Re: building 32 bit user mode linux in 64 bit environment

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Hi Michi,

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Michael Blizek
<michi1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 22:53 Mon 24 May     , Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
>> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 18:03, Michael Blizek
>> <michi1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > I have a system with 32 bit userspace and a 64 bit kernel. This runs fine, but
>> > I ran into a problem with user mode linux. The build command "ARCH=um make
>> > linux" builds a 64 bit kernel.
>>
>> How about editing the CC variable in main Makefile and change that to
>> "gcc32" (IIRC, that points to 32 bit version of gcc)?
>
> I do not know what you mean by 32 bit gcc version. Gcc is 32 bit, just as the
> rest of the system except the (host) kernel. However this gcc seems to do a
> cross compilation to 64 bit. Usually you do this by e.g. "ARCH=i386 make
> bzImage" or "ARCH=x86_64 make bzImage", but the ARCH variable must be set to
> um...

A quick look at the Makefile for UML suggests that SUBARCH=i386 and
ARCH=um should build UML for 32 bit.

hope this helps,
-Joel

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