Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:33:12 -0600 From: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: Steve.Sun@ncc.edu, punosevac@math.arizona.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for Sony Playstation3? Message-ID: <01de31c5fd551189725d0e5063a40341@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4750f590.nKqGlxroRUg5jfas%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <002b01c8337e$4f891960$25030b0a@OTLMobile> <4046.128.196.102.34.1196455436.squirrel@squirrelmail.math.arizona.edu> <4750f590.nKqGlxroRUg5jfas%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Nov 30, 2007, at 11:48 PM, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >>> ... will FreeBSD.org consider porting FreeBSD to Sony >>> Playstation3? >> >> ... NetBSD works like a charm on Sony Playstation2 >> http://www.netbsd.org/ports/playstation2/. >> >> and my guess will be that NetBSD 4.0 which is supposed to >> be released about the same time as FreeBSD 7.0 will work >> on Playstation3. > > The IBM Cell processor in the PS3 is unique beast, similar in many > ways to a PPC970 but with enough subtle (and some not-so-subtle) > differences that the port would likely need to be overseen by > someone familiar with such undertakings. This is not to predict > that NetBSD 4.0 will or won't support it -- that could reasonably > be asked on a NetBSD list -- but be aware that it may turn out to > be a bigger job than one might initially expect. > Also don't forget, since it is a multiprocessor system, there's the difference between booting the OS and userland and taking full advantage of the hardware. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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