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 > > -- > -- > v8-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "v8-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
