Hey Håvard,

The ppc port is not maintained by the V8 team itself, but by IBM (see
src/ppc/OWNERS). I don't know about the state and scope of the port. Maybe
you want to reach out to the port owners.

-- Benedikt

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 7:39 PM Håvard Eidnes <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I stumbled in on v8 via node.js -- v8 now appears to have some powerpc
> support, and I managed to get node.js to link on my NetBSD/macppc 8.0_BETA
> system after some persuasion.  However, it dumps core with illegal
> instruction
> on the first attempt at running "node", and by the looks of it that's
> because there's
> used some powerpc64-only instructions (fctidz  f13,f13).
>
> Is this the result of a deliberate decision not to support 32-bit powerpc?
> Or, in other words, even if the "ppc64-only instructions" issue could be
> solved,
> would there be other and more serious issues lurking further ahead making
> progress
> difficult or impossible?
>
> Any hints would be much appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> - Håvard
>
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