Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:25:50 +0100 From: Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the plan for powerpc64 in FreeBSD 16 Message-ID: <20260210052550.0579207b@dorfdsl.de> In-Reply-To: <ioNyRWJrBfjQetnvQQZDrd7PuRbSBvmSqNZF6YSaWg7jgBMMtGOeDNPqTuJESTl9wxJDyFfEOcvgvEBHueZodcvi2qQXshCdkDZSfiz9g9M=@proton.me> References: <CANCZdfrQthqYeGYD_9LRcH94JJZuF2%2BUxAqf7Lcoe6p5VzJf9g@mail.gmail.com> <ioNyRWJrBfjQetnvQQZDrd7PuRbSBvmSqNZF6YSaWg7jgBMMtGOeDNPqTuJESTl9wxJDyFfEOcvgvEBHueZodcvi2qQXshCdkDZSfiz9g9M=@proton.me>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 10.02.2026 00:45 Minsoo Choo <minsoochoo0122@proton.me> wrote: > And this is industry trend. The only ppc manufacturer for POSIX > platforms, IBM, has been moving away from ppc64be. Major Linux > distros, including developed by IBM subsidiary RedHat, only offer > ppc64le binaries (RedHat and clones, CentOS, Fedora, SUSE, etc). Many > drivers assume that the host is running on little-endian, so those > drivers fail to work on big-endian systems. ppc64be is poorly > maintained and tested across many OSes and I don't see why we should > continue supporting it when there is no benefit. The IBM POWER systems support switching between big-endian and little-endian. IBM AIX runs on be, RHEL or SUSE run on le. Is there any reason not to run FreeBSD in le too? -- kind regards Marco Send spam to abfall1770680705@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJPBAEBCAA5FiEEpXefSZn9R6zNZtTQE76RLz2tRfAFAmmKs04bFIAAAAAABAAO bWFudTIsMi41KzEuMTEsMiwyAAoJEBO+kS89rUXwuUUP/AzkoWKUntmmRrNHysw9 ICvl3x4Z2RA8nWfH0WbOgz0RYD2l5s6wjl7Re/5MysOLaOVPdGJ3bdXerAkJbZjU SuFLODCRFjz/2Rj180SHjhvFKXN9vaYMgeYk5UKsIuWye3iQxIY7AjxjQRIfM7Fy sVSm6t0iURwV7IaVC/HzNTYa/ohBWE5uDH6maRgaMcrxB4mnM88btj6ZEgiO5KQI uPrF6X0fihABkaThYAdB3u3eX2uyE0HGMJnX5e24nbIFPjCl+vzU0+BEAvRSuOcy dQIiK1gM3y/JAoIDpeisoy33QywYCHQDv/Q0f8VkHKDiEK+YJFqEgjUeVtdoWzm4 FdptYBXaF9Z6MbQ0TEZGU3M870mZfGkwOerenVTGuS9quTiQ0YkdFM/GzWBHngg/ T4UErPjDWdyWj1g0bguQ3Gut23peUC3n+o+c0NKpl7kIeyLJueITwiHp8veA3K8h ZpHpJw1qGRDlasYm5Tnzbpz98LGJyytCaf6KfqE8gm00cLI9vpfIHFbloentnrKz uZuMaR6Bot2vOD5l23Mud5YbYPPQmDWhxuSr2c03NjBpN2V+tH6IfwO3y9TiUw8I A+zo9B/kukb0DP4NU/atGYTioEZNzAhab5vlnQvceovzt2Pj0tf0Dl/SaIYH4deS peNFXJqyncv4n3NgzjzG3X80 =29Fb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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