From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 30 14:29:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8650F10656A9 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:29:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 573238FC19 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:29:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwi8 with SMTP id 8so2528547pwi.13 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:29:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nD3H4m0B/14eLmr83yj5lvSO9Phx83CMvxFBqgfAp3k=; b=bBarGqXOSq74NJen74Q3CNyZ7x5ZPcnH5f3KU/y5paH0H4RPDTJXG0hDObsmz2KZHH 0jvp3JUYIOig/OZeVZ3cPB0rMPWDXMgxLJi/tIuQDqkNqGfQCMsABQo+1tnqzCjbKJPd MNwpxbx6r82icf56HA2mUXRkpyBPjWlQRWtag= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=JOZ8YqRLK9PzY5H3rzmSYdpnGdeJREOfb1FjlkQ/N/IWoQq1kq4DcR0rD2daB3LyLR YXwPkHoto6LWFm9Km8p2bbkedLelQq+52WDeTinJdYxZ9uD/Bd4Eybu/PjwXxdQjGHDh oXs5DW8Z2kO33p5uxmROSE3VmYg3pA5lPZuMk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.173.20 with SMTP id v20mr4670103wfe.56.1283177080919; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:04:40 -0700 (PDT) Sender: chmeeedalf@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.86.13 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:04:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C7BB9AB.4040205@freebsd.org> References: <4C7BB89B.1020502@freebsd.org> <4C7BB9AB.4040205@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:04:40 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: VhSWwLfrppab8ugytbtau33ScRo Message-ID: From: Justin Hibbits To: Nathan Whitehorn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the Playstation 3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:29:38 -0000 On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Nathan Whitehorn 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!