Differences between MPC823 powerpc & any other powerpc

[clark at esteem.com]

At 11:48 AM 5/12/00 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I would like to know what are the basic difference between the MPC823
>PowerPC and any other PowerPC , say, the G4? Why dont the binaries running
>on G4 not work correctly on the MPC823?
>
>Thank you,
>Navin.
>
>
>

        For starters the MPC823 has no FPU. I think you could compile FPU
emulation into the kernel to remedy this but I'm not sure. G4 compiled
programs may use alti-vec instructions but I'm not sure on this either.

        Good luck,

        Conn Clark


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