Ciprian Dorin, Craciun wrote:
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Xavier <shiningxc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Ciprian Dorin, Craciun
<ciprian.craciun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
Why do you want to build the kernel ? Arch already provides it ! All
packages are provided in both i686 and x86_64
http://allanmcrae.com/2009/06/using-an-x86_64-kernel-on-an-i686-userland/
Good question. Well the reasons could be multiple:
* first of all the real reason is that I want to compile an x86_64
kernel for one of my servers that I want to use as VServer hosting
target; but my laptop has ArchLinux i386, and I don't want to either
install x86_64 ArchLinux on my laptop, or on the server itself just to
be able to compile the kernel;
* second cross-compiling is one of the basic operations one should
be able to do in an development environment;
* third I believe that the real power of OSS / FOS (and therefore
also Linux based distributions), is that it allows you the flexibility
to customize things to match your liking; furthermore I've switched
from Debian (which also provided everything I needed and even more),
to ArchLinux (which provides almost everything I need), because I've
seen ArchLinux as a more suitable target for experimenting with Linux;
(I hope I'm not wrong!)
By the way: I'me preparing three custom packages:
cross-x86_64-gcc-base, cross-x86_64-binutils, and cross-x86_64-glibc.
Anyone interested in them? Any ideeas if someone has already done
this?
FYI, I thought packages that dod that were already in the AUR.
Allan
