On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:29:56AM +0200, Sythos wrote: > I'm reading amd64 howto and I don't understand why in end section about > kernel configuration the FAQ say: > > [cut] > Configuring the kernel > > make HOSTCC="gcc -m32" ARCH="x86_64" menuconfig > > Be sure to include IA32 emulation, otherwise you will not be able to run > multiarch or i386 binaries on your host system or in a chroot. And for > simplicity, build a monolithic kernel without any modules. > > make HOSTCC="gcc -m32" ARCH="x86_64" bzImage > [cut] > > why "m32" and not "m64"?
because you're cross compiling. If you're doing this on a pure64 system, you don't need to specify ARCH or HOSTCC. If you're running a 32bit kernel, you can't run 64bit binaries. So programs that have to run during the build process (like programs that do the menuconfig dialogs) have to be 32bit. -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , des.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BC
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