Building 12.0.1 on RPi4 Slackware aarch64 shows x86 in stead of arm in configuration

Johpin · December 24, 2024 at 8:28 AM

PROJECT=RPi ARCH=aarch64 DEVICE=RPi4 make image

I am trying to build LibreELEC 12.0.1 on a RPi4 with Slackware aarch64.

To my surprise
PROJECT=RPi
ARCH=aarch64
DEVICE=RPi4
make image

shows as stdout:

Buildsystem configuration:
======================================================
- CPU: x86-64
- Kernel Architecture: x86

I don't understand why it will build for x86. How can I force it to build for aarch64?

**CvH** · December 24, 2024 at 1:43 PM

Quote from Johpin

Buildsystem configuration:
======================================================
- CPU: x86-64
- Kernel Architecture: x86

that tells you that you are building at a x86-64 machine, nothing more

so you build a aarch64 image at a x86-64 machine

Johpin · December 24, 2024 at 4:42 PM

Quote from CvH

that tells you that you are building at a x86-64 machine, nothing more
so you build a aarch64 image at a x86-64 machine

The build machine is a Raspberry Pi 4B with 4 GB RAM, not x86-64. The LibreELEC version schould be for a RPI4 aarch64.

The command "make image" shows as stdout also:

'/home/john/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0-devel/build/kernel-firmware-20240312/.copied-firmware/intel/ibt-hw-37.8.bseq' -> '/home/john/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0-devel/install_pkg/kernel-firmware-20240312/usr/lib/kernel-overlays/base/lib/firmware/intel/ibt-hw-37.8.bseq'

indicating it is building a LibreELEC version for Intel x86

**mglae** · December 25, 2024 at 9:36 AM

If you really did:

Bash

PROJECT=RPi
ARCH=aarch64
DEVICE=RPi4
make image

You do get a X86 build. Put the command in one one line:

Bash

PROJECT=RPi ARCH=aarch64 DEVICE=RPi4 make image

or export the variables:

Bash

export PROJECT=RPi
export ARCH=aarch64
export DEVICE=RPi4
make image

Johpin · December 26, 2024 at 8:48 AM

Thanks for your suggestion!

After applying" PROJECT=RPi ARCH=aarch64 DEVICE=RPi4 make image" in one line it build LibreELEC-RPi4.aarch64-12.0-devel-20241225124644-7e0b15d.img.gz on Slackware 15 aarch64 successfully.