Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:44:38 +0200 From: Toby <misc.lists@fsck.ch> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating RPI2 from 11-CURRENT to RELENG_11 Message-ID: <57B20D96.4020303@fsck.ch> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfoW9Yg-6f7g6MMaos8ZhX5sndrQVxuKMqo%2BLn7RQU_xTw@mail.gmail.com> References: <57AF7917.5030407@fsck.ch> <CANCZdfoW9Yg-6f7g6MMaos8ZhX5sndrQVxuKMqo%2BLn7RQU_xTw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 13/08/16 22:37, Warner Losh wrote: > On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Toby <misc.lists@fsck.ch> wrote: > > 20160517: > The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support > for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system > is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT. > This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld > and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New > packages will be needed. > > To update an existing self-hosted armv6hf system, you must add > TARGET_ARCH=armv6 on the make command line for both the build > and the install steps > Short answer is that you'll need to re-install all packages because of this. > They will work for a while, but as updates happen 'cross threading' can > occur if the updates are partial unless you specifically do special things. > Only extreme special needs use cases will be affected (like having only > binaries linked against the soft float ABI libraries). > > Warner Thanks for the explanation. My buildworld is now done and I'll update the packages over the next few days. Toby
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