[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/kvm-unit-tests: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:06:56 +1000, Cyril Bur wrote:

> So the i686 problem is actually fixed upstream so I've sent a patch to
> bump the version.
> 
> I tried select BR2_HOSTARCH_NEEDS_IA32_COMPILER for x86_64 but didn't
> seem to solve the problem. I know almost nothing about x86 asm so I'm
> at a bit of a loss, it looks like gcc is generating instructions from C
> that should be 16bit but then later it realises it messed up?
> 
> Still chasing but having BR2_HOSTARCH_NEEDS_IA32_COMPILER=y didn't
> solve.

No, you need this *and* use the host compiler when building
kvm-unit-tests on x86_64. By using the host compiler, you use a
compiler that can generate 32 bits code.

See syslinux and grub, like Peter suggested.

Thanks!

Thomas
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