On 09/09/14 09:58, Rajat Jain wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone tell me if the i386 one is to be used when we want to build for a 32bit machine and the x86_64 is to be used for 64 bit machine? You can build the kernel with any architecture for any architecture. This is called cross-compiling. The homepage [0] should explain you how to do that. Cheers, Matthias [0] http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/KernelCrossCompilation > > Thanks, > > Rajat > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs