Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:04:40 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the Playstation 3 Message-ID: <AANLkTinyp1VLn_kTYksMWs5XTpzr1=8vody=NojYBs72@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C7BB9AB.4040205@freebsd.org> References: <4C7BB89B.1020502@freebsd.org> <4C7BB9AB.4040205@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Awesome news, Nathan! PPC port is getting better by the day!
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