Can I compile Linux Kernel 5.2-rc7 for PowerPC on Intel/AMD x86 hardware?

Can I compile Linux Kernel 5.2-rc7 for PowerPC on Intel/AMD x86 hardware?

[Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming]

Good evening from Singapore,

Can I compile Linux Kernel 5.2-rc7 for PowerPC on Intel/AMD x86 hardware, for example, AMD Ryzen 9 3950X, with 16 CPU cores and 32 threads?

Is it called cross-compiling?

Thank you.

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Re: Can I compile Linux Kernel 5.2-rc7 for PowerPC on Intel/AMD x86 hardware?

[Christophe Leroy]

Le 01/07/2019 à 15:39, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming a écrit :
> Good evening from Singapore,

Good evening afternoon from Paris,

> 
> Can I compile Linux Kernel 5.2-rc7 for PowerPC on Intel/AMD x86 hardware, for example, AMD Ryzen 9 3950X, with 16 CPU cores and 32 threads?

Yes you can

> 
> Is it called cross-compiling?


Yes it is, you can get cross compilers at 
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/

Thanks
Christophe

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Re: Can I compile Linux Kernel 5.2-rc7 for PowerPC on Intel/AMD x86 hardware?

[Michael Ellerman]

Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr> writes:
> Le 01/07/2019 à 15:39, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming a écrit :
>> Good evening from Singapore,
>
> Good evening afternoon from Paris,
>
>> 
>> Can I compile Linux Kernel 5.2-rc7 for PowerPC on Intel/AMD x86 hardware, for example, AMD Ryzen 9 3950X, with 16 CPU cores and 32 threads?
>
> Yes you can
>
>> 
>> Is it called cross-compiling?
>
> Yes it is, you can get cross compilers at 
> https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/

There's also some info here:

  https://github.com/linuxppc/wiki/wiki/Building-powerpc-kernels


cheers