From nobody Fri May 3 07:49:23 2024 Delivered-To: importer2@patchew.org Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer2=patchew.org@nongnu.org; dmarc=fail(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1678092632616508.8008655000142; Mon, 6 Mar 2023 00:50:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pZ6VQ-0006xB-9e; Mon, 06 Mar 2023 03:47:40 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pZ6V0-0006uj-Fo for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2023 03:47:19 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pZ6Uy-00067J-LD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2023 03:47:14 -0500 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-480-BweyhluRMwuANh_BPVGZnA-1; Mon, 06 Mar 2023 03:47:06 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AB3C1C05EB7; Mon, 6 Mar 2023 08:47:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thuth.com (unknown [10.39.193.101]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21233440DE; Mon, 6 Mar 2023 08:47:02 +0000 (UTC) X-MC-Unique: BweyhluRMwuANh_BPVGZnA-1 From: Thomas Huth To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , Daniel Berrange , Paolo Bonzini Cc: Markus Armbruster , =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20Benn=C3=A9e?= , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Maxim Levitsky , libvir-list@redhat.com, Richard Henderson , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Reinoud Zandijk , Wilfred Mallawa , John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Subject: [PATCH v4 1/5] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit x86 hosts for system emulation Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 09:46:54 +0100 Message-Id: <20230306084658.29709-2-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230306084658.29709-1-thuth@redhat.com> References: <20230306084658.29709-1-thuth@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.5 Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer2=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=thuth@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham 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-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1678092632869100001 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. Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 15084f7bea..1ca9dc33d6 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ CI coverage support may bitrot away before the depreca= tion process completes. The little endian variants of MIPS (both 32 and 64 bit) are still a supported host architecture. =20 +System emulation on 32-bit x86 hosts (since 8.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Support for 32-bit x86 host deployments is increasingly uncommon in mainst= ream +OS distributions given the widespread availability of 64-bit x86 hardware. +The QEMU project no longer considers 32-bit x86 support for system emulati= on to +be an effective use of its limited resources, and thus intends to disconti= nue +it. 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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 | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 1ca9dc33d6..c4fcc6b33c 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ 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. 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(There are still the 32-bit MinGW and TCI jobs around for having some compile test coverage on 32-bit) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. 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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. Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Acked-by: Richard Henderson Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index c4fcc6b33c..f0de517dc2 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -220,6 +220,15 @@ be an effective use of its limited resources, and thus= intends to 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. =20 +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. U= se +64-bit arm hosts for system emulation instead. 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Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- .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 a25cb87ae4..61b8ac86ee 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' =20 -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 =20 -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: --=20 2.31.1