Hello All,
I the the 6.4 book thourgh, and it worked out very nicely. Now I need a 64 bit
version. I am aware that the support for 64 bit systems is only about to come
in a future release of LFS, but I would like to give it a shot somehow, since
that is what I need. In order to do this, one needs a 64-bit compiler and
kernel, which the x86_64 lsflivecd has, at least in my understanding. Having
said that, I would like to ask a few questions:
1) For now, I am booting off the x86_64 lsflivecd, and I am following the CLFS
way to build a 64-bit multilib system, although pure 64 would suffice, and
somehow I find it unnatural that one would need to cross-compile, while
building for the host, on the host itself. It just doesn't feel right. Or am I
completelly wrong?
2) While on the x86_64 lsflivecd platform, by following the LSF 6.5
instructions one should, more or less, be able to build a 64 bit system. A few
parameters would need to be modified only, right? For example, having
--target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu among the compilation parameters, should on
its own invoke 64-bit output generation. A few settings could also be borrowed
from the CLFS book, in order to get 64-bit generation enabled, right? By the
way, would that not be the default gcc setting on a 64-bit platform? I mean,
automatically?
3) The lsflivecd (x86_64) site mentions an unofficial version of the, I
suppose, 64-bit version book, that I hope would contain some pointers for me to
start with, but neither could I find it in the mounted CD iso image nor on the
webpages. Is such thing really available? A pointer to any version or
draft would be highly appreciated.
Thank you All in advance,
Tibor
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