2009-01-27 Ivan N. Zlatev <contact@i-nz.net>

[mono.git] / web / ppc

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 ** Status
 
-It passes and compiles the same amount of mono tests as on the x86 architecture.
+       It passes and compiles the same amount of mono tests as on the x86 architecture.
 
-mcs is self hosting on Linux/PPC.
-
-** To do
+       mcs is self hosting on Linux/PPC.
 
 *** Interpreter
 
-Up to date.
+       Up to date.
 
-*** Jitter
+*** JIT and code precompiled:
 
-Start the port
+       Works on MacOS X 10.2, 10.3 and Linux/PPC, exception handling
+       is currently broken on the JIT.
 
 ** Documentation
 
@@ -23,13 +22,18 @@ Start the port
 
     <A HREF="http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPCFPE32B.pdf">PowerPC Programming environments manual</A><BR>
     <A HREF="http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPC7410UM.pdf">G4 (7410) User's manual</A>
-
+       
        There's a very nice introduction to PowerPC assembly language
        at <a
        href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-ppc/">http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-ppc/</a>.
 
 *** Calling conventions:
 
-    <a href="http://www.esofta.com/softspecs.html">The PowerPC SystemV ABI specification</a>
+       Linux on PPC32 uses the <a
+       href="http://refspecs.freestandards.org/elf/elfspec_ppc.pdf">The
+       PowerPC SystemV ABI specification</a>.
 
+       On MacOS X, the conventions are documented in the <a
+       href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/MachORuntime/MachORuntime.pdf">Mach-O
+       Runtime Architecture</a>.