Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:09:56 -0500 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: vdso_standalone_test_x86.c build failure on Linus' tree |
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On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:55:00 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> On 10/08/2014 01:46 PM, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > > > Fedora doesn't cross-compile i686 builds because of problems like > > this. It sets up an i386 chroot and runs all native tools inside of > > it. > > > > Breaking cross-compilation is not okay, though, regardless of what > Fedora does. It should be okay to, for example, build an i386 kernel on > an ARM box. >
I think they tried that for a while, and ended up chasing compiler and makefile bugs all day. And then there's the software that wants to run self-tests as part of its build...
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