On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh@lutzhaase.com> wrote:
Ciprian Dorin, Craciun wrote:
Hello all!
I have ArchLinux i686 version, but I'm trying to compile an x86_64 kernel... And you've guessed... Not supported by the ArchLinux stock gcc / binutils...
I've done the "raining" dance, by trying to compile my own gcc / binutils, but it didn't "rain" (I mean it didn't work)... Any pointers?
Thanks, Ciprian.
P.S.: Is there any good reason for which there isn't even a separate package of gcc that is able to do this? (I've read the bug from one year ago, but no good reason was specified...) P.P.S.: I'm missing Debian...
Arch users generally prefer a clean 32bit/64bit chroot to a "dirty" system and have therefore developed tools to make chroot creation really convenient. You should try it too - get the devtools and try "mkarchroot".
-- Sven-Hendrik
About the reason I've read it and somehow understood it. Also mkarchroot is quite nice (in fact the reason I'm struggling with kernel compilation is for a Vserver deployment)... But back to the problem at hand: I cannot use a chrooted Linux, because in order to use x86_64 packages I need a x86_64 enabled kernel on my laptop (which I don't). So actually I need to cross-compile the kernel. Now I've seen that in the default repository we have gcc for crosscompiling for arm. Why not one for x86_64? Anyway thanks for the pointer of mkarchroot! (It would help me in deployment of virtual servers.) Ciprian.