Sony PlayStation 3 Support in Linux Kernel

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Topic: Playstation 3

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Kernel 2.6.20 will come with PlayStation 3 support! Sony has added new patches into the stable 2.6.20 Linux kernel tree which furthermore adds ...

 

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Sony PlayStation 3 Support in Linux KernelPage 19 December 2006By: Marius Nestor Linux EditorSony PlayStation 3 Support in Linux KernelKernel 2.6.20 will come with PlayStation 3 support!Sony has added new patches into the stable 2.6.20 Linux kernel tree which furthermore addsmachinespecific features for the new PlayStation 3 gaming console. The patches should greatly simplify themaintenance of the Linux kernels for the PlayStation 3 which is already supported by Yellow Dog Linuxthanks to a development deal between Sony and TerraSoft and a special version of Fedora Core 5.Starting with the 2.6.13 release the Linux kernel has gained generic support for the Cell processor on whichthe PlayStation 3 gaming console is based but the new patches add machinespecific support for technologysuch as the PlayStation 3's memory architecture DMA (direct memory access) model and SMP (symmetricmultiprocessing) model. The code for the patches has been written by Sony.The newly added kernel patches will make supporting the PlayStation 3 under Linux much simpler becausewhen creating kernels for the machine there will be no need to apply external patches which can complicatethe kernel build process or even lead to conflicts if there are more than one set of patches applied to thekernel.You can browse the new PS3 patches in Linus Torvalds's kernel tree here.You can read more on how to install the Yellow Dog Linux here.You can find some installation instructions about Fedora Core 5 here.RELATED LINKSLinux for PlayStationYellow Dog Linux for Playstation 3 Available TodayOpen Platform for PlayStation 315 Years of Linux!Page 1Copyright (c) 20012007 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Softpedia and Softpedia logo are registered trademarks of SoftNews NET SRL.

 

 

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