On 4/11/06, Peter Fosseus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > To compile a 64bit kernel, I assume I use my shiny new 64bit cross-compiler, > following the instructions in "7.11. Linux-2.6.16.1", reboot with this new > kernel, then chroot ? > > -pete > Honestly, I don't *THINK* it will be necessary to use a cross-compiler to build a 64-bit kernel, but then again, I've never personally built a kernel on a system that wasn't already 64-bit capable - perhaps Ryan or Matt could speak up more on this. But, the kernel compilation is pretty well self-contained, not requiring anything else to complete properly, and therefore it may very well be possible to use a 32-bit GCC. But, you could of course use your shiny new Cross-GCC to build the kernel using make ARCH=x86_64 menuconfig and so on.
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