From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 14 14:22:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6890116A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:22:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DCDA43D60 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:22:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i9EENTR8044639; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:23:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9EENTlQ044638; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:23:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:23:29 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: Subhro Message-ID: <20041014142329.GA43164@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Subhro , John Gillis , FreeBSD Questions References: <20041014000024.T27161@dante.zefram.net> <20041014011057.P22475@dante.zefram.net> <20041014100135.GA54754@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS autolearn=failed version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on ei.bzerk.org cc: John Gillis cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Compiling 4-RELEASE on 5-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:22:47 -0000 On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 06:53:31PM +0530, Subhro typed: [...] > First of all, I guess u got a bit too aggresive which I believe is > unnecessary. Secondly, Try disassembling a 4.X binary and a 5.X > binary, you will understand what I mean. I have done it myself and I > am sure about it. Things start differing even more when you start > enabling things like unrolling loops and making things architecture > dependant with mcpu, march and similar flags. And btw I guess you > missed a word in my previous mail. I added the word "native". Do > clarify if that was not clear to you what I meant by Native. Install 4.x in a subdirectory of your 5.x system. chroot(8) into that directory; then build "native" world and kernels all you want. too easy. Ruben