Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:36:05 -0700 (PDT) | From | Bryan Koschmann - GKT <> | Subject | Re: amd64 questions |
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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Andi Kleen wrote: > Debian seems to have some unique problems in the way they handle AMD64 > compared to other distributions. I would not trust what you read > there, they make it much more complicated than it really is. The right > forum would have been discuss@x86-64.org
I was hoping that was the case. I wouldn't think the only way would be so "rigged". I will check out the x86-64 list, thanks for that.
> It's that way. You just need a 64bit capable cross compiler to compile > the kernel, which is not that difficult to build from sources. You can also > find binaries for that at > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/supplementary/CrossTools/8.1-i386/ > (usable with rpm2cpio on non RPM distributions). Then you can > cross compile the kernel in the normal way with > make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-linux-
Great, much better than I had hoped. I always build from source, I'm guessing I can find something on freshmeat.
> A few programs (namely iptables and ipsec tools) need to be used > as 64bit programs because the 32bit emulation doesn't work for them. > ipchains works though.
Okay, thanks for the tip, that probably would have gotten me when I started installing.
Thanks for all the information Andi, it was extremely helpful!
Bryan
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