As you have probably noticed there is currently an effort to create a MIPS port of V8, and I suggest you read through the messages on v8-dev regarding this port to see how to get started to land this in the V8 tree, e.g. look at http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users/browse_thread/thread/62cfc5996a1713e3/6e56e31c01e5d89f .
As the messages on v8-dev suggests start out by making an assembler, disassembler and simulator to make it possible to build and test PPC code without the need for actual PPC hardware. This all exists for both the current ARM and MIPS port. With V8 running only with generated code (not having an interpreter) bootstrapping a port for a new architecture is quite a bit of work, but it is also an interesting challenge. Regards, Søren On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 21:36, Robin Bate Boerop <[email protected]>wrote: > cpj, > > At one point, I was seriously considering doing a PowerPC backend for > V8. I have been busy, and not made the kind of progress that you > have. Since then, there have been a number of questions about a > PowerPC backend from others. Shall I connect you with them? > > Also, I enquired on the V8 mailing list last year about who else was > doing a port. Someone from Google answered. Shall I forward you the > correspondence? > > On 26 February 2010 03:40, HeisenbergUncertain > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Since I have a couple of G4 and G5 Macs sitting around, I began > > porting v8 to PPC and PPC64 platforms. Anyone else working on this > > exercise in some clandestine operation or is it just me at this point? > > Probably 40-50% finished. I'm motivated by the lack of a PPC Chrome > > and, well, I just dig PPC chips. I could care less about market share, > > mindshare, and every other anti-Power platitude trotted out by MBAs. > > <g> Then again, it could be useful in Cell systems... > > > > .cpj > > -- > v8-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- v8-dev mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev
