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From: C H Forsyth <forsyth@vitanuova.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 on the Cell...
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 16:30:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6c024f9f2e007f7af7ed1cd8877671ce@vitanuova.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505250907390.12496@enigma.lanl.gov>

for the compiler suite, the 32-bit powerpcs are compatible
(ignoring the original 601 and not including Altivec)

kernels see bigger differences, where there are three or
more possibilities for memory management, and two different
schemes for trap handling, and even different instructions
for processor control, but generally the differences are
fairly small.   the surrounding IO structure is usually completely
different.

64-bit operation is a fairly small extension to the
32-bit set, as for several other RISCS, compared (say) to x86



  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-05-25 15:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-24 19:05 Paul Lalonde
2005-05-24 19:26 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-05-24 23:04   ` Paul Lalonde
2005-05-24 23:18     ` Jack Johnson
2005-05-24 23:27       ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-05-24 23:30       ` Paul Lalonde
2005-05-25  3:11         ` Bruce Ellis
2005-05-27 16:53         ` Paul Lalonde
2005-05-28  6:29           ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-05-28 14:51             ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-05-28 17:45             ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-05-28 17:56               ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-05-28 18:11                 ` Jack Johnson
2005-05-28 18:31                   ` jmk
2005-05-28 18:34                 ` Paul Lalonde
2005-05-29  6:35                 ` Noah Evans
2005-05-29  9:26                   ` Charles Forsyth
2005-05-30 20:43                     ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-06-03 11:55                   ` Noah Evans
2005-06-03 12:57                     ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-06-03 15:46                     ` Dave Eckhardt
2005-06-03 16:43                       ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-06-03 17:33                         ` Brantley Coile
2005-06-03 21:22                         ` David Leimbach
2005-05-29  9:26                 ` Charles Forsyth
2005-05-24 23:26     ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-05-25  9:10       ` C H Forsyth
2005-05-25 15:07         ` Ronald G. Minnich
     [not found]           ` <a4e6962a050525081244ed619d@mail.gmail.com>
2005-05-25 15:13             ` Fwd: " Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-05-25 15:30           ` C H Forsyth [this message]
2005-06-21 16:46   ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-06-10 14:04 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-06-10 16:44   ` Paul Lalonde
2005-06-10 18:43     ` Bruce Ellis
2005-06-11  3:17     ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-06-11  3:38       ` Tim Newsham
2005-06-11  3:45         ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-06-11 19:36           ` C H Forsyth
2005-06-12 21:36       ` arisawa
2005-06-12 22:55         ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2005-06-12 23:54           ` George Gensure
2005-06-13  2:39         ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-06-13  5:17           ` Martin C. Atkins
2005-05-28 19:21 jmk

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