--- a/hotspot/make/linux/Makefile	Wed Apr 02 10:16:46 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/make/linux/Makefile	Wed Apr 02 11:24:44 2014 -0700
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
     FORCE_TIERED=1
   endif
 endif
-# C1 is not ported on ppc64(le), so we cannot build a tiered VM:
-ifneq (,$(filter $(ARCH),ppc64 pp64le))
+# C1 is not ported on ppc64, so we cannot build a tiered VM:
+ifeq ($(ARCH),ppc64)
   FORCE_TIERED=0
 endif
 

--- a/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/defs.make	Wed Apr 02 10:16:46 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/defs.make	Wed Apr 02 11:24:44 2014 -0700
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 # ARCH can be set explicitly in spec.gmk
 ifndef ARCH
   ARCH := $(shell uname -m)
+  # Fold little endian PowerPC64 into big-endian (if ARCH is set in
+  # hotspot-spec.gmk, this will be done by the configure script).
+  ifeq ($(ARCH),ppc64le)
+    ARCH := ppc64
+  endif
 endif
 
 PATH_SEP ?= :

--- a/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/ppc64.make	Wed Apr 02 10:16:46 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/ppc64.make	Wed Apr 02 11:24:44 2014 -0700
@@ -26,14 +26,26 @@
 # make c code know it is on a 64 bit platform.
 CFLAGS += -D_LP64=1
 
-# fixes `relocation truncated to fit' error for gcc 4.1.
-CFLAGS += -mminimal-toc
+ifeq ($(origin OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN),undefined)
+  # This can happen during hotspot standalone build. Set endianness from
+  # uname. We assume build and target machines are the same.
+  OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN:=$(if $(filter ppc64le,$(shell uname -m)),little,big)
+endif
 
-# finds use ppc64 instructions, but schedule for power5
-CFLAGS += -mcpu=powerpc64 -mtune=power5 -minsert-sched-nops=regroup_exact -mno-multiple -mno-string
+ifeq ($(filter $(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN),big little),)
+  $(error OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN value should be 'big' or 'little')
+endif
 
-# let linker find external 64 bit libs.
-LFLAGS_VM += -L/lib64
+ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN),big)
+  # fixes `relocation truncated to fit' error for gcc 4.1.
+  CFLAGS += -mminimal-toc
 
-# specify lib format.
-LFLAGS_VM +=  -Wl,-melf64ppc
+  # finds use ppc64 instructions, but schedule for power5
+  CFLAGS += -mcpu=powerpc64 -mtune=power5 -minsert-sched-nops=regroup_exact -mno-multiple -mno-string
+else
+  # Little endian machine uses ELFv2 ABI.
+  CFLAGS += -DVM_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DABI_ELFv2
+
+  # Use Power8, this is the first CPU to support PPC64 LE with ELFv2 ABI.
+  CFLAGS += -mcpu=power7 -mtune=power8 -minsert-sched-nops=regroup_exact -mno-multiple -mno-string
+endif

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/assembler_ppc.hpp	Wed Apr 02 10:16:46 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/assembler_ppc.hpp	Wed Apr 02 11:24:44 2014 -0700
@@ -1025,15 +1025,14 @@
   }
 
   static void set_imm(int* instr, short s) {
-    short* p = ((short *)instr) + 1;
-    *p = s;
+    // imm is always in the lower 16 bits of the instruction,
+    // so this is endian-neutral. Same for the get_imm below.
+    uint32_t w = *(uint32_t *)instr;
+    *instr = (int)((w & ~0x0000FFFF) | (s & 0x0000FFFF));
   }
 
   static int get_imm(address a, int instruction_number) {
-    short imm;
-    short *p =((short *)a)+2*instruction_number+1;
-    imm = *p;
-    return (int)imm;
+    return (short)((int *)a)[instruction_number];
   }
 
   static inline int hi16_signed(  int x) { return (int)(int16_t)(x >> 16); }

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/bytes_ppc.hpp	Wed Apr 02 10:16:46 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/bytes_ppc.hpp	Wed Apr 02 11:24:44 2014 -0700
@@ -35,6 +35,126 @@
 
   // Can I count on address always being a pointer to an unsigned char? Yes.
 
