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<title>LFS Target Architectures</title>
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-<para>The primary target architecture of LFS is the 32-bit Intel CPU. If you
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-have not built an LFS system before, you should probably start with that
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-target. The 32-bit architecture is the most widely supported Linux system and
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-is most compatible with both open source and proprietary software.</para>
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-
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-<para>On the other hand, the instructions in this book are known to work, with
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-some modifications, with both Power PC and 64-bit AMD/Intel CPUs. To build a
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+<para>The primary target architectures of LFS are the AMD/Intel x86 (32-bit)
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+and x86_64 (64-bit) CPUs. On the other hand, the instructions in this book are
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+also known to work, with some modifications, with the Power PC CPU. To build a
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system that utilizes one of these CPUs, the main prerequisite, in addition to
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those on the next few pages, is an existing Linux system such as an earlier LFS
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installation, Ubuntu, Red Hat/Fedora, SuSE, or other distribution that targets
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@@ -47,14 +43,15 @@ instructions needed for a straightforward base Linux system. You can refer to
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the <ulink url="http://trac.cross-lfs.org/">Cross Linux From Scratch</ulink>
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project for this advanced topic.</para>
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-<para>There is one last comment about 64-bit systems. There are some packages
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-that cannot currently be built in a "pure" 64-bit system or require specialized
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-build instructions. Generally, these packages have some embedded 32-bit
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-specific assembly language instructions that fail when building on a 64-bit
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-system. This includes some Xorg drivers from <ulink
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-url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/">Beyond Linux From Scratch
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-(BLFS)</ulink>. Many of these problems can be worked around, but may require
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-some specialized procedures or patches.</para>
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+<para>There is one last comment about 64-bit systems. There are some older
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+packages that cannot currently be built in a "pure" 64-bit system or require
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+specialized build instructions. Generally, these packages have some embedded
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+32-bit specific assembly language instructions that fail when building on a
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+64-bit system. This includes some Xorg drivers for some legacy video cards at
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+<ulink url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/">
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+http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/</ulink>. Many of these
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+problems can be worked around, but may require some specialized procedures or
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+patches.</para>
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</sect1>
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