Re: x86_64

[Jaap de Jong <jaap.dejong@nedap.com>]

>>>>> is there any support for 64 bit intel/amd machines?
>>>>> And if so, how to build for them?
>>>> Can we settle on a name please for i want to add a qemu machine for
>>>> testing x86_64?
>>>>
>>>> x8664
>>>> amd64
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Opinions?
>>> "x86_64" seems to be what's currently used as the architecture name.  If
>>> you want a value for ${MACHINE} then I guess something like
>>> "x86_64-generic" would do.  I don't think there's any prohibition
>>> against underscores in machine names.
>>>
>>> p.
>> So I'm guessing it is not possible at this very moment?
> Depends what you mean by "not possible".  There doesn't seem to be any
> existing machine config file which targets x86_64, but I don't think
> there is any reason that you couldn't trivially create one; something
> along the lines of:
>
> $ cat>conf/machine/x84_64-generic.conf<<EOF
> TARGET_ARCH = "x86_64"
> GLIBC_ADDONS = "nptl"
> GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-tls"
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux"
> KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "bzImage"
> EOF
> $
>
> p.
Will try that; is there any 64 bit output to be expected?
Jaap.