Re: 64 bit powerpc

On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 12:15:02PM -0500, Brandon Bergren wrote:
> I'm also interested in 64 bit PPC, as I have a Talos II (dual POWER9) and have a second machine coming soon for driver debugging work (Talos II Lite "special developer system" -- https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/TLSDS1/intro.html )
> 
> I'm currently spending time doing driver debugging on FreeBSD, but would prefer using OpenBSD. I don't have an actual background in driver/kernel development but I'm starting to learn.

I've had my eyes on such a system in the past (one can only dream).  As far as
I can remember Linux is using it in Little Endian byte order, and I don't 
know what FreeBSD is doing.  I think up to POWER8 or something you should only 
go Big Endian byte order.  I'm sticking with Big Endian byte order for now as
that's what's in powerpc arch.

I must say I learned a whole lot today working on this.  Hopefully I won't get
confused.

Nice system you have!

-peter