From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H2vLO-0008MN-Up for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:07:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l05JxtJQ017112; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 19:59:55 GMT Received: from smtp1.iway.na (smtp1.iway.na [196.44.136.15]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l05JutrI003074 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 19:56:56 GMT Received: from vscan.iway.na (vscan.iway.na [196.44.136.13]) by smtp1.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99F9464DC for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:56:48 +0200 (WAST) Received: from mx2.iway.na (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vscan.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F055A1DF5 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:56:51 +0200 (WAST) Received: from uwix.alt.na ([196.44.156.14]) by mx2.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id JBEVER00.X24 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:56:51 +0200 Received: from uwe by uwix.alt.na with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H2tvc-0000PF-WF for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:36:33 +0200 From: Uwe Thiem Organization: SysEx (Pty) Ltd. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] distcc Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:36:32 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <459E570C.1080904@verizon.net> <200701051622.04480.uwix@iway.na> <459E8118.6050508@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <459E8118.6050508@verizon.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701052036.32928.uwix@iway.na> Sender: Uwe Thiem X-Archives-Salt: e272980e-b5c8-4832-82e7-df0d390b201a X-Archives-Hash: fd7765a8caa988e315d31ca6e925fdbe On 05 January 2007 18:47, sean wrote: > Uwe Thiem wrote: > > On 05 January 2007 15:47, sean wrote: > >> I am reading over the info on distcc so that I might be able to setup an > >> older P4 1.3 Ghz system to have help compiling from my dual Opteron > >> (amd64 mode). > >> > >> I only want the Opteron to help the P4, not the other way around, the > >> Opteron does not need the help. > >> > >> Is that configurable as such? > > > > Yes, but you need to set up a cross-compiler on the Opteron. Or can the > > 64bit compiler generate 32bit code? Not too sure here. > > > > Uwe > > I just read a short time ago about the cross compiler. > From my reading it only needs to be installed on the machine starting > the process and using resources of another. > > Since I want the P4 to use the Opteron then the P4 needs the cross > compiler in place. I do not intend the Opteron to use the P4 for help, > so it is not needed and I just tell distcc to use the local machine. Nope, that's the other way round. Since your Opetron is supposed to compile stuff for a 32bit P4, it needs the cross-compiler - if it needs it. Still not sure whether the 64bit gcc can generate 32bit code. Uwe -- A fast and easy generator of fractals for KDE: http://www.SysEx.com.na/iwy-1.0.tar.bz2 Proof of concept of a TSP solver for KDE: http://www.SysEx.com.na/epat-0.1.tar.bz2 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list