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envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=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: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, 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+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1677838617959100001 qemu-system-aarch64 is a proper superset of qemu-system-arm, and the latter was mainly still required for 32-bit KVM support. But this 32-bit KVM arm support has been dropped in the Linux kernel a couple of years ago already, so we don't really need qemu-system-arm anymore, thus deprecated it now. Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index e2e908f84d..1b7b3da309 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ run 32-bit guests by selecting a 32-bit CPU model, inclu= ding KVM support on x86_64 hosts. Thus users are recommended to reconfigure their systems to use the ``qemu-system-x86_64`` binary instead. =20 +``qemu-system-arm`` binary (since 8.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +``qemu-system-aarch64`` is a proper superset of ``qemu-system-arm``. The +latter was mainly a requirement for running KVM on 32-bit arm hosts, but +this 32-bit KVM support has been removed three years ago already (see: +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/= ?id=3D541ad0150ca4 +). Thus the QEMU project will drop the ``qemu-system-arm`` binary in a +future release. Use ``qemu-system-aarch64`` instead. + =20 System emulator command line arguments -------------------------------------- --=20 2.31.1