diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index 433628c4c..0332c26f1 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ option(GGML_RV_ZFH           "ggml: enable riscv zfh"        OFF)
 option(GGML_VXE              "ggml: enable vxe"              ON)
 
 option(GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS "ggml: build all variants of the CPU backend (requires GGML_BACKEND_DL)" OFF)
-set(GGML_CPU_ARM_ARCH "" CACHE STRING "ggml: CPU architecture for ARM")
+set(GGML_CPU_ARM_ARCH        "" CACHE STRING "ggml: CPU architecture for ARM")
+set(GGML_CPU_POWERPC_CPUTYPE "" CACHE STRING "ggml: CPU type for PowerPC")
 
 
 if (WIN32)
diff --git a/ggml/cmake/GitVars.cmake b/ggml/cmake/GitVars.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a4c24ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml/cmake/GitVars.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+find_package(Git)
+
+# the commit's SHA1
+execute_process(COMMAND
+    "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --match=NeVeRmAtCh --always --abbrev=8
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_SHA1
+    ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+# the date of the commit
+execute_process(COMMAND
+    "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" log -1 --format=%ad --date=local
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_DATE
+    ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+# the subject of the commit
+execute_process(COMMAND
+    "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" log -1 --format=%s
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT
+    ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
diff --git a/ggml/cmake/ggml-config.cmake.in b/ggml/cmake/ggml-config.cmake.in
index 823eb797b..8c2dc31c6 100644
--- a/ggml/cmake/ggml-config.cmake.in
+++ b/ggml/cmake/ggml-config.cmake.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 set_and_check(GGML_INCLUDE_DIR "@PACKAGE_GGML_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR@")
 set_and_check(GGML_LIB_DIR "@PACKAGE_GGML_LIB_INSTALL_DIR@")
-set_and_check(GGML_BIN_DIR "@PACKAGE_GGML_BIN_INSTALL_DIR@")
+#set_and_check(GGML_BIN_DIR "@PACKAGE_GGML_BIN_INSTALL_DIR@")
 
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/scripts/sync-ggml-am.sh b/scripts/sync-ggml-am.sh
index 33e8c6414..914ff7c55 100755
--- a/scripts/sync-ggml-am.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync-ggml-am.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ while read c; do
     git format-patch -U${ctx} -k $c~1..$c --stdout -- \
         CMakeLists.txt \
         src/CMakeLists.txt \
-        cmake/FindSIMD.cmake \
+        cmake/BuildTypes.cmake \
+        cmake/GitVars.cmake \
+        cmake/common.cmake \
+        cmake/ggml-config.cmake.in \
+        src/ggml-cpu/cmake/FindSIMD.cmake \
         src/ggml*.h \
         src/ggml*.c \
         src/ggml*.cpp \
@@ -121,7 +125,12 @@ if [ -f $SRC_LLAMA/ggml-src.patch ]; then
     #
     # CMakelists.txt       -> ggml/CMakeLists.txt
     # src/CMakeLists.txt   -> ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
-    # cmake/FindSIMD.cmake -> ggml/cmake/FindSIMD.cmake
+
+    # cmake/BuildTypes.cmake            -> ggml/cmake/BuildTypes.cmake
+    # cmake/GitVars.cmake               -> ggml/cmake/GitVars.cmake
+    # cmake/common.cmake                -> ggml/cmake/common.cmake
+    # cmake/ggml-config.cmake.in        -> ggml/cmake/ggml-config.cmake.in
+    # src/ggml-cpu/cmake/FindSIMD.cmake -> ggml/src/ggml-cpu/cmake/FindSIMD.cmake
     #
     # src/ggml*.c          -> ggml/src/ggml*.c
     # src/ggml*.cpp        -> ggml/src/ggml*.cpp
@@ -151,7 +160,11 @@ if [ -f $SRC_LLAMA/ggml-src.patch ]; then
     cat ggml-src.patch | sed -E \
         -e 's/(^[[:space:]]| [ab]\/)CMakeLists.txt/\1ggml\/CMakeLists.txt/g' \
         -e 's/(^[[:space:]]| [ab]\/)src\/CMakeLists.txt/\1ggml\/src\/CMakeLists.txt/g' \
-        -e 's/(^[[:space:]]| [ab]\/)cmake\/FindSIMD.cmake/\1ggml\/cmake\/FindSIMD.cmake/g' \
+        -e 's/(^[[:space:]]| [ab]\/)cmake\/BuildTypes.cmake/\1ggml\/cmake\/BuildTypes.cmake/g' \
+        -e 's/(^[[:space:]]| [ab]\/)cmake\/GitVars.cmake/\1ggml\/cmake\/GitVars.cmake/g' \
+        -e 's/(^[[:space:]]| [ab]\/)cmake\/common.cmake/\1ggml\/cmake\/common.cmake/g' \
+        -e 's/(^[[:space:]]| [ab]\/)cmake\/ggml-config.cmake.in/\1ggml\/cmake\/ggml-config.cmake.in/g' \
+        -e 's/(^[[:space:]]| [ab]\/)src\/ggml-cpu\/cmake\/FindSIMD.cmake/\1ggml\/src\/ggml-cpu\/cmake\/FindSIMD.cmake/g' \
         -e 's/([[:space:]]| [ab]\/)src\/ggml(.*)\.c/\1ggml\/src\/ggml\2.c/g' \
         -e 's/([[:space:]]| [ab]\/)src\/ggml(.*)\.cpp/\1ggml\/src\/ggml\2.cpp/g' \
         -e 's/([[:space:]]| [ab]\/)src\/ggml(.*)\.h/\1ggml\/src\/ggml\2.h/g' \
diff --git a/scripts/sync-ggml.sh b/scripts/sync-ggml.sh
index e83d415c0..aa1a46b4b 100755
--- a/scripts/sync-ggml.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync-ggml.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 cp -rpv ../ggml/CMakeLists.txt       ./ggml/CMakeLists.txt
 cp -rpv ../ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt   ./ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
-cp -rpv ../ggml/cmake/FindSIMD.cmake ./ggml/cmake/FindSIMD.cmake
+
+cp -rpv ../ggml/cmake/* ./ggml/cmake/
+cp -rpv ../ggml/src/ggml-cpu/cmake/* ./ggml/src/ggml-cpu/cmake/
 
 cp -rpv ../ggml/src/ggml*.c        ./ggml/src/
 cp -rpv ../ggml/src/ggml*.cpp      ./ggml/src/