Re: PowerPC kernels, partitioning on macppc

[Till Straumann <Till.Straumann@TU-Berlin.de>]

Regarding PPC architecture, assembly etc.:

The 32-bit PowerPC architecture and assembly language
are extensively (including caches, MMU etc.) described e.g.,
here:

http://www.freescale.com/files/product/doc/MPCFPE32B.pdf

On the FreeScale (motorola) site you can also find documents
describing AltiVec and processor specific (e.g., 'G4' vs. 'G3')
implementation details.

I recommend to also peeking at the SYSVR4 ABI specification
which defines things like calling conventions, register usage
and the like:

http://www.omega-environment.com/documentation/SVR4abippc.pdf

Note that as always these links may be obsolete shortly as
the commercial world just loves to rearrange their websites
faster than the weather changes. google is your friend.

HTH
-- Till

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