RE: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-16 Thread Abreu, Ian
el.org [mailto:linux-newbie-ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of valdis.kletni...@vt.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 10:28 AM To: Matthias Brugger Cc: Rajat Jain; linux-new...@vger.kernel.org; kernelnewbies Subject: Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference? On Tue, 09 Sep

RE: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-12 Thread Rajat Jain
: Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference? On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rajat Jain mailto:rajatj...@juniper.net>> wrote: Hi, Can someone tell me if the i386 one is to be used when we want to build for a 32bit machine and the x86_64 is to be used for 64 bit m

Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-12 Thread Peter Teoh
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rajat Jain wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone tell me if the i386 one is to be used when we want to build > for a 32bit machine and the x86_64 is to be used for 64 bit machine? > i386 or 32-bit machines? i think it don't exists anymore, but what likely is correct: i3

RE: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-09 Thread Rajat Jain
Hi, > -Original Message- > From: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu [mailto:valdis.kletni...@vt.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 7:28 AM > To: Matthias Brugger > Cc: Rajat Jain; linux-new...@vger.kernel.org; kernelnewbies > Subject: Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defc

RE: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-09 Thread Rajat Jain
course many more differences between these two configurations. > > Regards, > > Hubert Thanks all again, Rajat > -Original Message- > From: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu [mailto:valdis.kletni...@vt.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 7:28 AM > To: Matthias Brugger >

Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-09 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:06:07 +0200, Matthias Brugger said: > > Can someone tell me if the i386 one is to be used when we want to build for > > a 32bit machine and the x86_64 is to be used for 64 bit machine? > > You can build the kernel with any architecture for any architecture. > This is called

Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-09 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:19:54 +0200, Paul Bolle said: > (I remember seeing tutorials that show you how to generate a .config > from scratch. I wonder whether anyone actually does that. Distros did that originally. Now they just keep delta'ing their known-working config. The pain involved was par

Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-09 Thread Paul Bolle
On Tue, 2014-09-09 at 09:21 -0400, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:58:49 -, Rajat Jain said: > > Can someone tell me if the i386 one is to be used when we want to build for > > a > > 32bit machine and the x86_64 is to be used for 64 bit machine? > > I wouldn't run eith

Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-09 Thread Matthias Brugger
On 09/09/14 09:58, Rajat Jain wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone tell me if the i386 one is to be used when we want to build for a > 32bit machine and the x86_64 is to be used for 64 bit machine? You can build the kernel with any architecture for any architecture. This is called cross-compiling. The

Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-09 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:58:49 -, Rajat Jain said: > Can someone tell me if the i386 one is to be used when we want to build for a > 32bit machine and the x86_64 is to be used for 64 bit machine? I wouldn't run either one on an actual machine. Defconfigs are *example* configs, only useful as a

x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?

2014-09-09 Thread Rajat Jain
Hi, Can someone tell me if the i386 one is to be used when we want to build for a 32bit machine and the x86_64 is to be used for 64 bit machine? Thanks, Rajat ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org http://lists.kernelnewbies.o