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Re: Building 64bit Kernel



Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 01:37:32PM +0200, Horst Wetzel wrote:
> > is it possible to build a 64bit kernel on a 32bit sparc (sparctation
> > 10)??
> > 
> > If it is possible, what compiler do I need?
> 
> You'll need the egcs64 compiler from sparc, and preferrably the binutils
> from potato. Just make sure when you run make commands in the kernel
> source tree to add "ARCH=sparc64" to the command line.

BTW, this is discussed at
<URL:http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc64/#kernel>.  The current
kernel-package, if invoked correctly, should produce fully working
kernels.  Let me know if there is something incomplete or inaccurate
at that URL.

--
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>


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