Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:38:56 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Christer Solskogen <christer.solskogen@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cross building FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120118223856.GB14760@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <CAMVU60bM5p6mKFJyfx=qght3MK1LQoYC93ue_-KkTukEgziaYQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMVU60bM5p6mKFJyfx=qght3MK1LQoYC93ue_-KkTukEgziaYQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 01:40:02PM +0100, Christer Solskogen wrote: > Hi! >=20 > I've just installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE on my Mac Mini G4 (powerpc) - > Can I use my other, and much faster, machine(amd64) to compile world > and kernel to either populate /usr/obj or to generate base.txz, and > kernel.txz? It should be possible. See e.g. this article: http://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2006/09/cross-building-freebsd.html You do have to look up what the correct values of TARGET and TARGET_ARCH are on powerpc. IIRC, the G4 is 32-bit. So according to running 'make target' in /usr/src, it should be TARGET=3D"powerpc" and TARGET_ARCH=3D"powerpc". If you use the DESTDIR variable on the build command line, you can put the generated world and kernel in a separate directory, the contents of which y= ou can then copy (e.g. with tar|nc or with rsync) to /usr/obj on the Mac Mini.= =20 Personally, 9.0 is the first release where I haven't bothered to build a custom kernel, because the GENERIC kernel seems to have everything I need built-in or available as a module. And neither have I bothered yet with building a custom world.=20 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk8XSgAACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVtWgCePhgCLG4msyEQ3/JqyH5p4lfq 5kUAn0ELK9DblgYW3iXKj6bIRbCVTmN3 =ssuP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG--
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