Architectures/PowerPC

PowerPC/POWER/Cell Special Interest Group

Members

• Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
  
• Paul Nasrat
  
• Peter Lemenkov
  
• Stefan Posdzich (using a Playstation 3 with Fedora 9)

Applications/Libraries of Interest

• Mac-on-Linux - virtualization solution for PowerPC

Documentation

Fedora on Apple PPC hardware

Hardware info

iBook G4

• iBook G4/1.33GHz 12-Inch (Mid-2005)

1.33 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) processor. 512k "on chip" level 2 cache. 512 MB of RAM (PC2700 DDR SDRAM). 40 GB (4200 RPM) Ultra ATA/100 hard drive. slot-loading DVD-ROM/CD-RW "Combo" drive. 4X AGP ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 graphics with 32 MB of DDR SDRAM. A standard AirPort Extreme (802.11g). Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. 12.1" TFT XGA active matrix display (1024x768 native resolution).

Work needed

Bugzilla

• #219540 Game Glest not playable at PPC-arch
• #239713 bootstrap ghc on ppc64
• #453311 pulseaudio does not start

Someone who interested should also watch #179260

Documentation

• We need step-by-step tutorials describing HOWTO setup Wi-Fi, Apple Bluetooth Mouse and Keyboard, where to find JRE and so on. See the next links (from Ubuntu, Debian and YellowDog):
  • HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)
  • PowerPC FAQ
  • Notes abount snd-aoa kernel module

Links

• Power homepage
  
• fedora-ppc mailing list
  
• Power.org
  
• PPCZone
  
• YellowDogLinux support pages
  
• powerdeveloper.org

See also

• PlayStation