On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Allan McRae <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 I haven't found one... I've already searched the AUR for "gcc" and the only entries that resemble what I need are: * http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28545 (gcc-multilib); * http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31547 (cross32-gcc); But both of them are for crosscompiling an i686 from a x86_64, while I need the reverse. Could you please give me the exact URL from those packages? Thanks, Ciprian.
