[syslinux] Spam: Re: syslinux compile fails: undefined symbol `obj_kpxeprefix'

[H. Peter Anvin]

Chris Ziomkowski wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Unfortunately the same problem with 3.73-pre4.
> 
> A few hours of research and playing around is starting to convince me 
> that the problem is Syslinux simply won't build on a 64 bit machine.

No, that is utter nonsense.  My main development platform is a 64-bit box.

> Is that true? Is it limited to compiling only on 32 bit compatible 
> architectures?
> 
> If so, do you know if it is possible, and if so, how much effort would 
> be required to upgrade it to working with 64 bit libraries?

You do, however, need to be able to compile 32-bit embedded (does not 
use the system libc) binaries on your platform.  If your system is 
broken in that respect, then there isn't much that can be done about it.

	-hpa