Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:02:21 -0500 From: Curtis Hamilton <clhamilto@gmail.com> To: Timothy Pearson <tpearson@raptorengineering.com>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any interest in FreePascal support for FreeBSD/PowerPC64 Message-ID: <CAP9EAicGcH5TuvjJWbhKbh85yVUADZ0SV8uV1OabrKK-3f4zEQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAP9EAie922mcE%2B4Aszroga2sFu56e4gusuFFSFtY2vrPte=juQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAP9EAid8ZuJbcDGvcnyCNvVzMQ77eoWXK22TtMqAtOoguOombw@mail.gmail.com> <1671765592.157375.1765650208794.JavaMail.zimbra@raptorengineeringinc.com> <CAP9EAie922mcE%2B4Aszroga2sFu56e4gusuFFSFtY2vrPte=juQ@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] For all interested, PowerPC64 support has now been formally added to upstream FreePascal repository: https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source <https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source>; To build: 1) clone the repository using git. 2) download prebuilt bootstrap (see below URLs) 2) cd to FPCSource (or whatever it was cloned) 3) execute: Little endian: gmake all FPC=“/wherever/you/put/bootstrap”/ppcppc64-3.2.2-FreeBSD-le or Big endian: gmake all FPC=“/wherever/you/put/bootstrap”/ppcppc64-3.2.2-FreeBSD-be 4) install: gmake install FPC=“/wherever/you/put/bootstrap”/ppcppc64-3.2.2-FreeBSD-(le or be) Links to pre-built bootstraps: powerpc64 - big endian link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19eRpP2AXdyXDBBZopCQc9fs7ATvfiAHK?usp=sharing bootstrap compiler: ppcppc64-3.2.2-freebsd-be.tar.gz powerpc64 - little endian link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13vCnelcWAEtwPgUpto0THdC0fATa79Mg?usp=sharing bootstrap compiler: ppcppc64-3.2.2-freebsd-le.tar.gz Regards On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM Curtis Hamilton <clhamilto@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the responses. The compiler supports both LE and BE. In fact, > it works better on LE. I've used it to test build Lazarus and a few other > graphics based applications. There seems to be some endian issues on BE. > > > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM Timothy Pearson < > tpearson@raptorengineering.com> wrote: > >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Curtis Hamilton" <clhamilto@gmail.com> >> > To: "freebsd-ppc" <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> >> > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2025 12:23:44 PM >> > Subject: Any interest in FreePascal support for FreeBSD/PowerPC64 >> >> > This started as a personal project several years ago. I've achieved my >> > goal of a working freepascal compiler. >> > >> > I thought I'd check to see if there are others interested in freepascal >> > support for FreeBSD PowerPC64. >> > >> > Regards! >> >> I'd be interested! Does it work BE only or also on LE? >> > [-- Attachment #2 --] <div><div dir="auto"><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto">For all interested, PowerPC64 support has now been formally added to upstream FreePascal repository<span style="font-family:-apple-system,sans-serif">: </span><a href="https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source" style="font-family:-apple-system,sans-serif">https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source</a><div><a href="https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source" style="color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"></a></div></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto">To build:</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto">1) clone the repository using git.</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto">2) download prebuilt bootstrap (see below URLs)</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto">2) cd to FPCSource (or whatever it was cloned)</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto">3) execute: </div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto">Little endian: gmake all FPC=“/wherever/you/put/bootstrap”/ppcppc64-3.2.2-FreeBSD-le </div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto">or</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">Big endian: gmake all FPC=“/wherever/you/put/bootstrap”/ppcppc64-3.2.2-FreeBSD-be</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">4) install: <div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">gmake install FPC=“/wherever/you/put/bootstrap”/ppcppc64-3.2.2-FreeBSD-(le or be)</span></div></span></div><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto">Links to pre-<span style="font-family:-apple-system,sans-serif">built bootstraps:</span></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><span style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;color:rgb(0,0,0)">powerpc64 - big endian</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;color:rgb(0,0,0)">link: </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19eRpP2AXdyXDBBZopCQc9fs7ATvfiAHK?usp=sharing" style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19eRpP2AXdyXDBBZopCQc9fs7ATvfiAHK?usp=sharing</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;color:rgb(0,0,0)">bootstrap compiler: ppcppc64-3.2.2-freebsd-be.tar.</span><span style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;color:rgb(0,0,0)">gz</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;color:rgb(0,0,0)">powerpc64 - little endian</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;color:rgb(0,0,0)">link: </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13vCnelcWAEtwPgUpto0THdC0fATa79Mg?usp=sharing" style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13vCnelcWAEtwPgUpto0THdC0fATa79Mg?usp=sharing</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'-apple-system',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;color:rgb(0,0,0)">bootstrap compiler: ppcppc64-3.2.2-freebsd-le.tar.</span><span style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;color:rgb(0,0,0)">gz</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto">Regards </div><br></div><div><div><div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM Curtis Hamilton <<a href="mailto:clhamilto@gmail.com" target="_blank">clhamilto@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for the responses. The compiler supports both LE and BE. In fact, it works better on LE. I've used it to test build Lazarus and a few other graphics based applications. There seems to be some endian issues on BE.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM Timothy Pearson <<a href="mailto:tpearson@raptorengineering.com" target="_blank">tpearson@raptorengineering.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br> <br> ----- Original Message -----<br> > From: "Curtis Hamilton" <<a href="mailto:clhamilto@gmail.com" target="_blank">clhamilto@gmail.com</a>><br> > To: "freebsd-ppc" <<a href="mailto:freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org" target="_blank">freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org</a>><br> > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2025 12:23:44 PM<br> > Subject: Any interest in FreePascal support for FreeBSD/PowerPC64<br> <br> > This started as a personal project several years ago. I've achieved my<br> > goal of a working freepascal compiler.<br> > <br> > I thought I'd check to see if there are others interested in freepascal<br> > support for FreeBSD PowerPC64.<br> > <br> > Regards!<br> <br> I'd be interested! Does it work BE only or also on LE?<br> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>home | help
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