ppc vs ppc64 vs ppcw vs ppc64w

About Qemu-system-ppc, a PPC Mac emulator for Windows, macOS and Linux that can run Mac OS 9.0 up to Mac OS X 10.5

Moderators: Cat_7, Ronald P. Regensburg

Locked
bhwong
Space Cadet
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:10 pm

ppc vs ppc64 vs ppcw vs ppc64w

Post by bhwong »

My apology for asking a basic question, but I'm new to QEMU and I'm unable to find any inform about this after searching everything.

What's the difference between these 4 emulators?

qemu-system-ppc.exe
qemu-system-ppc64.exe
qemu-system-ppcw.exe
qemu-system-ppc64w.exe

I assumed it's PowerPC 32 bit and 64 bit?
What about the "w" ones?
User avatar
Cat_7
Expert User
Posts: 6145
Joined: Fri Feb 13, 2004 8:59 am
Location: Sittard, The Netherlands

Re: ppc vs ppc64 vs ppcw vs ppc64w

Post by Cat_7 »

Hi,

Correct: ppc64 emulates 64 bit ppc processors and supports different machines compared to the ppc version that supports 32 bit machines.
Executables with the "w" should not bring up a console window, but they do ;-)

Best,
Cat_7
User avatar
adespoton
Forum All-Star
Posts: 4227
Joined: Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:11 am
Location: Emaculation.com
Contact:

Re: ppc vs ppc64 vs ppcw vs ppc64w

Post by adespoton »

And just to clarify, ppc64 doesn't currently include the G5 as far as I know -- so when we talk about QEMU in these forums, we're specifically talking about qemu-system-ppc.
bhwong
Space Cadet
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:10 pm

Re: ppc vs ppc64 vs ppcw vs ppc64w

Post by bhwong »

But G3 and G4 are both 32bit processors right? If they don’t emulate G5, which is a 64bit processor, what is PPC64 emulating?
User avatar
Cat_7
Expert User
Posts: 6145
Joined: Fri Feb 13, 2004 8:59 am
Location: Sittard, The Netherlands

Re: ppc vs ppc64 vs ppcw vs ppc64w

Post by Cat_7 »

I'll close this thread as we are discussing to same in another one.

Best,
Cat_7
Locked