Questions tagged [powerpc]
PowerPC is a RISC CPU architecture used mostly in servers and embedded systems.
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How would one build a working Linux volume for a 32-bit PowerPC headless platform using a non-PPC host?
Is there a tool similar to debootstrap for a recent Linux distribution that supports PPC so I could build a working system or have an automated process to cross-compile a base install?
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Debian 8.10.0 installation on PowerPC can't use CD-ROM
So, I'm having an old PowerPC based IBM server, RS/6000 F50- that I'd like to get running simply for my own fun and hobby. There are several different OSes that can be installed on it and I was going ...
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What's wrong with my configuration for network install of Opensuse on ppc64?
I want to try to install an opensuse tumbleweed on ppc64.
I have a server with dhcp and tftp, I have configured it
vim /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
allow bootp;
host ibmlinux {
hardware ethernet ***;
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No way to boot from network on old IBM 9111-285?
I have an old IBM 9111-285 with AIX 7.1
Consider that Aix 7.2 don't boot on oldest ppc cpu's (this is a power5!)
and Aix 7.1 is near EOL as I know I want to install Linux on it.
Actually I have those &...
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What sets little endian state when launching a ppc64le Linux kernel on POWER CPU?
I've been doing some research on ppc64le Linux and am unclear on how the POWER CPU is set to little endian. As I understand it the machine and CPU state will run as big endian by default in firmware. ...
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Why does AIX on Power require that the svc instruction must be preceded by an unconditional branch or a CR instruction?
The IBM AIX Documentation for the svc (Supervisor Call) instruction has a note that states
To ensure correct operation, an svc instruction must be preceded by an unconditional branch or a CR ...
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Mapping Segment of Guest RAM to host file, in PPC QEMU
My desire is conceptually simple, I have a file (really a PCIe resource file from /sys/bus/pci/device/.... but that isn't too relevant) on the host that I want to make available somewhere in guest ...
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Restore Void Linux Install after breaking it by updating after 18 months
I have an old Apple PowerBook on which I dual boot Void Linux and Mac OSX Leopard. I had some hardware problems around July 2021 and it took until now for me to get it fixed.
When I got it working ...
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Cross-compile Linux-PAM: both pam.d and pam.conf are missing
I am trying to cross-compile Linux-PAM from a Ubuntu host machine to powerpc architecture (running linux kernel 2.6.34). First, I run ./configure command, giving the --host path to the cross compiler ...
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Debian, apt-get: how do I ignore NO_PUBKEY for good? [duplicate]
I have a qemu in which I have debian-10.0-powerpc-NETINST-1 plus sid as package source. I need powerpc to as a reference big endian architecture (maybe there's something easier?)
My problem is that ...
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How to "invalidate" or "flush" a range of cpu cache in powerpc architecutre?
I am working with an embedded device which communicates with my PowerPC CPU via PCIe. Due to the SDK constraints i have to use linux kernel version 4.1.8. This version doesn't have functions related ...
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Distro to install on a PowerPC G4 after Debian dropped 32-bit PPC support
Debian dropped support for my PowerPC CPU.
For this reason my security updates are now no longer granted and I am clearly not happy about that.
Is there any distro out there that supports PowerPC ...
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What are the Hardware requirement for Debian Linux Kernel 3.16 for PPC architecture? [closed]
We have an Embedded System which is running on Debian Linux Kernel 2.6-2.6 [PowerPC Architecture]. Would like to upgrade the Kernel to 3.16.
What are Hardware Requirements?
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Remove startup (boing) sound in PowerPC Mac Mini G4
I would like to remove the startup sound of my Mac Mini G4 (PowerPC). I know this is possible if I boot from a MacOSX system, however I reformatted my system from the original MacOSX for ppc with a ...
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Is AIX/Power safe from Spectre / Meltdown?
Since Intel, AMD and ARM is affected by the Spectre and Meltdown cpu kernel memory leak bugs/flaws, could we say that Power architecture is safe from these?
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