Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:19:13 +0300 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 Message-ID: <20071101111913.GB69930@comp.chem.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <20071031.111228.85322655.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200710310926.l9V9Qhi4041450@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071031.111228.85322655.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 11:12:28AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > 3) With a bit of hackery around rtld(8), it becomes possible to do destructive > > cross-installs, e.g., i386->amd64 over the live system. > > but this can lead to security issues.) That's why a destructive > > cross-install isn't possible w/o hackery yet. > > Does this mean I can now 'sidegrade' my FreeBSD/amd64 box to > FreeBSD/i386? or is only the 32-bit -> 64-bit direction supported. It should work between any arch'es because the installworld is to be run with the old kernel and no tools from the new system should run during it. The i386->amd64 route just looked the most attractive and important to brag about in the commit message. :-) -- Yar
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