Debian ppc64 port
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Target
The Debian/PowerPC64 (ppc64) port project is active for supporting Big-endian 64-bit PowerPC CPUs with VMX unit as follows:
PowerPC 970/970FX/970MP, Cell BE and PowerXCell 8i (PPE only), POWER6/6+, POWER7/7+, POWER8, PA6T, PowerPC e6500.
This port on debian-ports.org doesn't support POWER4/4+, POWER5/5+, Xenon, PowerPC A2, PowerPC e5500, which are 64-bit PowerPC CPUs shipped unfortunately without VMX unit. Please use official 'powerpc' port for these machines at this moment.
(From 2014-03-01, the packages are built without VMX options. Users of these machines, please wait a moment.)
ABI
64-bit PowerPC ELF Application Binary Interface Supplement
ppc64 porterbox for Debian Developers
ppc64 buildd status
Buildd status of ppc64 (unstable)
Buildd status of ppc64 (experimental)
Apt-line
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-ports sid main deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian sid main deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased main deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased main
Setting up a ppc64 chroot on a powerpc system
debootstrap --no-check-gpg --arch=ppc64 --variant=buildd sid /chroots/sid-ppc64 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-ports chroot /chroots/sid-ppc64 mount -t proc proc /proc
Then, edit apt-line and install 'debian-ports-archive-keyring' package from official repository.
Contact
If you are interested in porting to Debian ppc64 port, please contact ppc64 buildd maintainers.