Nicholas Piggin
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Some 64-bit toolchains uses the wrong ISA variant for compiling 32-bit kernels, even with -m32. Debian's powerpc64le is one such case, and that is because it is built with --with-cpu=power8. So when cross compiling a 32-bit kernel with a 64-bit toolchain, set -mcpu=powerpc initially, which is the generic 32-bit powerpc machine type and scheduling model. CPU and platform code can override this with subsequent -mcpu flags if necessary. This is not done for 32-bit toolchains otherwise it would override their defaults, which are presumably set appropriately for the environment (moreso than a 64-bit cross compiler). This fixes a lot of build failures due to incompatible assembly when compiling 32-bit kernel with the Debian powerpc64le 64-bit toolchain. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.