Questions tagged [powerpc]

Questions related to the PowerPC family of RISC processors.

PowerPC is a RISC architecture created jointly by Apple, IBM, and Freescale (formerly Motorola). The PowerPC standard is now handled by Power.org. It includes both 32 and 64 bit versions of the processor.

Helpful Links:

Overview of the register set and some history of the ISA
Wikipedia Article
Quick reference table of instructions
Apple's PowerPC Addressing Modes and Assembler Instructions, including details on condition-codes and branches, and that you can compare into CR0..CR7 and use any of them for most branches. Otherwise mostly just the mnemonic and allowed operands, and a one-line description (but there are a LOT of mnemonics so it's nice to have a compact list).
Download the full manual as pdf
A helpful table for understanding the relationships between so many inconsistently named ppc processors.

See Also: cpu aix osx

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Deleted function on powerPC compiler, not on gcc

In my current project we have to compile a source for openSUSE - 12.1 and for powerPC. The project is written in C++11. The openSUS build is done with gcc-4.7.2 The powerPC build with powerpc-e500v2-linux-gnuspe I have a pure virtual base class…

c++ c++11 powerpc

asked Oct 18 '12 at 15:43

Minion91

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Multiple PowerPC instructions have same opcode

I'm trying to make sense of PowerPC instructions and ultimately disassemble them. I've found http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v7r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.aixassem/doc/alangref/ppc_instr.htm and already I'm confused - how do addic and si…

assembly disassembly powerpc

asked Sep 29 '12 at 17:46

Rena

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Eclipse with powerpc-linux-gcc possible?

I program a embedded Linux on a separate target. For that I use Eclipse as a editor and the powerpc-linux-gcc. That's a bit uncomfortable. Is it possible to use a powerpc-linux-gcc in Eclipse?

linux eclipse embedded powerpc

asked Sep 20 '12 at 06:21

Manfred

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How many memorys can a process have under PPC64 on linux

I watched a testcase for linux. it test for mmap like follows: #define HIGH_ADDR (void *)(0x1000000000000) addr = mmap(HIGH_ADDR, map_sz, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED | MAP_FIXED, fildes, 0); In that case under PPC64, the Expected…

c linux memory linux-kernel powerpc

asked Aug 28 '12 at 05:37

madper

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how to access the Freescale P2020's Alternate Time Base Registers 64-bit timer register in VxWorks

How is this register configurated and then read, in VxWorks? That is, what address is it at, and what address do I write to configure its rate of increment. We aren't using RTP so there's no kernel space issue. Just need to write the rate to some…

timer embedded vxworks powerpc

asked Aug 24 '12 at 16:59

Doug Null

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PowerPC MPC8245 JTAG

I'm working on an MPC8245, a 603e family processor. I am using a BDI2000 JTAG device to debug the startup code. There is an odd problem I run into. Single stepping runs just fine until the configuration register, MCCR1 (0xF0) is written to. After…

assembly powerpc jtag

asked Jun 22 '12 at 15:04

KeithSmith

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Alternative to v8 for exposing C++ objects to JavaScript (on PowerPC)

I need to expose C++ classes (packed as shared libraries) to the magic world of JavaScript. The most obvious solution is to use Node.js/v8. Problem is that it has to run on PowerPC (please no comments on this...) and - alas! - v8 doesn't run on…

c++ webkit powerpc javascriptcore emscripten

asked Jun 22 '12 at 14:03

rippeltippel

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iPhone SDK on iBook G4 (PowerPC G4) with OS X 10.5.8?

Is that possible to install xCode and iPhone SDK on my iBook G4 with PowerPC G4 CPU and MAC OS X 10.5.8? I am trying to install several versions but not successfull

iphone xcode sdk powerpc

asked Jun 20 '12 at 22:03

DavidNg

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What value for length field for Freescale PowerPC Security Engine 2.0, when using Link Tables?

I am working on the code to use the security engine of my MPC83XX with Openssl. I can already encrypt/decrypt AES up to 64KByte of data. The problem comes with data greater than 64KByte since the maximum value of the length-bits is 65535. I can…

security aes powerpc

asked Apr 18 '12 at 13:12

user1341366

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ADT plug-in fails to install on Eclipse, PowerPC, Ubuntu

I'm trying to install ADT plug-in in Eclipse 3.5.2 which I got from PowerPC Ubuntu repositories. ADT 16.0.0 or above requires Eclipse 3.6 or higher so I tried 15.0.1 and 9.0.0. ADT 15.0.1 installation completed 100%, I clicked "Apply Now" and got a…

eclipse ubuntu installation adt powerpc

asked Apr 13 '12 at 18:35

laur

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How to use the iabr register on the powerpc (e300 core)

I would like to know how to use the iabr register to set a breakpoint. The manual says something about a isync instruction but this doesn't seem to be working. Can someone help please? The code I'm using: asm ("isync"); asm volatile ("mtspr…

debugging assembly breakpoints powerpc

asked Apr 13 '12 at 04:31

Siddharth Bajaj

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string.h and

I am trying to build a library in a legacy C++ project. Platform is power-pc using gcc compiler. The compiler is giving build errors similar to this: error: string: No such file or directory or error: vector: No such file or directory. My…

c++ powerpc

asked Feb 28 '12 at 19:54

sw_eng

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.tar files on OS X Lion

I am about to throw my shiny new MBP out the window. How am I supposed to deal with .tar files with OS X Lion? Every single application I try to download spits out some dumb error about PowerPC architecture not being supported. Any help is greatly…

ruby macos osx-lion tar powerpc

asked Dec 16 '11 at 23:59

Alex

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Wii Broadway disassembly with libopcodes

I want to disassemble Wii game executable binaries in C, which use the broadway microprocessor and unfortunately the only disassembler I am aware that I can use is libopcodes. Documentation about this library is scarce and I'm using this tutorial…

reverse-engineering disassembly powerpc binutils wii

asked Aug 11 '22 at 11:43

user19742600

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Compileing GNU binutils - some questions

I am trying to compile the GNU binutils for PowerPc on my x86-64 Pc. I'm not trying to cross compile them (got the cross compiler version from the AUR), I'm trying to compile the on my pc to use them on the other(It has no network etc just an…

linux powerpc binutils

asked Aug 07 '22 at 20:08

user1237916231

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