[CentOS] recompiling kernel for centos 4.2 x86_64
James Pearson
james-p at moving-picture.com
Sat Jan 14 22:53:22 UTC 2006
On 13/01/06, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 15:06 -0800, Fong Vang wrote:
> > Is it possible compile an a new x86_64 kernel on an i686 CentOS
> > system?
>
> no, you need to do it from an x86_64 machine.
Not strictly true, it is possible to build a x86_64 kernel on an i686
using a cross compiler - I rebuilt my first x86_64 kernel in this way
...
If you _really_ want to do it, googling for 'cross compiler x86_64'
will produce many pointers, but I wouldn't recommend going there ...
James Pearson
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