Recompiling An X64 Kernel (opensuse 10.2)

#1 (**permalink**) 11-Jul-2007, 10:44

I'm setting up an openSuSE 10.2 x64 system to operate as a packet sniffer/scrubber and I have to enable Ethernet Bridging in the kernel. I have been able to find documentation for recompiling the kernel but everything I've found implicitly states that the steps assume that I am using an x86 architecture.

I am pretty comfortable on the 32 bit platform but this is my first foray into 64 bit Linux. Are the commands/steps the same? What would I have do differently (if anything)?

Also, there are 32 bit and 64 bit versions of many things on the system; how would I specify that I want to use the 32 bit version of a particular compiler or library, for example? Does it default to 64 bit?

Sorry for all of the questions.

If someone could point me towards some good x64 documentation/FAQ's, I would really appreciate it.

#2 (**permalink**) 11-Jul-2007, 15:37

there is no difference between compiling 32-bit and 64-bit kernel.

#3 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 15:16

Thanks. I just didn't want to hose up anything.

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