coverage support may bitrot away before the deprecation process completes. The little endian variants of MIPS (both 32 and 64 bit) are still a supported host architecture. +32-bit x86 hosts (since 8.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Support for 32-bit x86 host deployments is increasingly uncommon in +mainstream OS distributions given the widespread availability of 64-bit +x86 hardware. The QEMU project no longer considers 32-bit x86 support +to be an effective use of its limited resources, and thus intends to +discontinue it. 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Berrangé Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa --- .gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml | 16 ---------------- 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml index 101416080c..3ce51adf77 100644 --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml @@ -43,22 +43,6 @@ cross-arm64-user: variables: IMAGE: debian-arm64-cross -cross-i386-system: - extends: .cross_system_build_job - needs: - job: i386-fedora-cross-container - variables: - IMAGE: fedora-i386-cross - MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-qtest - -cross-i386-user: - extends: .cross_user_build_job - needs: - job: i386-fedora-cross-container - variables: - IMAGE: fedora-i386-cross - MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check - cross-i386-tci: extends: .cross_accel_build_job timeout: 60m From patchwork Thu Mar 2 16:31:04 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Thomas Huth X-Patchwork-Id: 13157564 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B820C6FA8E for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lists.xenproject.org with outflank-mailman.505237.777912 (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlq4-0002KN-4L; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:28 +0000 X-Outflank-Mailman: Message body and most headers restored to incoming version Received: by outflank-mailman (output) from mailman id 505237.777912; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlq4-0002KG-1D; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:28 +0000 Received: by outflank-mailman (input) for mailman id 505237; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:27 +0000 Received: from se1-gles-sth1-in.inumbo.com ([159.253.27.254] helo=se1-gles-sth1.inumbo.com) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlq3-0001EZ-4M for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:27 +0000 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by se1-gles-sth1.inumbo.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id ad17c04e-b917-11ed-96ad-2f268f93b82a; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:31:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-517-ZxoOLkewNeO0183HdIaMUA-1; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:31:22 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3EF7938012E7; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thuth.com (unknown [10.39.192.93]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2FE6400EA93; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:18 +0000 (UTC) X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Precedence: list Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Inumbo-ID: ad17c04e-b917-11ed-96ad-2f268f93b82a DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1677774685; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=1se1EgyXTtHuqpHB7dBmmrL51sYg+NfS/rBJP2j3pQw=; b=Etut81HP4wAgWGR1WmSLqU05m5ERBxVJ8tdvkT/xsKHYS9vrnuOJLWnbZ+NkUy1ke5kGoq RfhWVYHT4GJcdzWInd3SzX5ImFLaiRBnENKrCzoWszXA/w2J0hmTCDp9TKOxekg/wJrUuD U8973dbpM7w84xxGOStHWajTGkCHEmg= X-MC-Unique: ZxoOLkewNeO0183HdIaMUA-1 From: Thomas Huth To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , Daniel Berrange , Paolo Bonzini Cc: Markus Armbruster , =?utf-8?q?Alex_Benn=C3=A9e?= , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Maxim Levitsky , libvir-list@redhat.com, Richard Henderson , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Reinoud Zandijk Subject: [PATCH v2 4/6] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate the qemu-system-arm binary Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 17:31:04 +0100 Message-Id: <20230302163106.465559-5-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> References: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.1 qemu-system-aarch64 is a proper superset of qemu-system-arm, and the latter was mainly still required for 32-bit KVM support. But this 32-bit KVM arm support has been dropped in the Linux kernel a couple of years ago already, so we don't really need qemu-system-arm anymore, thus deprecated it now. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index a30aa8dfdf..21ce70b5c9 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ run 32-bit guests by selecting a 32-bit CPU model, including KVM support on x86_64 hosts. Thus users are recommended to reconfigure their systems to use the ``qemu-system-x86_64`` binary instead. +``qemu-system-arm`` binary (since 8.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +``qemu-system-aarch64`` is a proper superset of ``qemu-system-arm``. The +latter was mainly a requirement for running KVM on 32-bit arm hosts, but +this 32-bit KVM support has been removed some years ago already (see: +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=541ad0150ca4 +). Thus the QEMU project will drop the ``qemu-system-arm`` binary in a +future release. Use ``qemu-system-aarch64`` instead. + System emulator command line arguments -------------------------------------- From patchwork Thu Mar 2 16:31:05 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Thomas Huth X-Patchwork-Id: 13157565 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4536C7EE2F for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lists.xenproject.org with outflank-mailman.505238.777924 (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlqA-0002lf-Fc; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:34 +0000 X-Outflank-Mailman: Message body and most headers restored to incoming version Received: by outflank-mailman (output) from mailman id 505238.777924; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:34 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlqA-0002lV-AF; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:34 +0000 Received: by outflank-mailman (input) for mailman id 505238; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:32 +0000 Received: from se1-gles-flk1-in.inumbo.com ([94.247.172.50] helo=se1-gles-flk1.inumbo.com) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlq8-0001IZ-Sk for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:32 +0000 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by se1-gles-flk1.inumbo.