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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:44:39 +0200
From: Laurentiu Palcu <laurentiu.palcu@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: Installation of i686 SDK on a x86_64 machine?
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On 01/22/2013 11:03 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Id	SDK_ARCH	INST_ARCH	Status
> ==============================================
> 1	ix86		ix86		works
> 2	ix86		x86_64		works
> 3	x86_64		ix86		cannot work
> 4	x86_64		x86_64		works
> 
> The bug report is about case 3 - attempting to install a 64 bit SDK on
> a 32 bit machine.  This indeed cannot work and shuld be prevented byy
> the installer.
> 
> But the current code also prevents case 2, installing 32 bit images on
> a 64 bit machine, which works perfectly fine (assuming you have the
> needed 32 bit libraries installed).

I see your point. Would you please file a bug on this?

Thanks,
Laurentiu