PowahPC
Well, i spent the last hour and a half reading up on PowerPC assembly code. It’s definitely interesting coming from an 80×86 background. (Even though I knew very little x86 assembly) I will say one thing right now, I can imagine it being pretty odd pulling all nighters with ppc asm, since there is no way to distinguish the type or register you are modifying. They are identified by just a digit, 1-32.
I definitely find the architecture to be cool though. One of the really nice things about it, is the insane backwards compatibility with 32bit ppc apps on ppc64 machines. The binaries usually work just great. Unlike going to longmode, where you have to actually try in the kernel so you have 32bit support.
For those of you who don’t know, I’m planning on porting my OS to my BeBox as soon as I have enough knowledge of the architecture. Hopefully, I can manage to get another OS going in the process too, maybe updating the netbsd port of porting haiku?
I would also like to say that the ThreadBound teaser page has done better than I thought it would in one day. We’ve already got quite a few email address sign up for the updates. Keep them coming. :)
If I don’t update for a while, I’m rushing to get my summer assignment finished. I have a huge precal packet to do and a report on Fahrenheit 451 and I haven’t started to read it yet…
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