+#if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+
+  // Returns true, if the byte ordering used by Java is different from the native byte ordering
+  // of the underlying machine. For example, true for Intel x86, False, for Solaris on Sparc.
+  static inline bool is_Java_byte_ordering_different() { return true; }
+
+  // Forward declarations of the compiler-dependent implementation
+  static inline u2 swap_u2(u2 x);
+  static inline u4 swap_u4(u4 x);
+  static inline u8 swap_u8(u8 x);
+
+  static inline u2   get_native_u2(address p) {
+    return (intptr_t(p) & 1) == 0
+             ?   *(u2*)p
+             :   ( u2(p[1]) << 8 )
+               | ( u2(p[0])      );
+  }
+
+  static inline u4   get_native_u4(address p) {
+    switch (intptr_t(p) & 3) {
+     case 0:  return *(u4*)p;
+
+     case 2:  return (  u4( ((u2*)p)[1] ) << 16  )
+                   | (  u4( ((u2*)p)[0] )        );
+
+    default:  return ( u4(p[3]) << 24 )
+                   | ( u4(p[2]) << 16 )
+                   | ( u4(p[1]) <<  8 )
+                   |   u4(p[0]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  static inline u8   get_native_u8(address p) {
+    switch (intptr_t(p) & 7) {
+      case 0:  return *(u8*)p;
+
+      case 4:  return (  u8( ((u4*)p)[1] ) << 32  )
+                    | (  u8( ((u4*)p)[0] )        );
+
+      case 2:  return (  u8( ((u2*)p)[3] ) << 48  )
+                    | (  u8( ((u2*)p)[2] ) << 32  )
+                    | (  u8( ((u2*)p)[1] ) << 16  )
+                    | (  u8( ((u2*)p)[0] )        );
+
+     default:  return ( u8(p[7]) << 56 )
+                    | ( u8(p[6]) << 48 )
+                    | ( u8(p[5]) << 40 )
+                    | ( u8(p[4]) << 32 )
+                    | ( u8(p[3]) << 24 )
+                    | ( u8(p[2]) << 16 )
+                    | ( u8(p[1]) <<  8 )
+                    |   u8(p[0]);
+    }
+  }
+
+
+
+  static inline void put_native_u2(address p, u2 x) {
+    if ( (intptr_t(p) & 1) == 0 )  *(u2*)p = x;
+    else {
+      p[1] = x >> 8;
+      p[0] = x;
+    }
+  }
+
+  static inline void put_native_u4(address p, u4 x) {
+    switch ( intptr_t(p) & 3 ) {
+    case 0:  *(u4*)p = x;
+              break;
+
+    case 2:  ((u2*)p)[1] = x >> 16;
+             ((u2*)p)[0] = x;
+             break;
+
+    default: ((u1*)p)[3] = x >> 24;
+             ((u1*)p)[2] = x >> 16;
+             ((u1*)p)[1] = x >>  8;
+             ((u1*)p)[0] = x;
+             break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  static inline void put_native_u8(address p, u8 x) {
+    switch ( intptr_t(p) & 7 ) {
+    case 0:  *(u8*)p = x;
+             break;
+
+    case 4:  ((u4*)p)[1] = x >> 32;
+             ((u4*)p)[0] = x;
+             break;
+
+    case 2:  ((u2*)p)[3] = x >> 48;
+             ((u2*)p)[2] = x >> 32;
+             ((u2*)p)[1] = x >> 16;
+             ((u2*)p)[0] = x;
+             break;
+
+    default: ((u1*)p)[7] = x >> 56;
+             ((u1*)p)[6] = x >> 48;
+             ((u1*)p)[5] = x >> 40;
+             ((u1*)p)[4] = x >> 32;
+             ((u1*)p)[3] = x >> 24;
+             ((u1*)p)[2] = x >> 16;
+             ((u1*)p)[1] = x >>  8;
+             ((u1*)p)[0] = x;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Efficient reading and writing of unaligned unsigned data in Java byte ordering (i.e. big-endian ordering)
+  // (no byte-order reversal is needed since Power CPUs are big-endian oriented).
+  static inline u2   get_Java_u2(address p) { return swap_u2(get_native_u2(p)); }
+  static inline u4   get_Java_u4(address p) { return swap_u4(get_native_u4(p)); }
+  static inline u8   get_Java_u8(address p) { return swap_u8(get_native_u8(p)); }
+
+  static inline void put_Java_u2(address p, u2 x)     { put_native_u2(p, swap_u2(x)); }
+  static inline void put_Java_u4(address p, u4 x)     { put_native_u4(p, swap_u4(x)); }
+  static inline void put_Java_u8(address p, u8 x)     { put_native_u8(p, swap_u8(x)); }
+
+#else // !defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+
   // Returns true, if the byte ordering used by Java is different from the nativ byte ordering
   // of the underlying machine. For example, true for Intel x86, False, for Solaris on Sparc.
   static inline bool is_Java_byte_ordering_different() { return false; }
@@ -150,6 +270,12 @@
   static inline void put_Java_u2(address p, u2 x)     { put_native_u2(p, x); }
   static inline void put_Java_u4(address p, u4 x)     { put_native_u4(p, x); }
   static inline void put_Java_u8(address p, u8 x)     { put_native_u8(p, x); }
+
+#endif // VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 };
 
