Re: Benefit to cross-compile sparc on sparc64

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> Subject: Benefit to cross-compile sparc on sparc64

> Is there any ?

As opposed to what?  As opposed to running on real sparc (ie, sparc32)
hardware?  As opposed to running under emulation on completely
non-SPARC hardware?  As compared to cross-compiling sparc from a
non-SPARC (amd64, arm, whatever) port?

In any case, some possible answers, depending on what the comparison is
with, and in sokme cases on other things (such as what hardware you
have available):

- Speed?

- Convenience?

- Bug avoidance?

- Bug anti-avoidance (ie, bug finding)?

> My current workflow for building my own sparc packages involves an amd64 VM $

> I now have a v240 and was wondering if I would get any benefit from cross co$

Don't sparc64 kernels support sparc (ie, sparc32) userland?  If that
memory of mine is correct, you should be able to just plop a sparc
userland in place and chroot to it, instead of cross-building.

Of course, running under emulation means you _are_ running on a SPARC
(of whatever architecture your emulation provides), just a macrocoded
one instead of a microcoded or hardware one.

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