Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:05:13 +1000 From: Joel Hatton <freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au> To: Craig Boston <craig@feniz.gank.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.x, 6.x and CPUTYPE Message-ID: <200511080205.jA825Dbl046080@app.auscert.org.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Craig Boston <craig@feniz.gank.org> of "Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:11:13 CST." <20051107151050.GA1212@nowhere>
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> > I always build my production servers with CPUTYPE=i686 so they can be > transplanted to any machine with a PPro or better processor (or even > qemu if necessary). Thanks, Craig. I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone in pursuing this method. Do you know of any particular disadvantages of continuing with this less-than-optimised model - I guess I mean, is this something that is likely to break or become uneconomical at some point? cheers, joel -- Joel Hatton -- Security Analyst | Hotline: +61 7 3365 4417 AusCERT - Australia's national CERT | Fax: +61 7 3365 7031 The University of Queensland | WWW: www.auscert.org.au Qld 4072 Australia | Email: auscert@auscert.org.au
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