Re: [ot]Can I compile a kernel for a P2?

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 03:53:46PM +0200, Oliver Korpilla wrote:
> Yes, you can, but if you want to compile a 32-bit kernel I guess you 
> either have to...
> 
> * build a cross-compilation toolchain x86_64 -> x86 and use that with 
> the CROSS_COMPILE and ARCH variables set (see crosstool, the gcc 
> cross-compilation script for this)
> * create a 32-bit chroot, install a base system and the kernelpackage 
> packages in it, and compile a kernel within as you would normally.

That second option still requires forcing ARCH to i386 when configuring
and building the kernel since uname -m will still return x86_84.  So no
matter what you still need a small part of a cross compile step.

Len Sorensen