From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:40:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:40:23 -0400 Received: from cisco7500-mainGW.gts.cz ([194.213.32.131]:9988 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:40:18 -0400 Message-ID: <20010911005103.B822@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 00:51:03 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: "Hen, Shmulik" , "'LKML'" Subject: Re: Developing code for ia64 In-Reply-To: <07E6E3B8C072D211AC4100A0C9C5758302B27313@hasmsx52.iil.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <07E6E3B8C072D211AC4100A0C9C5758302B27313@hasmsx52.iil.intel.com>; from Hen, Shmulik on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:17:53PM +0300 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > When developing kernel drivers (module) for ia64, is it necessary to do it > on an ia64 machine ? > Our product contains a pre-compiled core object (IP protection :-\ ) and a > set of wrapper source files, so for dual platform support the tar ball has > to contain both an ia32 and ia64 versions of the executable. Is there any > way to get an ia64 compiler (and libs) installed on an ia32 machine and use > it to get ia64 compatible binaries ? Yes. That's called cross-compiling. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org