Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:05:53 -0600 (CST) From: Timothy Pearson <tpearson@raptorengineering.com> To: Curtis Hamilton <clhamilto@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any interest in FreePascal support for FreeBSD/PowerPC64 Message-ID: <1195589870.225665.1769551553580.JavaMail.zimbra@raptorengineeringinc.com> In-Reply-To: <CAP9EAicGcH5TuvjJWbhKbh85yVUADZ0SV8uV1OabrKK-3f4zEQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAP9EAid8ZuJbcDGvcnyCNvVzMQ77eoWXK22TtMqAtOoguOombw@mail.gmail.com> <1671765592.157375.1765650208794.JavaMail.zimbra@raptorengineeringinc.com> <CAP9EAie922mcE%2B4Aszroga2sFu56e4gusuFFSFtY2vrPte=juQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAP9EAicGcH5TuvjJWbhKbh85yVUADZ0SV8uV1OabrKK-3f4zEQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Awesome, nice work! Now if only we could get the Go support I wrote upstreamed... ;) ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Curtis Hamilton" <clhamilto@gmail.com> > To: "Timothy Pearson" <tpearson@raptorengineering.com>, "freebsd-ppc" <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 4:02:21 PM > Subject: Re: Any interest in FreePascal support for FreeBSD/PowerPC64 > 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? >>>home | help
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