[Arm-dev] How to chroot from x86 to arm?

Fri Dec 23 22:36:19 UTC 2016
Uli Middelberg <uli at middelberg.de>

Am 23.12.2016 um 19:38 schrieb Gordan Bobic:
> On the higher end, a Gigabyte MP30-AR0/AR1 is a monster and it takes standard DDR3 DIMMs, but it is quite expensive. I
> got one specifically for compiling packages. If you decide to go down that route, if you rebuild the kernel with the
> more reasonable 4KB page size, you can run a 32-bit chroot or docker container on an aarch64 host (that is the setup I
> use). I filled mine up with 128GB of RAM, so even bloadware like LibreOffice and web browsers can compile entirely on
> tmpfs, which helps significantly.
>
Instead of buying you can rent such a machine at packet.net for $0.5 per hour.
https://www.packet.net/bare-metal/servers/type-2a/

Cheers
Uli