Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.3: x86 32 bit code removed or depreciated?

[Ian Murray <murrayie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> To: Ian Murray <murrayie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 11:34
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.3: x86 32 bit code removed or
 depreciated?
> 
>>>>  On 10.07.13 at 12:23, Ian Murray <murrayie@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>>  I have seen in various places that x86 32 bit support would be dropped for 
>>  4.3 and the only mention in the release material is a one-liner in the 
> "Xen 
>>  4.3 Feature List" in the wiki
>> 
>>      * Remove 32-bit and ia64 
>>  I know a lot of code was removed for ia64 because there are comments to the 
> 
>>  effect in the commit statistics, but no mention of 32-bit/x86.
>> 
>>  Has the code been actively removed, or is still there but depreciated?
> 
> I'm sorry, but why do you ask here rather than checking the sources
> (xen/arch/x86/x86_32/ is gone, just to name a simple and obvious
> example) or the commit log (5d1181a5 "xen: Remove x86_32 build
> target." is pretty explicit I would think).

Apology accepted. :)

You assume that I am fully familiar with the source layout to know what is 
missing and that I possess more than rudimentary git skills or am experienced 
enough to know the exact search terms that would yield results. Well, I am not 
and I don't.

Yes, I could have discovered this myself, but it would have taken me some time 
to arrive at a definitive answer (as I am no expert) and I thought it quicker 
and not too onerous on other people to ask the list; Sorry, if that wasn't the 
case for you. You didn't have to "waste" your time answering me and I am sure 
it took more time to back up your complaint than a simple "yes" or "no", but 
thanks for the answer to my question. I do appreciate it. Unfortunately, nobody 
pays me to sit and look at Xen source code, so I have to do it outside of my 
day job.

Of course, I did look in the release notes which is where it *should be* but 
IMHO those release notes look more like marketing spiel than anything useful 
technically.

> 
> Jan
> 

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