On 2009-12-23 11:07 +0100, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Reading [1] and [2], I already found the cause of this problem. The > configuration in "Executable file formats / Emulations" must be the > following one in order to use a kernel x86_64 in userland 32. > > [*] Kernel support for ELF binaries > [ ] Write ELF core dumps with partial segments > <M> Kernel support for MISC binaries > [*] IA32 Emulation
Now that you mention it, I recall that this isn't set up automatically when you come from a 32-bit configuration. > b) Debian way compilation: > > b.1) Having booted an i386 kernel and userland 32: > > # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config > > # make ARCH=x86_64 menuconfig > > # fakeroot make-kpkg clean --cross-compile - -arch amd64 > > # fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --cross-compile - -arch amd64 \ > --append-to-version=-dgb kernel_image kernel_headers > > > It does not present questions during "make" and it boots ok enabling the > options mentioned above. > > Another thing that I have noticed is that the packages are generated > with a suffix i386, although after boot the kernel is x86_64: > > linux-headers-2.6.32-dgb_2.6.32-dgb-10.00.Custom_i386.deb > linux-image-2.6.32-dgb_2.6.32-dgb-10.00.Custom_i386.deb Yes, because you are building on i386 (as in "dpkg --print-architecture"). This is what you want, BTW. > b.2) Having booted an amd64 kernel and userland 32: > > # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config > > # make menuconfig > > # fakeroot make-kpkg clean > > # fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-dgb kernel_image \ > kernel_headers You still need to specify --cross-compile and --arch here. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
