Re: New Challenges ( FreeBSD on PS3 )

I'd love to see it happen although I don't think anyone is thinking about
it. I
saw an article indicating that Sony had put the code for it back in the main

linux tree. Working from docs is a lot more fun, this looks like your best
bet:
http://www-306.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/9F820A5FFA3ECE8C8725716A0062585F

On 12/10/06, Eprha Carvajal <eprha.carvajal_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was wondering if anyone though of installing FreeBSD in a PS3, i'm sure
> there are some big challanges there.
>
> The Hardware seems to be extremely powerful and there is people running
> different linux flavors on it.
>
> There is a lot to be done there, the cell processor will probably require
> a
> long term effort, the blue ray device drivers, keyboard and mouse are USB
> so
> i don't think that will be a problem for BSD, the video card is designed
> for
> the PS3, will NVIDIA provide support as before, not sure.
>
> In other words this is a new architecture.
>
> Some of the questions i have right now are:
>
> Is possible to the Sony/IBM/Toshiba documents for the Cell Processor ?
> Is there any specific linux patch set for the PS3 ? ( Looks like there is
> none, will have more info once i try both installs )
> What is the approach of LINUX with the cell processor and the 8 cores ?
> The NVIDIA RSX video Card was designed for the PS3, any chance they will
> support this ?
>
> I'm receiving one next weekend and i was wondering if there is a group of
> developers thinking on this, i will love to see FreeBSD running in a cell
> processor.
>
> Comments are appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Eprha
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