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Re: [XenPPC] ppc domain tools

To: Yoder Stuart-B08248 <stuart.yoder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [XenPPC] ppc domain tools
From: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:40:31 -0600
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On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 14:37 -0700, Yoder Stuart-B08248 wrote:
> The wiki page says:
>   The Domain Tools cannot be cross built and must be built
>   on a Linux PowerPC machine.
> 
> I was curious why this is?
> 
> I've just got Xen booting a Dom0 Linux on the 970 Simulator
> and am wondering if I really need to build the tools on
> PPC.  I don't have a real PPC machine handy (but will 
> track one down if necessary).

Hi Stuart, IIRC the problem is the Makefiles for the python code made
some assumptions about the host. I don't remember the exact issue now,
but if you want to give it a try and see how it goes I'd love to hear
about it.

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Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center


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