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 Ron Sass <rsass@uncc.edu>
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On Wednesday 05 March 2008, Ron Sass wrote:
> So my question is, can I just ...
> 
> make ARCH=powerpc headers_check
> make ARCH=powerpc INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install
> 
> and then switch to ppc when I build the kernel?

Yes, that is exactly what you are meant to do. The headers
need to be compatible, otherwise we would have bigger problems
running user space programs built against an older kernel
on current machines.

	Arnd <><