From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:46:08 -0500 From: Eric Van Hensbergen To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 on the Cell... In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <36111140-8D4D-41B7-BCA2-17659EA08E26@telus.net> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5f0eeeca-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 5/24/05, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: >=20 > In the meantime, porting to the G5 (or any other readily available > ppc64 platform) would probably be your best bet. First step is the > compiler (while you may be able to use the 32-bit power compiler, > you'll really want 64-bit if you are looking to squeeze performance). > Next is working with jmk (who is adding 64-bit support to the kernels > for opteron) to do the same thing for PowerPC. >=20 As a step in providing resources towards this direction, I've put a dual-2GHz G5 on my home network next to my grid systems. If folks want to take a crack at getting kencc to run under ppc64 Linux (or to test output from cross-compilation) (it should also be possible to test ppc32 output as well). I will be trying to get the system running the new version of rhype which is capable of running bare on G5s, which will allow folks to try out cross-compiled kernels under hypervisor on PPC64/PPC32. I'll also be hosting a IBM Full System Simulator installation there once its released - this will allow running kernels in an emulation environment which should make bring up easier. If folks are going to be actively pursuing this path and want access to ppc64/ppc32 hardware, let me know and I'll set up accounts. -eric