From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 28 16:22:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03AB816A473 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:22:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9A4813C45D for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:22:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5SGMIAT050644 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:22:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:22:17 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706281122.18049.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on pollux.dfwlp.com Subject: does anyone run a buildserver for multiple architectures? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:22:25 -0000 im debating upgrading my server to a 64bit processor. right now, all my machines are i386. i keep one copy of the sources on my fastest machine, and i buildworld and various kernels on that machine, and then just do the standard mount /usr/src and /usr/obj from other systems, and installworld and kernels. so what happens when i throw amd64 into the mix? i know about the TARGET_ARCH=arch setting, but how about the filesystem of /usr/obj? is all the 64bit stuff still seperated? how do i make sure it doesnt get all mixed up? is it realistically possible to continue to keep one repository for all my machines on the network, reguardless of the machines architecture? btw, im considering transferring this role to this new amd64 box, as it would be quite a bit faster than my i386. thanks, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com