[gentoo-amd64]corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[gentoo-amd64]corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[Xi Shen]

Hi,

i want to use discc to speed my emerge compilation. but the problem is
that i have 32bit and 64bit mixed environment, and some of the cpus do
not support amd64 mode. so i just wonder if i could do cross compile.

has anyone done this before? any suggestions/comments are welcomed.


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Re: [gentoo-amd64]corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[malc]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> i want to use discc to speed my emerge compilation. but the problem is
> that i have 32bit and 64bit mixed environment, and some of the cpus do
> not support amd64 mode. so i just wonder if i could do cross compile.
>
> has anyone done this before? any suggestions/comments are welcomed.

Did you try - http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cross-compiling-distcc.xml ?

Cheers,
malc.

Re: [gentoo-amd64]corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[Xi Shen]

great! thanks a lot. why i did not find this out, haha ;)


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:08 PM, malc <mlashley@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> i want to use discc to speed my emerge compilation. but the problem is
>> that i have 32bit and 64bit mixed environment, and some of the cpus do
>> not support amd64 mode. so i just wonder if i could do cross compile.
>>
>> has anyone done this before? any suggestions/comments are welcomed.
>
> Did you try - http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cross-compiling-distcc.xml ?
>
> Cheers,
> malc.
>
>



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Re: [gentoo-amd64]corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[Xi Shen]

when reading that doc, i cannot understand the following script

#!/bin/bash
exec /usr/lib/distcc/bin/sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-g${0:$[-2]} "$@"

what does the ":" do here?


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com> wrote:
> great! thanks a lot. why i did not find this out, haha ;)
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:08 PM, malc <mlashley@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> i want to use discc to speed my emerge compilation. but the problem is
>>> that i have 32bit and 64bit mixed environment, and some of the cpus do
>>> not support amd64 mode. so i just wonder if i could do cross compile.
>>>
>>> has anyone done this before? any suggestions/comments are welcomed.
>>
>> Did you try - http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cross-compiling-distcc.xml ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> malc.
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> David Shen
>
> http://twitter.com/davidshen84/
> http://meme.yahoo.com/davidshen84/
>



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Re: [gentoo-amd64]corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[Frank Peters]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:36:37 +0800
Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com> wrote:

> when reading that doc, i cannot understand the following script
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> exec /usr/lib/distcc/bin/sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-g${0:$[-2]} "$@"
> 
> what does the ":" do here?
> 
> 

The construction "${0:$[-2]}" will return the last two characters of
the $0 string, with the $0 string being the name of the called script.
These last two characters are appended to the string "sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-g".

After glancing at the section in cross-compiling-distcc.xml, it seems
that this particular script will be called via a symlink, which will
be one of gcc, g++, c++.  The last two chars of the link name are thus
appended to "sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-g" to form the name of an execuatable,
e.g. /usr/lib/distcc/bin/sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc.

Frank Peters

Re: [gentoo-amd64]corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[Xi Shen]

i searched for a while, but cannot find the reference of that syntax.
thanks a lot.


On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Frank Peters <frank.peters@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:36:37 +0800
> Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> when reading that doc, i cannot understand the following script
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> exec /usr/lib/distcc/bin/sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-g${0:$[-2]} "$@"
>>
>> what does the ":" do here?
>>
>>
>
> The construction "${0:$[-2]}" will return the last two characters of
> the $0 string, with the $0 string being the name of the called script.
> These last two characters are appended to the string "sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-g".
>
> After glancing at the section in cross-compiling-distcc.xml, it seems
> that this particular script will be called via a symlink, which will
> be one of gcc, g++, c++.  The last two chars of the link name are thus
> appended to "sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-g" to form the name of an execuatable,
> e.g. /usr/lib/distcc/bin/sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc.
>
> Frank Peters
>
>
>



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Re: [gentoo-amd64]corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[Frank Peters]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:04:22 +0800
Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com> wrote:

> i searched for a while, but cannot find the reference of that syntax.
> thanks a lot.
> 

The ordinary syntax is ${string:position:length}, but in the ordinary case
the position is referenced from the LEFT end of the string.  To reference
from the RIGHT end of the string, as in the Gentoo script, a negative value
must be specified, but the negative value has to the result of an EXPRESSION,
hence the apparently unusual syntax.

Why?  See question E12 at this link:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/bash/

Just try it out.  Copy the following two lines to a file, give the file
executable permission, and create different symbolic links to it.
Then invoke the file using any of the symlinks.

#! /bin/bash
echo ${0:$[-2]}


Frank Peters

Re: [gentoo-amd64]corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[Xi Shen]

thanks, very helpful.


On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Frank Peters <frank.peters@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:04:22 +0800
> Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> i searched for a while, but cannot find the reference of that syntax.
>> thanks a lot.
>>
>
> The ordinary syntax is ${string:position:length}, but in the ordinary case
> the position is referenced from the LEFT end of the string.  To reference
> from the RIGHT end of the string, as in the Gentoo script, a negative value
> must be specified, but the negative value has to the result of an EXPRESSION,
> hence the apparently unusual syntax.
>
> Why?  See question E12 at this link:
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/bash/
>
> Just try it out.  Copy the following two lines to a file, give the file
> executable permission, and create different symbolic links to it.
> Then invoke the file using any of the symlinks.
>
> #! /bin/bash
> echo ${0:$[-2]}
>
>
> Frank Peters
>
>
>



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[gentoo-amd64] Re: corss compile 64bit on 32bit os

[Allistar]

Xi Shen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> i want to use discc to speed my emerge compilation. but the problem is
> that i have 32bit and 64bit mixed environment, and some of the cpus do
> not support amd64 mode. so i just wonder if i could do cross compile.
> 
> has anyone done this before? any suggestions/comments are welcomed.

I have an amd64 system which is used with distcc to help speed up compiling
of an x86 system and cross compiling works without any issues. I followed
the cross compiling instructions on gentoo.org.

Note that this is compiling 32bit on a 64bit box, not the other way around.