From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 23:09:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDB491065674; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:09:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 805B08FC14; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:09:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n0FN9och021194 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:09:50 +1100 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0FN9nOf091640; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:09:49 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0FN9njx091634; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:09:49 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:09:49 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Andrew Hotlab Message-ID: <20090115230949.GD16116@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20090114211616.GC16116@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="CblX+4bnyfN0pR09" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cross compiling FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:09:55 -0000 --CblX+4bnyfN0pR09 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Jan-15 01:12:03 +0000, Andrew Hotlab wr= ote: >Ok, so I think that in a production environment I should deploy one builde= r 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 b= uilder >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. --=20 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. --CblX+4bnyfN0pR09 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklvwj0ACgkQ/opHv/APuIegpACfWKtWC+t/iESLJVjpRQ6mq/lX JPYAmQHdSSR1/AG6M5P0NktdAGB8PkLm =xJ6f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CblX+4bnyfN0pR09--