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  1. * Mono PowerPC Port
  2. ** Status
  3. It passes and compiles the same amount of mono tests as on the x86 architecture.
  4. mcs is self hosting on Linux/PPC.
  5. *** Interpreter
  6. Up to date.
  7. *** JIT and code precompiled:
  8. Works on MacOS X 10.2, 10.3 and Linux/PPC, exception handling
  9. is currently broken on the JIT.
  10. ** Documentation
  11. *** PowerPC architecture:
  12. <A HREF="http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPCFPE32B.pdf">PowerPC Programming environments manual</A><BR>
  13. <A HREF="http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPC7410UM.pdf">G4 (7410) User's manual</A>
  14. There's a very nice introduction to PowerPC assembly language
  15. at <a
  16. href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-ppc/">http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-ppc/</a>.
  17. *** Calling conventions:
  18. Linux on PPC32 uses the <a
  19. href="http://refspecs.freestandards.org/elf/elfspec_ppc.pdf">The
  20. PowerPC SystemV ABI specification</a>.
  21. On MacOS X, the conventions are documented in the <a
  22. href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/MachORuntime/MachORuntime.pdf">Mach-O
  23. Runtime Architecture</a>.