Re: PowerPC port

[pjbruin]

I have also looked at the mips code, so it could also be based on that (I don't
have my code here, so I'm not sure). I haven't tried 'cat' yet, but C-c doesn't
work as far as I have tried, so rpc_trampoline is probably buggy.

You can get the powerpc manuals at www.mot-sps.com or www.chips.ibm.com.

Thanks,
Peter Bruin
pjbruin@dds.nl


Quoting Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>:

> If asked, I would have suggested that you start with the mips code.  The
> mips port was done by Kazumoto Kojima, and he did actually have it working
> at one point (though he seems to have lost all interest and doesn't work on
> the Hurd any more).  That is the only RISC processor a working Hurd port
> had been done to before (the only finished port at all other than x86, in
> fact).
> 

> 
> > Also, I have never tested if rpc_trampoline works.
> 
> Well, if you can do "cat" and hit C-c while it's waiting in read and that
> works, then your rpc_trampoline ain't all bad.
> 
> > I'll post my code as soon as I can, but it may take a couple of days.
> 
> I look forward to seeing it.
> 
> Perhaps this would be a good time for me to get a powerpc architecture
> manual.
> Are they easy to get for free like the intel manuals?