FWIW my old PowerMac G4 ("Quicksilver") seems to be quite content
with this...
>> __asm __volatile("mfsprg0 %0\n\t"
>> : "=&r"(ofw_sprg0_save)
>> :
>> );
I finally managed to get this tested yesterday evening.
Note! This G4 is still running 10.3-stable instead of 11.0-stable.
-jau