+#if defined(TARGET_OS_ARCH_linux_ppc)
+#include "bytes_linux_ppc.inline.hpp"
+#endif
+
 #endif // CPU_PPC_VM_BYTES_PPC_HPP

--- a/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Wed Apr 02 10:16:46 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Wed Apr 02 11:24:44 2014 -0700
@@ -1963,7 +1963,11 @@
     {EM_SPARC32PLUS, EM_SPARC,   ELFCLASS32, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Sparc 32"},
     {EM_SPARCV9,     EM_SPARCV9, ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Sparc v9 64"},
     {EM_PPC,         EM_PPC,     ELFCLASS32, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Power PC 32"},
+#if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+    {EM_PPC64,       EM_PPC64,   ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2LSB, (char*)"Power PC 64"},
+#else
     {EM_PPC64,       EM_PPC64,   ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Power PC 64"},
+#endif
     {EM_ARM,         EM_ARM,     ELFCLASS32,   ELFDATA2LSB, (char*)"ARM"},
     {EM_S390,        EM_S390,    ELFCLASSNONE, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"IBM System/390"},
     {EM_ALPHA,       EM_ALPHA,   ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2LSB, (char*)"Alpha"},

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/os_cpu/linux_ppc/vm/bytes_linux_ppc.inline.hpp	Wed Apr 02 11:24:44 2014 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2014 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef OS_CPU_LINUX_PPC_VM_BYTES_LINUX_PPC_INLINE_HPP
+#define OS_CPU_LINUX_PPC_VM_BYTES_LINUX_PPC_INLINE_HPP
+
+#if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#include <byteswap.h>
+
+// Efficient swapping of data bytes from Java byte
+// ordering to native byte ordering and vice versa.
+inline u2 Bytes::swap_u2(u2 x) { return bswap_16(x); }
+inline u4 Bytes::swap_u4(u4 x) { return bswap_32(x); }
+inline u8 Bytes::swap_u8(u8 x) { return bswap_64(x); }
+#endif // VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+
+#endif // OS_CPU_LINUX_PPC_VM_BYTES_LINUX_PPC_INLINE_HPP