[yocto] meta-x32: disagreement between ref manual and README.TXT

Kamble, Nitin A nitin.a.kamble at intel.com
Mon Mar 26 08:53:42 PDT 2012



> -----Original Message-----
> From: yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-
> bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Robert P. J. Day
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:17 AM
> To: Yocto discussion list
> Subject: [yocto] meta-x32: disagreement between ref manual and
> README.TXT
> 
> 
>   poky ref manual reads:
> 
> "As usual, use BitBake to build an image that supports the x32 psABI.
> Here is an example:
> 
>      $ bitake core-image-sato
> 
> As usual, run your image using QUEM [sic]:
> 
>      $ runqemu qemux86-64 core-image-sato"
> 
> while the README.TXT file that comes with the experimental/meta-x32
> layer reads:
> 
> "build
> 	bitbake core-image-minimal-x32
> 
> 4. boot the image
> 	runqemu qemux86-64 core-image-minimal-x32"
> 
>   thoughts?
> 
> rday

Hi Robert,
  It is not a significant difference. Images with -x32 in their names contain an additional utility named file. Which can let one check the file types of elf binaries. And the absence of this file utility does not affect functionality of x32 images.
Thanks,
Nitin




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