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Also is there any simple way to use an AMD64 to build and test i386 binaries? Or would I need to set up a cross-compiler and run in an emulator?
I am not sure that we use AMD64 terminology in the same sense. For me AMD64 is native 64bits processor architecture and has nothing to do with
the manufacturer. Both Intel and AMD manufactured processors can run it without any problem. The same processors can run in 32 bits mode which
is popularly called i386. If the system runs in 64 bits mode compiled binaries will not be able to run on machine which runs in 32 bits mode. You are right about processor emulators. I am familiar with SPIM which emulates MIPS processor (the best processor architecture by a mile) and also GXemul which can emulate ARM, MIPS, and PPC. I am not aware of the AMD64 emulator for i386 processor.

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