Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2021, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > However my understanding is that this port supports any powerpc64 CPU, > > including some that don’t have Altivec (e.g. POWER4 or POWER5). This > > is also what the main wiki page for PPC64 says: > > https://wiki.debian.org/PPC64 > > > > Can someone please clarify the situation? > > The ppc64 originally used the ppc64 baseline including AltiVec e.g > PowerPC970, (64-Bit PowerMac). However, the previous port maintainer > decided he wanted to support embedded systems such as the PowerPC E5500 > which does not support AltiVec. Just to note it here, this CPU family is also used by some relatively recent desktop-class PowerPC machines, like A-Eon's AmigaOne X5000 (and its "CyrusPlus" motherboard). So it's not just about the support of some obscure embedded dev board. Charlie