Message-ID: <3A01D870.72745F27@auxio.net> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 22:11:12 +0100 From: Pieter Krul <pkrul@auxio.net> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] kernel compile fails on ultrasparc64
Leif Sawyer wrote:
>
> Joshua Uziel [uzi@suse.com] writes:
> > > Oh, so gcc out of the box is only 32 bit, and I've got down find the
> > > 64-bit version somewhere? Okay. Be nice if this was blatently
> > > documented, but I won't belabour the point. (i.e., the faq at
> > > ultralinux.org doesn't mention a specific requirement for a 64-bit
> > > gcc, only GCC version 2.7.x, or EGCS 1.0.3 and up.
> >
> > See the ultralinux.org FAQ, section 9, question 2 at:
> > http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_9_2
> >
>
> Oh.. down under running, but not under Section 7, question 2
> (Building, what tools do i need) http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_7_2
>
> As i said, not blatently obvious.. Obfuscated yes. A bit of FAQ cleanup
> would handle this.. :-)
>
> Perhaps Pieter would be so kind as to re-arrange some sections, or at
> least link some of the info from 9.2 up to 7.2 where it really wants
> to belong.
Not so long ago people built Linux from a SunOS or Solaris environment.
The Building section provides information on how this can be done.
The soon-to-release version of the FAQ should clear things up for
everyone who wants to build a new kernel from a Running Linux system.
:-)
Pieter
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