On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:43:38 +0200 Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 07:35, Mike Hommey <m...@glandium.org> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:35:08PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > >> On Sun, 2011-06-26 at 08:04 -0400, Durandal Dokucheyav wrote: > >> > I am contacting you guys on behalf of http://gitbrew.org. We have > >> > recently released the otherOS++ firmware for the Sony Playstation 3, > >> > allowing the install of third-party OSes on the PS3 once again. We > >> > currently have Debian-PPC running on otherOS++ with full access to > >> > RSX/SPE's, and would like to know if you would like to collaborate > >> > with us on an official Debian port. > >> > >> We wouldn't consider this as a distinct port, as the PS3 will run the > >> same powerpc binaries as we already provide. But I assume there is some > >> specific hardware support (particularly for the SPEs) that is currently > >> lacking from our powerpc port, and help on that would surely be welcome. > > > > There actually *is* a separate port: > > http://wiki.debian.org/PowerPCSPEPort > > That's unrelated. > > It's a pity (and cause of confusion) of having SPE mean both "Signal > Processing > Extension" (for FreeScale parts) and "Synergistic Processing Element" (for > Cell > parts), both in a PowerPC context. Disambiguation section added to the wiki page: http://wiki.debian.org/PowerPCSPEPort#Signal_Processing_Extension -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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