qemu 11 drops 32-bit host support: https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/11.0#Host_support_2

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

qemu 11 drops 32-bit host support: https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/11.0#Host_support_2

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

i guess my point with posting this is that the world is moving on. even alpine will eventually drop 32-bit support. it is actively being deliberated in two different TSC work items.

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@ariadne yeah, the benefits of a 64-bit address space are pretty overwhelming basically everywhere but the smallest embedded systems now

kind of how we don't really use 8-bit MCUs any more (in new designs)

[littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network]

@whitequark @ariadne you'll have to rip xmegas from my dead cold paws :<

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@littlefox @ariadne and i ship a new product (but not a new design) with a 8051, but that doesn't change that it's morally and technically beyond obsolete

[littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network]

@whitequark @ariadne I'm old enough that I don't like change I guess xD

Also I'm not designing products; just stuff for myself, so it's fine

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@littlefox @ariadne you are literally younger than me, sister.

[littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network]

@whitequark @ariadne .... I don't know why, but somehow one estimated you younger than me

[noisytoot@berkeley.edu.pl]

@ariadne is this for TCG or just KVM? Linux sadly already dropped KVM support for 32-bit hosts on ARM in 2020 (and there were some patches on LKML in 2024 removing 32-bit host support for other architectures but I don't think they ever got merged)