[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/4] kvm-unit-test: x86-64 variant only available on x86-64 hosts
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Sun Nov 5 20:34:53 UTC 2017
>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> writes:
Hi,
>> But some parts of kvm-unit-tests presumably are 64bit when building for
>> x86-64,
> OK, I assumed everything was built with -m32. If some parts are indeed still
> 64-bit then it won't work in i386 host.
Exactly.
>> which wouldn't work when using the host compiler on a x86
>> system, right? I don't think x86 system compilers are 32/64bit multilib
> Actually, on Debian i386 it is possible to install 64-bit multilib I think. But
> obviously we can't count on that.
> BTW, what happens on x32, does anybody know that?
Is x32 really used by any mainstream distro? I would guess it is as rare
as building on a !x86 machine.
>> But I haven't actually used a x86 distribution in the last 10 years or
>> so, so perhaps I'm missing something?
> Yeah, it's pretty unlikely as well I guess.
> I'll apply this patch as well then.
Great, thanks!
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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