Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:24:14 +0100 From: Andreas Tobler <andreast-list@fgznet.ch> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cross build world on amd64 install on ppc Message-ID: <49C7FDFE.8010003@fgznet.ch> In-Reply-To: <49BD4F88.9060305@fgznet.ch> References: <49BC1626.70106@fgznet.ch> <59998CAE-B90C-4038-A6C8-52C3EB35987E@mac.com> <49BD4F88.9060305@fgznet.ch>
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Replying to /dev/null Andreas Tobler wrote: > Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >> On Mar 14, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Andreas Tobler wrote: >>> I have taken the approach to nfs export the /usr/src and the /usr/obj >>> from the amd64 to the powerpc machine. >> >> You can NFS export DESTDIR and mount that on your powerpc >> machine. > > I'll try that later. Done that now. See below. [snip] >> I think the easiest approach is to do an installworld on >> your amd64 and mount that on your powerpc machine. You >> can use rsync to sync your powerpc /. Alternatives are >> tar, cp -R, etc... > > Yes, another possibility. > I do not have an urgent need to have a newly built world on my ppc. I'm > just playing. The above advise seems to be the 'cheapest' one. And also the one which serves with best success rates :) >> It would be great if we can improve the process so that >> you can build on machine X and install on machine Y, by >> sharing usr and obj trees. > > That would be great. I'll continue playing. I exercised the above on sparc64 and built and installed a cross world/kernel, exported the install directory via nfs and did the rsync job. Great!! This worked fine. Thank you Marcel for the hint! Regards, Andreas
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