From 065f8248d50a842e0a69bc45bb14dba1788b8698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ralph Ronnquist Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 09:43:26 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] editorial --- README.adoc | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index ebda9c6..9d44fe1 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -24,19 +24,23 @@ Note that all building and test running is done as non-root user. == Running build-$arch -There are a number of starrt scripts, build-$arch, for building -installer pairs of kernel and initrd.gz towards different -archivetctures. For that to work you need to install `binfmt-support` -and `qemu-user-static`, which together should let your computer -execute binaries for a range of architectures in addiion to its native -architecture. This is similar to a multiarch setup but without -expanding `apt` to install packages for all of them. Thereafter it -should be as simple as running, say, +There are a number of start scripts, in `build-$arch` format, for +building installer pairs of kernel and initrd.gz towards different +archivetctures. For that to work you probably will need to + + # apt-get install binfmt-support qemu-user-static + +These together should let your computer execute binaries for a range +of architectures in addition to its native architecture. This setup is +similar to a multiarch setup but without expanding `apt` to install +packages for all of them. + +Thereafter it should be as simple as running, say, $ ./build-arm64 for making a pair of kernel and initrd.gz installer for an arm64 -architectire. This may be tested in a qemu VM by running +architectire. This may then be tested in a qemu VM by running: $ ./vm.sh arm64 -- 2.39.2