Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:09:49 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cross compiling FreeBSD Message-ID: <20090115230949.GD16116@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <COL112-W214770758973401CA2ADD8F6D70@phx.gbl> References: <COL112-W14559CEDAEB8C5373A03B4F6D60@phx.gbl> <20090114211616.GC16116@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <COL112-W214770758973401CA2ADD8F6D70@phx.gbl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2009-Jan-15 01:12:03 +0000, Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com> wrote: >Ok, so I think that in a production environment I should deploy one builder machine >for each target architecture I have to support on my network... I'm right? A single build machine can cross-build for multiple environments so you really only need one machine. >One last question: I would expect the same issues if I wish to to support many >FreeBSD releases running of one single type of architecture? (i.e.: both builder >and targets are amd64 machines, but I run RELENG_7 on the builder and >RELENG_6_4 and RELENG_7_1 on the targets) In general, backward compatibility is supported, so a world built on a RELENG_7 box should be able to be installed by a RELENG_7_1 target (though not by a RELENG_6_4 target). And you can run into he same problem with different i386 variants - if your build machine is built with (eg) P4 options than a generic world built by that box cannot be installed by (eg) a P2 due to instruction differences. -- Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklvwj0ACgkQ/opHv/APuIegpACfWKtWC+t/iESLJVjpRQ6mq/lX JPYAmQHdSSR1/AG6M5P0NktdAGB8PkLm =xJ6f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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