Re: Initial POWER9 port of GNU Mach

[jbranso]

October 14, 2023 9:43 AM, "Tobias Alexandra Platen" <guix@platen-software.de> 
wrote:

> There is no startup code for powerpc that currently works, so I duck-
> taped everything that is not implemented yet. The OSFMK code that I
> use is from 1994 and not ported yet. It only runs on a POWERMAC.
> 
> ./mach_kernel 
> calling setup_main
> void duct_sched_init(void)
> void duct_vm_mem_bootstrap(void)
> void duct_ipc_init(void)
> void duct_machine_init(void)
> void duct_mapable_time_init(void)
> void duct_task_init(void)
> void duct_thread_init(void)
> void duct_swapper_init(void)
> void duct_recompute_priorities(void* duct_ptr=(nil))
> void duct_compute_mach_factor(void)
> 
> duct_start_kernel_threads enter
> void duct_device_service_create(void)
> void duct_bootstrap_create(void)
> DONE: Become the pageout daemon.
> duct_start_kernel_threads exit

Seems like you are getting somewhere.  May I ask what your interest is
in porting to powerpc?  Do you own a Talos ?

Joshua