linux-kernel - Re: vdso_standalone_test_x86.c build failure on Linus' tree

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Message-ID: <5435A4A4.1070101@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:55:00 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@...il.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>,
	Peter Foley <pefoley2@...oley.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: vdso_standalone_test_x86.c build failure on Linus' tree

On 10/08/2014 01:46 PM, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> 
> Fedora doesn't cross-compile i686 builds because of problems like
> this. It sets up an i386 chroot and runs all native tools inside of
> it.
> 

Breaking cross-compilation is not okay, though, regardless of what
Fedora does.  It should be okay to, for example, build an i386 kernel on
an ARM box.

	-hpa

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