Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/about/deprecated: Deprecate 32-bit host systems

[Thomas Huth]

On 17/02/2023 18.43, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> (Cc'ing Huacai & Jiaxun).
>
> On 17/2/23 17:38, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > On 2/17/23 11:47, Daniel P. Berrangé 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?
> > >
> > > Which 32-bit hosts does Linux still provide KVM  support for.
> >
> > All except ARM: MIPS, x86, PPC and RISC-V.
> >
> > I would like to remove x86, but encountered some objections.
> >
> > MIPS, nobody is really using it I think.
>
> 32-bit was added in 2014, commit 222e7d11e7 ("target-mips: Enable KVM
> support in build system"). I'm not aware of anybody using it (even
> testing it). I don't have hardware to test it (neither time).

Could you maybe suggest a kernel patch to remove it, to see what happens? 
... if nobody objects to the removal of the 32-bit MIPS KVM kernel support 
and the patch gets merged, that would help us in the long run, I think.

 Thanks,
  Thomas