Hardware

[Mateusz Marzantowicz]

2010/10/15 Márcio Luciano Donada <mdonada at 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
> --
> Márcio Luciano Donada <mdonada -at- auroraalimentos -dot- com -dot- br>
> Aurora Alimentos - Cooperativa Central Oeste Catarinense
> Departamento de T.I.
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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