Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#991638: nodejs: Please enable build on 32-bit PowerPC (powerpc)
On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 10:23:38PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> It should work on the standard 32-bit PowerPC baseline which includes
> AltiVec. Other systems such as PowerPC E500 had their own Debian port
> anyway (powerpcspe).
32 bit powerpc does not require altivec. e300 runs it fine and sure
doesn't have altivec. G3 powermac had no altivec either. A few packages
(like vlc for example) are broken and assume altivec is always present.
powerpcspe was for the offshoot that didn't use the normal FPU (had a
signal processor instruction set instead) like the e500 (but not e500mc).
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Len Sorensen
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