32-bit hosts are deprecated since QEMU v10.0.0; we already
removed support for MIPS and PPC hosts. Time for ARM removal.

Based-on: <20251117140420.62193-1-philmd@linaro.org>
          "roms: Do not try to build EDK2 for 32-bit ARM on Fedora"
Based-on: <20251117153756.78830-1-philmd@linaro.org>
          "docs: Mention 32-bit PPC host as removed"

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (2):
  gitlab: Stop cross-testing for 32-bit ARM hosts
  buildsys: Remove support for 32-bit ARM hosts

 MAINTAINERS                                   |    6 -
 docs/about/removed-features.rst               |    4 +-
 configure                                     |   39 -
 meson.build                                   |    5 +-
 linux-user/include/host/arm/host-signal.h     |   43 -
 tcg/arm/tcg-target-con-set.h                  |   47 -
 tcg/arm/tcg-target-con-str.h                  |   26 -
 tcg/arm/tcg-target-has.h                      |   73 -
 tcg/arm/tcg-target-mo.h                       |   13 -
 tcg/arm/tcg-target-reg-bits.h                 |   12 -
 tcg/arm/tcg-target.h                          |   73 -
 tcg/arm/tcg-target-opc.h.inc                  |   16 -
 tcg/arm/tcg-target.c.inc                      | 3489 -----------------
 .gitlab-ci.d/container-cross.yml              |    6 -
 .gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml                  |    7 -
 common-user/host/arm/safe-syscall.inc.S       |  108 -
 python/qemu/utils/accel.py                    |    1 -
 roms/edk2-build.py                            |    4 -
 .../dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker     |  188 -
 tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-bootstrap.pre |    5 +-
 tests/lcitool/refresh                         |    5 -
 21 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4166 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 linux-user/include/host/arm/host-signal.h
 delete mode 100644 tcg/arm/tcg-target-con-set.h
 delete mode 100644 tcg/arm/tcg-target-con-str.h
 delete mode 100644 tcg/arm/tcg-target-has.h
 delete mode 100644 tcg/arm/tcg-target-mo.h
 delete mode 100644 tcg/arm/tcg-target-reg-bits.h
 delete mode 100644 tcg/arm/tcg-target.h
 delete mode 100644 tcg/arm/tcg-target-opc.h.inc
 delete mode 100644 tcg/arm/tcg-target.c.inc
 delete mode 100644 common-user/host/arm/safe-syscall.inc.S
 delete mode 100644 tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker

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2.51.0

On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 at 15:42, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> 32-bit hosts are deprecated since QEMU v10.0.0; we already
> removed support for MIPS and PPC hosts. Time for ARM removal.
>
> Based-on: <20251117140420.62193-1-philmd@linaro.org>
>           "roms: Do not try to build EDK2 for 32-bit ARM on Fedora"
> Based-on: <20251117153756.78830-1-philmd@linaro.org>
>           "docs: Mention 32-bit PPC host as removed"
>
> Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (2):
>   gitlab: Stop cross-testing for 32-bit ARM hosts
>   buildsys: Remove support for 32-bit ARM hosts

I would prefer us not to drop a deprecated feature after
feature-freeze, please. This seems like it can wait for 11.0.

thanks
-- PMM

On 17/11/25 16:59, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 at 15:42, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> 32-bit hosts are deprecated since QEMU v10.0.0; we already
>> removed support for MIPS and PPC hosts. Time for ARM removal.
>>
>> Based-on: <20251117140420.62193-1-philmd@linaro.org>
>>            "roms: Do not try to build EDK2 for 32-bit ARM on Fedora"
>> Based-on: <20251117153756.78830-1-philmd@linaro.org>
>>            "docs: Mention 32-bit PPC host as removed"
>>
>> Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (2):
>>    gitlab: Stop cross-testing for 32-bit ARM hosts
>>    buildsys: Remove support for 32-bit ARM hosts
> 
> I would prefer us not to drop a deprecated feature after
> feature-freeze, please. This seems like it can wait for 11.0.

Sure no problem on my side (per Daniel comment on IRC,
I thought this was a due task).

Regards,

Phil.