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envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer2=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=thuth@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer2=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer2=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1677838560650100003 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/ Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index f0c1e6b545..a30aa8dfdf 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. =20 +``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 -------------------------------------- =20 --=20 2.31.1