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Re: Cross compiler IA64 -> x86_64 etc?



Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Is there any way that the embeddd tool chain can be used to produce 
> compilers than run on IA64 that then generate code for x86_64 etc?
> 
> We have some requirements here to run x86_64 simulations on an IA64 
> because we develop a new x86_64 platform with vastly higher memory 
> capacities. We cannot run that natively until the hardware is ready.
> 
> So currently we have to move the sources to a x86_64 system to do a 
> native compile. It would be great to have a cross compiler for IA64 that 
> produces x86_64 code. That way we could compile the kernel on the same 
> system where our simulations run.

Maybe my buildcross script can do what you want. (It defaults to mips but
that's easily overridable.) See e.g.
http://people.debian.org/~ths/toolchain/current/sid-mips-cross/buildcross


Thiemo



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