PowerPC

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The PowerPC port is complete (native code generator (JIT) and interpreter).

It works on Mac OS X, Linux/PPC, Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3.

The port owner is Paolo Molaro.

Documentation

PowerPC architecture:

PowerPC Programming environments manual, (errata document).
G4 (7410) User’s manual, (errata document).

A nice introduction to PowerPC assembly language at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ppc/

Calling conventions:

Linux on PPC32 uses the The PowerPC SystemV ABI specification.
On MacOS X, the conventions are documented in the Mach-O Runtime Architecture.