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

[Richard Henderson]

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.


r~