Re: [CT_NG] support for powerpc

["Yann E. MORIN" <yann dot morin dot 1998 at anciens dot enib dot fr>]

On Saturday 17 May 2008 15:41:14 Dittmann, Daniel wrote:
> Yes, I built a powerpc gcc-4.2.1, uclibc 0.9.29 cross-compiler and
> gdb-server.
> With this toolchain I built a working u-boot and linux-kernel.

Good!

> > Some userland?
> I'am working on it.
> > Please, rediff against 1.1.1 or better yet, against svn HEAD.
> I'll do it.

Nice.

> > No PPC specific option?
> It's currently a generic powerpc compiler. It compiles per default
> generic powerpc code.
> 
> > What about ppc64?
> I have only a ppc32 hardware. So I couldn't test the ppc64 arch.

Would you mind telling me what HW that is?

> > PowerPC can work in big and little endian. How do we set that in the target
> > tuple?
> My first try supports only big endian. I have no idea at the moment.

See other post. AFAIAC, single endianness is then perfectly OK.

> > What's the difference in the kernel between 'ppc' and 'powerpc', as both
> > exist?
> As far as I know, the kernel arch ppc will be included in the powerpc
> arch and ppc will be removed from kernel.

ACK.

Thank you.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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