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@@ -858,6 +858,15 @@ QEMU. Since all recent x86 hardware from the past >10 years is
capable of the 64-bit x86 extensions, a corresponding 64-bit OS should
be used instead.
+32-bit hosts for 64-bit guests (removed in 10.0)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+In general, 32-bit hosts cannot support the memory space or atomicity
+requirements of 64-bit guests. Prior to 10.0, QEMU attempted to
+work around the atomicity issues in system mode by running all vCPUs
+in a single thread context; in user mode atomicity was simply broken.
+From 10.0, QEMU has disabled configuration of 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts.
+
Guest Emulator ISAs
-------------------
@@ -972,10 +981,12 @@ from Linux in 2021, and is not supported anymore by QEMU either.
System emulator machines
------------------------
-Note: Versioned machine types that have been introduced in a QEMU version
-that has initially been released more than 6 years before are considered
-obsolete and will be removed without further notice in this document.
-Please use newer machine types instead.
+Versioned machine types (aarch64, arm, i386, m68k, ppc64, s390x, x86_64)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+In accordance with our versioned machine type deprecation policy, all machine
+types with version |VER_MACHINE_DELETION_VERSION|, or older, have been
+removed.
``s390-virtio`` (removed in 2.6)
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