On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:27:02 +0200 Geert Uytterhoeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Cell Broadband Engine contains a 64-bit PowerPC core with 2 hardware > threads (called PPEs) and 8 Synergistic Processing Engines (called SPEs). > When booting Linux, 2 penguins logos are shown on the graphical console by > the standard frame buffer console logo code. > > To emphasize the existence of the SPEs (which can be used under Linux), we > added a second row of (smaller) helper penguin logos, one for each SPE. > > A sample screenshot can be found at > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/debian-penguin-shot.png > (or on the ps3linux T-shirts we wore at OLS :-) Does this mean I'll get penguins on my PS3 now? > Summaries: > [1] fbdev: extract fb_show_logo_line() > [2] fbdev: Add fb_append_extra_logo() This one does give additional code and data to all fbdev users while only being useful to cell machines. Should we fix that? > [3] fbdev: SPE helper penguin logo > [4] Cell: Draw SPE helper penguin logos I queued #4 up along with the fbdev patches, even though it isn't really an fbdev patch. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
