Developing on local FreeBSD AArch64 and deploying to FreeBSD x86_64?

Reply: Dave Cottlehuber: "Re: Developing on local FreeBSD AArch64 and deploying to FreeBSD x86_64?"
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From: Simon Connah <simon.n.connah_at_protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:02:58 UTC

Hi,

I have a Mac running the latest version of macOS and installed the UTM virtualisation software. I have FreeBSD 13.1 AArch64 working perfectly, but I'm concerned about possible problems when developing on ARM and deploying to Intel. Can I be sure there are no user-facing differences between the two architectures?

Alternatively, I could emulate x86_64, but that'll mean FreeBSD will take a significant performance hit.

I'm only doing website development, so I won't be digging into operating system internals or anything.

What would you suggest?

Simon.