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General

This article describes how ports should be handled.

MIPS

Straight-forward MIPS ports

  1. Do them yourself.

More complicated MIPS ports

  1. CC the MIPS team in the CL. Use the mailing list v8-mips-ports.at.googlegroups.com for that purpose.
  2. The MIPS team will provide you with a patch which you need to merge into your CL.
  3. Then land the CL.

PPC (not officially supported)

  1. Contact/CC the PPC team in the CL if needed. Use the mailing list v8-ppc-ports.at.googlegroups.com for that purpose.

x87 (not officially supported)

  1. Contact/CC the x87 team in the CL if needed. Use the mailing list v8-x87-ports.at.googlegroups.com for that purpose.

ARM

Straight-forward ARM ports

  1. Do them yourself.

When you are lost

  1. CC the ARM team in the CL. Use the mailing list v8-arm-ports.at.googlegroups.com for that purpose.