[linux-audio-dev] Cross compiling the kernel

Lee Revell rlrevell at joe-job.com
Thu Dec 8 21:57:23 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 15:42 -0600, Richard Smith wrote:
> > Why does GCC insist on running in "the 32 bit mode" even though I told> it ARCH is x86-64?>> Why doesn't this Just Work, is Ubuntu really such a piece of shit that> there's no easy way to do it?
> My experince with all the embedded processors I deal with is thatcross compiling almost never "just works".  You might try gettingcrosstool and building a 64bit toolchain.  That will take a hour or 2though.  Unless you have a screaming machine.
> --Richard A. Smith
> 

Ugh, there's no way to do this by just installing packages?  x86-64
isn't some bizarre embedded arch, it must be the #1 or #2 selling PC
processor today.  I can't believe there's no easy way to do it.  This is
bullshit.

Lee




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