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Re: [PATCH v2] grub-core: Build fixes for i386


From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] grub-core: Build fixes for i386
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 16:38:28 +0200
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On 5/18/21 4:35 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> So I'm not sure what kind of host system we are talking about here? This looks
> more like a configuration issue of the distribution in question which 
> deliberately
> builds its 32-bit toolchain without 64-bit support.

Hmm, I just noticed that the existing code already does use these crude hacks 
to be
able to build 64-bit code with a 32-bit assembler:

> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/grub-core/lib/i386/relocator64.S#n57

But still, I find that very odd that the host system's toolchain isn't just 
built with
64-bit support enabled but maybe I'm missing something obvious.

Adrian

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