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

[Reinoud Zandijk]

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