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== Linux big-endian PowerPC emulation with QEMU == | == Linux big-endian PowerPC emulation with QEMU == | ||
The current reference VM is a pre-configured Debian 8.11 PowerPC system<ref>Modern versions of Debian are actually still built for big-endian PowerPC, but it's not a ''release'' architecture anymore, which means that it's only available through Debian ''unstable''. Debian unstable is harder to maintain than a stable release, and bugs/reliability issues often appear, especially on non-mainstream architectures. This is why we're sticking with a Debian 8 VM for now.</ref>. It has been modified to feature an updated C++11 toolchain (GCC 5.5.0). | The current reference VM is a pre-configured Debian 8.11 PowerPC system<ref>Modern versions of Debian are actually still built for big-endian PowerPC, but it's not a ''release'' architecture anymore, which means that it's only available through Debian ''unstable''. Debian unstable is harder to maintain than a stable release, and bugs/reliability issues often appear (e.g. Valgrind has been having PPC SDL compatibility problems for years), especially on non-mainstream architectures. This is why we're sticking with a Debian 8 VM for now.</ref>. It has been modified to feature an updated C++11 toolchain (GCC 5.5.0). | ||
The VM image is quite large, so ask the rest of the team for its URL. | The VM image is quite large, so ask the rest of the team for its URL. | ||