[ale] cross compiling kernel

[Stephen Leonard]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 01:07:34PM -0500, John Heim wrote:
> I need to compile a kernel for Intel P4 machines (and newer) on a machine 
> with an AMD64 processor.
> 
> After reading the make-kpkg man page, I think I should be able to type 
> something like:
> 
> make-kpkg --arch=i386 --cross_compile=i386 kernel_image modules_image
> 
> It doesn't seem to like the  --arch and --cross_compile options. I've been 
> googling for a howto but haven't found any. Anybody have a link to a good 
> cross compiling howto?

It's been a while since I've built a cross compiler, but I've found
a set of scripts known as "crosstool" to be very helpful.

    http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/

good luck,
stephen