Ok, so :
- powerpc port for MPC8641D (e600) is ok
- maybe powerpc too for T1042 (e5500) and T2081 (e6500) but with a 64
bits kernel,
not ppc64el (they may run little endian but they don't have VSX nor
altivec, or only big endian altivec)
Thank you,I think I got it.
2016-10-24 15:56 GMT+02:00 Konstantinos Margaritis <mar...@freevec.org>:
> Στις 24-10-2016, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 09:45 -0400, ο/η Lennart Sorensen
> έγραψε:
> > Running powerpc with the 64bit kernel is probably the best bet for
> > those.
> >
> > At least the 6500 is supposed to be able to run little endian as far
> > as
> > I know, but I don't think it can run ppc64el. The altivec part is
> > big
> > endian only though.
>
> It cannot run ppc64el, that one includes VSX in the ABI by default,
> which 6500 lacks. Also, its altivec part )saw it as Altivec 2
> somewhere) by FSL (with extra instructions), is also different than
> plain altivec supported by other IBM cpus. So, code tuned for 6500's
> altivec unit won't even run on big-endian IBM cpus. Good job,
> Freescale.
>
> Konstantinos
