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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a12210db8a..005c0597ad 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5855,9 +5855,16 @@ information on cross-compilation. An example use of this is on Linux-based systems, which can emulate different personalities. For instance, passing -@code{--system=i686-linux} on an @code{x86_64-linux} system allows you +@code{--system=i686-linux} on an @code{x86_64-linux} system or +@code{--system=armhf-linux} on an @code{aarch64-linux} system allows you to build packages in a complete 32-bit environment. +@quotation Note +Building for an @code{armhf-linux} system is unconditionally enabled on +@code{aarch64-linux} machines, although certain aarch64 chipsets do not +allow for this functionality, notably the ThunderX. +@end quotation + Similarly, when transparent emulation with QEMU and @code{binfmt_misc} is enabled (@pxref{Virtualization Services, @code{qemu-binfmt-service-type}}), you can build for any system for |