ELDK 3.1.1 support for x86_64 host architecture

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <44D22E43020000710000243E at webmail.nearfield.com> you wrote:
> I found the subject "ELDK 3.1.1 support for x86_64 host architecture" in the archives (Apr 15 2005) which describes my problem, however there was never any posting of a resolution.

There was none, as  there  is  no  problem.  ELDK  3.1.1  (and  later
versions)  runs  fine on x86_64 hosts, assuming you're using any sane
Linux distribution. For example:

-> ppc_8xx-gcc -v
Reading specs from /opt/eldk-3.1.1/usr/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/ppc-linux/3.3.3/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --with-newlib --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-libgcj --host=i386-redhat-linux --target=ppc-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3.3 (DENX ELDK 3.1.1 3.3.3-9)
------------------------^^^^^^^^^^
-> uname -a
Linux pollux.denx.de 2.6.10-1.771_FC2smp #1 SMP Mon Mar 28 01:05:47 EST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------^^^^^^
-> cat /etc/issue
Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)
...

>         package rpm-4.1.1-1.8xa_10 is intended for a i386 architecture

Your Linux distro is kind of broken.

> The details on my system are:
...
> Welcome to SUSE LINUX 10.1 (X86-64) - Kernel \r (\l).

Yes, SuSE has always found interesting ways to  break  compatibility.
That's  why  I avoid it. IIRC, SuSE provides a special tool "linux32"
which has to be used to run 32-bit applications on a x86_64 system.

Don't ask  me  why  they  need  it.  Other  distros  run  the  32-bit
applications just fine without such intricacy.



Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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