* Mono PowerPC Port
** Status
It passes and compiles the same amount of mono tests as on the x86 architecture.
mcs is self hosting on Linux/PPC.
*** Interpreter
Up to date.
*** JIT and code precompiled:
Works on MacOS X 10.2, 10.3 and Linux/PPC, exception handling
is currently broken on the JIT.
** Documentation
*** PowerPC architecture:
PowerPC Programming environments manual
G4 (7410) User's manual
There's a very nice introduction to PowerPC assembly language
at http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-ppc/.
*** Calling conventions:
Linux on PPC32 uses the The
PowerPC SystemV ABI specification.
On MacOS X, the conventions are documented in the Mach-O
Runtime Architecture.