Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 May 2008 15:23:11 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] gcov kernel support |
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On Fri, 23 May 2008 23:52:43 +0200 Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> >> You *can* build with a non-biarch compiler, but then you need to point > >> the kernel build system at a 32-bit toolchain to use for the 32-bit > >> parts (via CROSS32_COMPILE). > > > > Jens built this one, using crosstool. It is > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/cross-compilers/power64-cross.tar.bz2 > > > > It was all working happily until gcov came along :( > > You were lucky, yes. If your compiler would have been just a little > bit older it wouldn't have been able to build 32-bit at all. > > Do you have a separate 32-bit PowerPC compiler?
I dont' cross-compile for 32-bit power. This is all 64-bit stuff.
> If so, just set > CROSS32_COMPILE to it; if not, you'll need a new toolchain. In > that case, it's probably worthwhile to upgrade to 4.1.2 at least...
Sigh. Life's too short. I'll go back to testing powerpc builds on the powerpc box.
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