Available kernels

There are varous kernels provided by base or any depending on your specific host architecture. The following table describes them:

Package	Port	Description
linux	powerpc64le	Generic Linux (POWER9 or higher / 64K page size) [1]
linux	powerpc	Generic Linux (PowerPC 604 or higher)
linux-4k	powerpc64le	Generic Linux (POWER9 or higher / 4K page size) [1]
linux-g4	powerpc	G4 optimized (PowerPC 74xx or higher / needs Altivec)
linux-ppc64	any (powerpc & powerpc64)	64bit BE kernel for G5, POWER5 and higher [2]
linux-lts	powerpc, powerpc64le	LTS Kernel
linux-sophgo	riscv64	Kernel specific to Milk-V's Pioneer board (potentially others in the future)
linux-visionfive	riscv64	Kernel specific to Starfive's VisionFive V1 SBC
linux-visionfive2	riscv64	Kernel specific to Starfive's VisionFive V2 SBC

[1] POWER is dual-endian and we optimize powerpc64le for POWER9 or higher. For POWER<=8 use the powerpc64 port.

[2] This is provided in any and could be installed on any architecture. This is to enable a 32bit powerpc userland on a 64bit machine such as a G5.