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I still remember when Debian had problems with the 68000 autobuilders, because the fastest ones of those processors that existed literally could not compile packages fast enough to keep up with the uploads. I think they decided to add more autobuilders instead of give up on the architecture lol.
Forgive my ignorance, but do you have to compile for old architectures on the actual old CPUs? Like were they compiling debian for 486 on actual 486 cpus?
You can generally cross compile across architectures, but there can be instruction or build nuances that can cause hiccups. Also, you need to build everything against the target architecture as well, not just the kernel.