Support PowerPC64 architecture #85
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| #if idppc || idppc64 | ||
| static void Sys_GetProcessorId( char *vendor ) |
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To address the build error:
/home/tle/Work/ETe/src/qcommon/common.c:3622:13: error: redefinition of ‘Sys_GetProcessorId’
3622 | static void Sys_GetProcessorId( char *vendor )
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| @@ -113,6 +119,10 @@ if(APPLE AND X86_64) | |||
| set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global}) | |||
| elseif(X86_64) | |||
| set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global}) | |||
| elseif(PPC64LE) | |||
| set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global} -mcpu=power8) | |||
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POWER8 is the first to support Little Endian. This is the lowest common value for all CPUs that supports LE for example POWER8, POWER9 and POWER10
ref: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/openxl-c-and-cpp-aix/17.1.0?topic=options-mcpu
| elseif(PPC64LE) | ||
| set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global} -mcpu=power8) | ||
| elseif(PPC64) | ||
| set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global} -mcpu=powerpc64) |
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Fallback to generic 64bit PPC64 if not LE
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I will consider it but keep in mind that there will be zero support on any 3rd party servers or existing mods that lack ppc/ppc64 support as ET does not use QVM like Q3A. Also is there a reason you need to "force" with -mcpu? Shouldn't it be active if compiling on such target machine? |
Yes I am fully aware of that. This is mainly for PowerPC community to host their own LAN games
Well, if not specified, the value of |
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