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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.