[oe] x86_64

[Jaap de Jong]

>>>>>> is there any support for 64 bit intel/amd machines?
>>>>>> And if so, how to build for them?
>>>>> Can we settle on a name please for i want to add a qemu machine for
>>>>> testing x86_64?
>>>>>
>>>>> x8664
>>>>> amd64
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Opinions?
>>>> "x86_64" seems to be what's currently used as the architecture name.  If
>>>> you want a value for ${MACHINE} then I guess something like
>>>> "x86_64-generic" would do.  I don't think there's any prohibition
>>>> against underscores in machine names.
>>>>
>>>> p.
>>> So I'm guessing it is not possible at this very moment?
>> Depends what you mean by "not possible".  There doesn't seem to be any
>> existing machine config file which targets x86_64, but I don't think
>> there is any reason that you couldn't trivially create one; something
>> along the lines of:
>>
>> $ cat>conf/machine/x84_64-generic.conf<<EOF
>> TARGET_ARCH = "x86_64"
>> GLIBC_ADDONS = "nptl"
>> GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-tls"
>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux"
>> KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "bzImage"
>> EOF
>> $
>>
>> p.
> Will try that; is there any 64 bit output to be expected?
> Jaap.
>

bitbake ends with
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/media/OpenEmbedded/release-2010.12/tmp/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/x86_64/x86_64-angstrom-linux/bin/ld: 
cannot find /lib64/libc.so.6 inside 
/media/OpenEmbedded/release-2010.12/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-angstrom-linux

There is only a lib directory and no lib64 directory...

Jaap