Hi, We buy some hardware, new, but came with processors exchanged below what we ask. However, the manufacturing of hardware, informed us that we could install everything and then just replace the processor. how will I use FreeBSD in 90% of these servers, it really can be done well? After replacing the processor, I just simply re-compile the kernel and all packages that were installed previously? Can somebody give me some document FreeBSD.org about these details? thanks -- M?rcio Luciano Donada <mdonada -at- auroraalimentos -dot- com -dot- br> Aurora Alimentos - Cooperativa Central Oeste Catarinense Departamento de T.I.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 03:02:59PM -0300, M?rcio Luciano Donada wrote:> Hi, > We buy some hardware, new, but came with processors exchanged below what > we ask. However, the manufacturing of hardware, informed us that we > could install everything and then just replace the processor. how will I > use FreeBSD in 90% of these servers, it really can be done well? After > replacing the processor, I just simply re-compile the kernel and all > packages that were installed previously? Can somebody give me some > document FreeBSD.org about these details?You shouldn't need to do anything. Unless you compile with specific optimizations which work with one processor and not the other (uncommon, but not completely unheard of for processors that fix the same socket) then the software will all be the same. -- Brooks -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20101015/a6835358/attachment.pgp
2010/10/15 M?rcio Luciano Donada <mdonada@auroraalimentos.com.br>> Hi, > We buy some hardware, new, but came with processors exchanged below what > we ask. However, the manufacturing of hardware, informed us that we > could install everything and then just replace the processor. how will I > use FreeBSD in 90% of these servers, it really can be done well? After > replacing the processor, I just simply re-compile the kernel and all > packages that were installed previously? Can somebody give me some > document FreeBSD.org about these details? > > thanks > -- > M?rcio Luciano Donada <mdonada -at- auroraalimentos -dot- com -dot- br> > Aurora Alimentos - Cooperativa Central Oeste Catarinense > Departamento de T.I. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >It is very likely that you can do without kernel recompilation. Unless you downgrade from amd64 family processor to i386 (from 64 to 32 bits) or what is very hard to do, you e.g. change to powerpc from Intel (but you have to change more than processor in that case) your kernel won't need any changes. You can make some tweaks in you config of course and than recompile the kernel. Mateusz Marzantowicz