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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!cynic.portal.ca!curt From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: DEBATE: BSD vs. Linux Date: 4 Sep 1995 02:44:57 GMT Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <42dp79$bv5@wolfe.wimsey.com> References: <4233kp$t8p@hilly.apci.net> <4262ik$qr6@wolfe.wimsey.com> <4280t8$ijg@er5.rutgers.edu> <42c18e$eg7@klaava.helsinki.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:968 comp.os.linux.advocacy:19775 In article <42c18e$eg7@klaava.helsinki.fi>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@cc.Helsinki.FI> wrote: > >Linux/alpha and Linux/i386 share the same source tree: you need to edit >the top-level Makefile (change ARCH=i386 to ARCH=alpha) to compile the >standard 1.3.22 kernel on the alpha. If I compile a full i386 kernel, and then change the ARCH in the makefile and compile an Alpha kernel, do I still have my 386 kernel and all its object files? Or in other words, can I cross compile from a platform where I also compile native systems for that platform? cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.