Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:31:21 +0400 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Jared Ring <jared@little-miracles.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Compiling an amd64 and i386 world Message-ID: <20060917223121.GD84871@rambler-co.ru> In-Reply-To: <450DC701.3030505@little-miracles.org> References: <450DC701.3030505@little-miracles.org>
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--6WlEvdN9Dv0WHSBl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 08:06:57AM +1000, Jared Ring wrote: > Hi, please reprimand me if this was the wrong list to ask on >=20 > I have a number of i386 machines, for maintaining them only one tracks=20 > -stable and builds the kernel and world,the others mount /usr/obj and=20 > /usr/src from this host and install from there. This is all described in= =20 > the handbook. >=20 > Now we have purchased some more machines, and these are amd64=20 > architecture. Is it possible to setup my buildmachine to build both i386= =20 > and amd64 worlds/kernels and then configure make.conf on the appropriate= =20 > clients so that they install the right one? >=20 > Thanks for your time and help in answering this. On this one point, the= =20 > handbook doesnt really seem clear. I'd be happy to provide a bit of doco= =20 > for the handbook if it really is okay. >=20 We support cross-building and installing for a different hardware architecture. Remote root, /usr and /var partitions should be mounted on say /mnt of the build host, then doing "make installworld DESTDIR=3D/mnt" together with other options used to build will DTRT. See the build(7) manpage for details, especially the bits about TARGET_ARCH/TARGET and rpc.lockd(8). Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --6WlEvdN9Dv0WHSBl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFDcy5qRfpzJluFF4RAtrFAJwPA9+SwpLvs/OJGPjLW+pr7UZgrwCfQjV1 9pfcok6WKhXXu46CrIN99Bs= =KYAK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6WlEvdN9Dv0WHSBl--
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