cross-compiler?

Abhijit Karmarkar <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Jul 2003 00:59:32 +0530 (IST)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.ia64.general
Message-ID <Pine.GSO.4.50.0307140046000.2621-100000@revati>
Hello,

I want to compile ia64 code (kernel+userspace) on a 32-bit system. Is
there a gcc 3.2 (or someother) rpm for i386, to cross-compile to ia64?

I could not find it on any RH ftp site :(

Also is cross-compiling (in this case atleast) as reliable as native?

thanks in advance,
abhijit