RE: [MI400] Analyzing SAV save files from a PC

[Dave McKenzie <davemck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

iSeries doesn't have a PowerPC assembler, per se.  The compilers
generate object-level W-code, which is then translated into NMI (New MI)
and then into PowerPC machine code.  No human-readable source code is
involved.

However, there are free PowerPC assemblers in the wild.  The GCC C/C++
compiler generates assembler source, which is then compiled by the GNU
assembler, "as".  It supports PowerPC, such as used by OS X on Power
Macs, including the 64-bit G5's.

Since source code for "as" is available, you could adapt it to iSeries
by adding the few iSeries-specific PowerPC machine instructions.

Let us know when you have the beta ready.  I'm sure we'll all be glad to
test it :-)

--Dave


On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 09:45, Steve Richter wrote: 
> Dave,
> 
> this is great stuff.  For your next assignment please unlock the PowerPC
> assembler that must lie at the core of the iSeries!  It would make my day if
> I write PPC assembler code that sets an instruction pointer to code in a
> user space and then executes a far jump to that code.
> 
> -Steve