cross compile kernel with deb-pkg
Hello,
Recently I tried to cross compile a kernel (package) with "make
ARCH=<target> CROSS_COMPILE=<target-triplet>- deb-pkg
That worked well for 2.6.32 kernels from squeeze. But the 3.2 kernels
from wheezy/backports fail with:
dpkg-gencontrol: error: current host architecture 'powerpc|armel' does
not appear in package's architecture list (i386|amd64)
I tried multiple combinations:
host = amd64 or i386 and target = armel/armhf/powerpc
It turned out that that the 3.2 package didn't build with the above
error, but 2.6.32 does.
I have found a former thread but without conclusion.
http://osdir.com/ml/linux-kernel/2011-01/msg00135.html
When I looked into the generated debian/rules (or control?) I noted the
i386 architecture setting for the kernel-header package.
Since cross compiling (pacakges) is possible with squeeze kernels, but
not with those from wheezy, I'm not sure, if this feature was
intentionally dropped, because everybody should use a qemu-binfmt backed
pbuilder nowadays..?
Kind regards,
Marcus
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