From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 22:22:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD3911065674 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 22:22:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83E3D8FC19 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 22:22:09 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LEM00H02E0XSE00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:22:09 -0600 (CST) Received: from anacreon.physics.wisc.edu (anacreon.physics.wisc.edu [128.104.160.176]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LEM00GJTE0USX00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:22:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:22:06 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-id: <4D26327E.7070307@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-10, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.1.6.210916, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD powerpc; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110104 Thunderbird/3.1.7 Cc: Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Playstation 3 support now in HEAD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:22:09 -0000 Yesterday, I imported support for the Sony Playstation 3 into our 64-bit PowerPC port, expanding our game console support into the current generation. There are still a few rough edges due to missing hardware support, but the machine boots and runs FreeBSD stably. These rough edges should be smoothed out in time for the 9.0 release. Thanks to Peter Grehan for donating the hardware that made this port possible. -Nathan Supported hardware: - Sony Playstation 3 Fat, firmware version< 3.21 - Netbooting only - 480i/480p only Instructions: The PS3 must be netbooted. First, acquire and install a copy of Petitboot from http://ozlabs.org/~jk/projects/petitboot/ Next, set up a second machine with DHCP, NFS, and TFTP. Setup DHCP to netboot loader.ps3 over TFTP, with the root path pointing to an NFS directory. DHCP Setup: host ps3 { hardware ethernet XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX; filename "/loader.ps3"; option host-name "ps3"; next-server 10.0.1.37; option root-path "10.0.1.37:/usr/netboot-ps3"; } NFS setup: mkdir /usr/netboot-ps3 cd /usr/src make buildworld installworld distribution TARGET=powerpc TARGET_ARCH=powerpc64 DESTDIR=/usr/netboot-ps3 Then share /usr/netboot-ps3 read/write over NFS with the PS3. Connect a monitor set to 480i or 480p to the video output, and boot!