I have used a gentoo install to compile many debian packages in a ibm pseries machine. All the binaries are 64 bit. In the process I have submitted some bug-reports asking for powerpc64-support: 263743, 268076, 268078
The bootstrap procedure is: compile libc in /trans compile "debian" in / but linking with the libc in /trans compile the libc in / (breaks all gentoo's binaries) compile "debian" in / I am in the process o completing the last step. A snapshot of the entire system can be found in ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br:/pub/debian-ppc64/debian-ppc64.tar.bz2 The reason for submitting a incomplete build is that I don't have much time now (maybe in one month) and perhaps someone could continue the port. The immediate tasks would be: 1) compile debian packages for the programs that are using the libc in /trans (type "find /usr/bin -type f -perm +001 | xargs grep /trans/lib.*/ld") and remove /trans 2) port X11. I think Xorg 6.8 would be the best option since the it has a new elf loader that should be more portable. Xorg 6.7 should work also since the gentoo developers have added support for ppc64 in the Xorg 6.7 elf loader. I don't think that xfree is worth trying. 3) Build a set of base packages and use debootstrap to make a clean (without gentoo's help) install. Good luck, Rafael
