Re: [9front] Big endian hardware.

[adventures in9 <adventuresin9@gmail.com>]

I did a port of 9Front to some Atheros/Qualcomm big endian Mips router
chips.  To use it you either need to find an old router that uses
them, or there are a few companies on Aliexpress that sell development
boards.

https://github.com/adventuresin9/9front-qca9558
https://github.com/adventuresin9/9front-qca9531

On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe.org> wrote:
>
> On 3/6/25 04:20, Pär Moberg wrote:
> > Hello,
> > With NetBSD release of a Wii version and that they have a big endian release for raspberry pi 1 to 3plus, I was wondering if there is any as easily available hardware that run big endian and has a 9front port?
> > I have a fascination with big endian for some reason.
> > //Pär
>
> The power9 port I am working on (for the Raptor Computing Talos II) will be big endian only.
> If you can emulate an SGI Indy that would work, but its really not a pleasant experience.
>
> I've scoped out porting 9front to the PowerPC Nintendo consoles, and I think the WiiU would be
> an amicable target, just haven't gotten around to it.
>
> Thanks,
> moody
>