Subject: Re: [bug#35244] [PATCH 5/6] linux-initrd: Fix cross compilation.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:57:53 +0200

Hello,

Mathieu Othacehe <[email-masked]> skribis:

>> LGTM!
> Pushed as fdbf4447b.

\o/

>> Glad we’re making process on system cross-compilation!  Are you
>> targeting low-end ARMv7 devices?
>
> Yes as well as more powerful aarch64 boards. I would like to use Guix as
> an alternative to various tools such as Yocto/Buildroot at
> work. Cross-compiling is the only viable way as target compilation and
> qemu-binfmt alternatives are way too slow.

qemu-binfmt might be OK if you get enough substitutes and thus have
little to build locally.

Thanks!

Ludo’.