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Tier 1 support for powerpc64-linux #21651

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alexrp opened this issue Oct 9, 2024 · 1 comment
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Tier 1 support for powerpc64-linux #21651

alexrp opened this issue Oct 9, 2024 · 1 comment
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arch-powerpc 32-bit and 64-bit Power ISA backend-llvm The LLVM backend outputs an LLVM IR Module. contributor friendly This issue is limited in scope and/or knowledge of Zig internals. enhancement Solving this issue will likely involve adding new logic or components to the codebase. linking os-linux
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alexrp commented Oct 9, 2024

Note that this target includes both the ELFv1 and ELFv2 ABIs, unlike powerpc64le-linux (#21650) which is always ELFv2.

  • Standard library support
  • libc is available even when cross-compiling
  • Stack traces work
  • All behavior tests pass
  • All standard library tests pass
  • No disabled tests
  • Enabled in CI (QEMU)
  • CI-produced binaries on download page

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@alexrp alexrp added enhancement Solving this issue will likely involve adding new logic or components to the codebase. contributor friendly This issue is limited in scope and/or knowledge of Zig internals. os-linux arch-powerpc 32-bit and 64-bit Power ISA backend-llvm The LLVM backend outputs an LLVM IR Module. linking labels Oct 9, 2024
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alexrp commented Oct 9, 2024

Enabled in CI (QEMU)

We have coverage for powerpc64-linux-none and powerpc64-linux-musl. powerpc64-linux-gnu requires ELFv1 linking support which LLD does not have - see #5927.

For the same reason, we only currently support musl for this point:

libc is available even when cross-compiling

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