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Subject: Re: Driver compilation for amd64
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Leubner, Achim wrote:
> Is it possible to cross-compile a driver on an i386 platform for amd64,
> and if possible, how should I do that? 
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> Any help is greatly appreciated.
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> Regards,
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> Achim Leubner
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> 

Are you doing this for development or for binary packaging?
It's possible to create a cross-built development environment,
but doing a cross build of just a kernel module is tricky.

Scott