Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:01:15 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the Playstation 3 Message-ID: <4C7BB9AB.4040205@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4C7BB89B.1020502@freebsd.org> References: <4C7BB89B.1020502@freebsd.org>
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On 08/30/10 08:56, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > A quick status update on the PS3: after some help from Geoff Levand > with the memory management hypervisor calls, I now have > FreeBSD/powerpc64 booted multi-user! > > The port is still in a very rough state, mostly due to lack of > drivers: there is no USB yet, no WLAN, no hard drive access, SMP > performance is bad due to not properly suspending the non-primary > thread, you can't use the SPUs, etc. For those interested in trying it > out anyway, sources can be obtained from > svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/user/nwhitehorn/ps3, or I've put a > pre-built kernel and loader that can be used for netbooting at > http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/ps3/. You will need a "fat" PS3 > with firmware earlier than 3.21. > -Nathan Also, many thanks to Peter Grehan for donating to me the playstation that made this port possible! -Nathan
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