From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 18 11:14:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from br3-de0.dnsmgr.net (br3-de0.dnsmgr.net [198.145.92.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CAD215888 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:14:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamellr@hamell.hpc1.com) Received: from heorot.hamell.hpc1.com (host74-122.iwbc.net [216.228.74.122]) by br3-de0.dnsmgr.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA39903; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:14:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamellr@hamell.hpc1.com) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 03:38:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell To: Jason Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CPU Upgrade In-Reply-To: <37BAE53F.616CD4F7@townnews.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > We're running FreeBSD 2.2.5-Stable on a slower system, and we'd like to > upgrade the processor in the machine. WIll we need to recompile the > kernel if we perform this upgrade? If so, I'd appreciate the details on > why (I'm a curious sort when it comes to things like this). I can't seem > to find any solid information on the subject... It depends. If it's a mission critical system you'd be better of building a 2nd machine with 3.2 in it, then moving your data over. If you've already got a Pentium system and go to a P-III or a K6, I don't believe you have to do anything. But, if you still need to do a kernal compile goto http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message