> I'd really rather have the cross-compilers. One for ELF and one for > the older freebsd object file format(A.OUT?). That way every time > I make a change I can just type "make freebsdELF" and "make freebsd" > right afterwards. ... > The problem with a separate machine(or OS partition) is the time it > takes to setup and maintain and more importantly having to transfer > the correct sources across to it and then transfer the compiled module
i can understand the problems with a separate OS partition, which would force you to reboot, but with a separate machine the only trouble i can see is having one more box around -- NFS and diskless really help a lot for everything else. The system (if you use a 3.1S/3.2 should be relatively stable so you should not need to upgrade for a reasonably long time. Someone suggested vmware and run a FreeBSD system under Linux on it ? cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message