On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 02:29:49PM +0530, jtd wrote:
> > >> do you
> > >> intend installing the Armel distribution in a virtual machine to
> > >> build software, or do you have hardware on which you can install
> > >> it?
> > >
> > > You install on a standard x86 or x86-64 machine , in a chroot.
> >
> > But don't you need qemu to run the armel binary? Or you could use
> > crosshurd kind of thing if it there (last time I checked it allow
> > you to install hurd-i386 and kfreebsd-i386).
> 
> You have to use qemu.

That clears it. In essence, you are emulating the architecture on a
faster machine, where you don't have to actually "cross-compile"m but
just compile.

Thanks for letting me know.

Kumar
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