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id af99e17a-b917-11ed-a550-8520e6686977; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:31:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-641-z0xiPiE1MZGTjYv3zq48oQ-1; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:31:25 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D0A7E101A55E; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thuth.com (unknown [10.39.192.93]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CA32400EA93; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:21 +0000 (UTC) X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Precedence: list Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Inumbo-ID: af99e17a-b917-11ed-a550-8520e6686977 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1677774689; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=mTfeuO/znvs5lHRChCVKJ8TB4KKBsOzPzos7lhRqsaw=; b=Zjgy+PsPdD2VCyEiPDZvP0AS3BGIcaxUYd6jSTBQyT58vSnjGwz+FM785FVD3YjEv4iiHq qKgIczpd581Ng3QkUOFPd4M+35kNNmJGxYDHSiQeBTsYSLORiOjJJ5zDOalHZRx6I2yVVl 9d/YUCN+biviMcJT/nHTS9ZbBkKgfKM= X-MC-Unique: z0xiPiE1MZGTjYv3zq48oQ-1 From: Thomas Huth To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , Daniel Berrange , Paolo Bonzini Cc: Markus Armbruster , =?utf-8?q?Alex_Benn=C3=A9e?= , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Maxim Levitsky , libvir-list@redhat.com, Richard Henderson , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Reinoud Zandijk Subject: [PATCH v2 5/6] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit arm hosts Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 17:31:05 +0100 Message-Id: <20230302163106.465559-6-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> References: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.1 For running QEMU in system emulation mode, the user needs a rather strong host system, i.e. not only an embedded low-frequency controller. All recent beefy arm host machines should support 64-bit now, it's unlikely that anybody is still seriously using QEMU on a 32-bit arm CPU, so we deprecate the 32-bit arm hosts here to finally save use some time and precious CI minutes. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 21ce70b5c9..c7113a7510 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ discontinue it. Since all recent x86 hardware from the past >10 years is capable of the 64-bit x86 extensions, a corresponding 64-bit OS should be used instead. +System emulation on 32-bit arm hosts (since 8.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Since QEMU needs a strong host machine for running full system emulation, and +all recent powerful arm hosts support 64-bit, the QEMU project deprecates the +support for running any system emulation on 32-bit arm hosts in general. Use +64-bit arm hosts for system emulation instead. (Note: "user" mode emulation +continuous to be supported on 32-bit arm hosts, too) + QEMU API (QAPI) events ---------------------- From patchwork Thu Mar 2 16:31:06 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Thomas Huth X-Patchwork-Id: 13157566 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C280BC6FA8E for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lists.xenproject.org with outflank-mailman.505239.777929 (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlqA-0002pp-QL; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:34 +0000 X-Outflank-Mailman: Message body and most headers restored to incoming version Received: by outflank-mailman (output) from mailman id 505239.777929; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:34 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlqA-0002om-Ix; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:34 +0000 Received: by outflank-mailman (input) for mailman id 505239; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:32 +0000 Received: from se1-gles-sth1-in.inumbo.com ([159.253.27.254] helo=se1-gles-sth1.inumbo.com) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXlq8-0001EZ-Sq for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:31:32 +0000 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by se1-gles-sth1.inumbo.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id b0946a17-b917-11ed-96ad-2f268f93b82a; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:31:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-370-Jq8Nao8XNiSn3fIGaKZl_g-1; Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:31:26 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74665811E6E; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thuth.com (unknown [10.39.192.93]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E2C400EA93; Thu, 2 Mar 2023 16:31:23 +0000 (UTC) X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Precedence: list Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Inumbo-ID: b0946a17-b917-11ed-96ad-2f268f93b82a DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1677774691; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=iwI738OIIkLAwRHwvOimrO1YGLXhalSEzhssZIG8uVE=; b=KP0Fjy0kZdSV/8/iACeMPCthcGL0olA7G6dUlolUD8TUmyJrY00mqrxDyIEfbhzZxuYRnu dtWzk5Oe+huvgm1USHX8vSNmq3jjSplgvNq1Xjs8B+T7nSkLIIMRY0AHWqu39pwIk+ekGp fsLVbB6VDsU5l5vbpTElJSNVDwDn3Vk= X-MC-Unique: Jq8Nao8XNiSn3fIGaKZl_g-1 From: Thomas Huth To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , Daniel Berrange , Paolo Bonzini Cc: Markus Armbruster , =?utf-8?q?Alex_Benn=C3=A9e?= , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Maxim Levitsky , libvir-list@redhat.com, Richard Henderson , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Reinoud Zandijk Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds: Drop the 32-bit arm system emulation jobs Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 17:31:06 +0100 Message-Id: <20230302163106.465559-7-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> References: <20230302163106.465559-1-thuth@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.1 Hardly anybody still uses 32-bit arm environments for running QEMU, so let's stop wasting our scarce CI minutes with these jobs. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa --- .gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml | 14 -------------- 1 file changed, 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml index 3ce51adf77..419b0c2fe1 100644 --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml @@ -1,13 +1,6 @@ include: - local: '/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuild-template.yml' -cross-armel-system: - extends: .cross_system_build_job - needs: - job: armel-debian-cross-container - variables: - IMAGE: debian-armel-cross - cross-armel-user: extends: .cross_user_build_job needs: @@ -15,13 +8,6 @@ cross-armel-user: variables: IMAGE: debian-armel-cross -cross-armhf-system: - extends: .cross_system_build_job - needs: - job: armhf-debian-cross-container - variables: - IMAGE: debian-armhf-cross - cross-armhf-user: extends: .cross_user_build_job needs: