recompiling kernel for centos 4.2 x86_64

[james-p at moving-picture.com (James Pearson)]

On 13/01/06, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 15:06 -0800, Fong Vang wrote:
> > Is it possible compile an a new x86_64 kernel on an i686 CentOS
> > system?
>
> no, you need to do it from an x86_64 machine.

Not strictly true, it is possible to build a x86_64 kernel on an i686
using a cross compiler - I rebuilt my first x86_64 kernel in this way 
...

If you _really_ want to do it, googling for 'cross compiler x86_64'
will produce many pointers, but I wouldn't recommend going there ...

James Pearson