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I've compiled and tested software for big-endian, using a s390x/debian Docker container, running it with qemu-s390x-static. It is quite slow though. To make it
by skissane 4y ago
I've compiled and tested software for big-endian, using a s390x/debian Docker container, running it with qemu-s390x-static. It is quite slow though. To make it somewhat bearable, it is important to do the actual compile unemulated (using a cross-compiler), and then only actually test the binary under emulation. Although I was doing it all on a little Intel NUC, it would probably be somewhat more bearable on beefier hardware.
Not because I had any actual need to do this, just because it was fun.
You can get a small AIX system from IBM Cloud for US$50/month. I've thought about doing that – maybe some day I will. If I really wanted to I could afford it.