Re: NetBSD ppc64 & ppc64le support?

[Chris Hanson <cmhanson%eschatologist.net@localhost>]

On May 7, 2025, at 3:54 PM, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
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> Chris Hanson <cmhanson%eschatologist.net@localhost> writes:
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>> NetBSD appears to use the powerpc architecture name like FreeBSD but the eb/el suffixes like Linux, so my first inclination is that the NetBSD architecture names would be powerpc64 and powerpc64el.
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> If you mean "should we change the code to align with X", idk.
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> If you are asking "how are things now", then read build.sh.

Thanks, looks like the MACHINE_ARCH is referred to as powerpc64 in build.sh so that’s what should probably be kept to so changes are minimally invasive.

It also looks like there’s already a GENERIC64 kernel config for ofppc so maybe a different machine isn’t needed?

  -- Chris