powerpc64-unknown-linux-musl

Tier: 2

Target for 64-bit big endian PowerPC Linux programs using musl libc. This target uses the ELF v2 ABI.

The baseline CPU required is a PowerPC 970, which means AltiVec is required and the oldest IBM server CPU supported is therefore POWER6.

Target maintainers

@Gelbpunkt @famfo @neuschaefer

Requirements

Building the target itself requires a 64-bit big endian PowerPC compiler that is supported by cc-rs.

Building the target

The target can be built by enabling it for a rustc build.

[build]
target = ["powerpc64-unknown-linux-musl"]

Make sure your C compiler is included in $PATH, then add it to the bootstrap.toml:

[target.powerpc64-unknown-linux-musl]
cc = "powerpc64-linux-musl-gcc"
cxx = "powerpc64-linux-musl-g++"
ar = "powerpc64-linux-musl-ar"
linker = "powerpc64-linux-musl-gcc"

Building Rust programs

This target is distributed through rustup, and otherwise requires no special configuration.

Cross-compilation

This target can be cross-compiled from any host.

Testing

This target can be tested as normal with x.py on a 64-bit big endian PowerPC host or via QEMU emulation.