Re: REGRESSION: 8fc5b4d: Unable to compile x86_64 kernel with x86_32 userland

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Yes, that is exactly right.  The lack of -m64 is a bug.

On August 20, 2014 10:48:18 AM CDT, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:07:01AM -0500, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> It says "32-bit mode" which means it is another issue: we are
>dropping -m64 at some point.
>
>Thanks hpa. I am not adding -m64 to kbuild flags at all. So 32bit tool
>chain must be assuming -m32 by default, and probably that's the issue.
>
>Thomas, 
>
>Can you please try attached single line patch and see if it fixes the
>issue for you.
>
>Thanks
>Vivek
>
>
>---
> arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile |    1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
>Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
>===================================================================
>--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile	2014-08-20
>11:32:21.723559119 -0400
>+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile	2014-08-20 11:32:23.654570231
>-0400
>@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ targets += purgatory.ro
> # sure how to relocate those. Like kexec-tools, use custom flags.
> 
>KBUILD_CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
>-fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -c -MD -Os
>-mcmodel=large
>+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m$(BITS)
> 
> $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE
> 		$(call if_changed,ld)

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