Jon Ringle wrote:
On Thursday 26 May 2005 16:44, Jim Gifford wrote:
What about when you build on x86 for a different platform then chroot is
not an option at all. That's the reason we added that to the book.
I am working with the cross-lfs scripts to target an arm processor from an x86
host. I certainly can't run the final executables in chroot...
Then the book should point you at a 'how to move target files from host
to target where target!=host' style hint. Although the cross-lfs book
is an enabler for cross-lfsing, I'm not convinced that the majority of
our readers will in actual fact be cross-building their system. I think
the book will be far more readable/maintainable if it just outlines the
chroot method and points folks to various hints that outline other
methods of getting to a stage where they can build the final part of
their system on the target machine.
That said, there is a case for perhaps moving from the current 'chroot'
approach to a 'reboot' approach as that will enable 32-bit->64-bit
cross-builds (assuming IA64/AMD64/EMT64 whatever they call it these
days). That may make the default book immediately useful to a larger
set of people, whilst not excluding those of us still doing host=target
style builds.
Regards,
Matt.
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