6 It passes and compiles the same amount of mono tests as on the x86 architecture.
8 mcs is self hosting on Linux/PPC.
14 *** JIT and code precompiled:
16 Works on MacOS X 10.2, 10.3 and Linux/PPC, exception handling
17 is currently broken on the JIT.
21 *** PowerPC architecture:
23 <A HREF="http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPCFPE32B.pdf">PowerPC Programming environments manual</A><BR>
24 <A HREF="http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPC7410UM.pdf">G4 (7410) User's manual</A>
26 There's a very nice introduction to PowerPC assembly language
28 href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-ppc/">http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-ppc/</a>.
30 *** Calling conventions:
32 Linux on PPC32 uses the <a
33 href="http://refspecs.freestandards.org/elf/elfspec_ppc.pdf">The
34 PowerPC SystemV ABI specification</a>.
36 On MacOS X, the conventions are documented in the <a
37 href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/MachORuntime/MachORuntime.pdf">Mach-O
38 Runtime Architecture</a>.