Re: powerpc64 backport to g5

Hello Peter,

Je 11 Dec 17:24 skribis Peter:
> Now that POWER9 systems are pretty well supported, I'm setting away some time
> next year to backport powerpc64 to the Mac G5.  Is there anyone already doing
> that?  I already tried this once (based on the macppc sources) but failed.

I'm not doing that.  I am simply running OpenBSD/macppc on the iMac G5.
Graphics (X11 rendering) is a bit slow but acceptable to me after a bit
of tweaking [1].

What would be specific advantages if OpenBSD/powerpc64 (over macppc)
were backported to PowerPC 970?

Marco

[1]: http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=9971