Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-09 Thread Ranulf Doswell
On 09/10/2007, Geert Uytterhoeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Ranulf Doswell wrote: > > However, in this case the only data required is a single identifier used > to > > identify one PS3 from another, and in fact this single 64-bit token can > be > > shared amongst many other

Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-09 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Ranulf Doswell wrote: > On 08/10/2007, Geoff Levand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do we go about claiming one of these OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_ keys? I'd > > > very much like to use this functionality in my python-ps3 games library. > > > > It sounds like you should be storing y

Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-08 Thread Geoff Levand
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c > >> +static int db_get_video_mode(const struct os_area_db *db, >> +unsigned int *video_mode) > ^^ >> +{ >> +

Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-08 Thread Geoff Levand
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c >> @@ -112,10 +114,91 @@ struct os_area_params { >> u8 _reserved_5[8]; >> }; >> >> +/** >> + * struct os_area_db - Shared flash

Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-08 Thread Geoff Levand
Ranulf Doswell wrote: > On 08/10/2007, *Geoff Levand* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > How do we go about claiming one of these OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_ keys? I'd > > very much like to use this functionality in my python-ps3 games > library. > > It sounds lik

Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-08 Thread Ranulf Doswell
On 08/10/2007, Geoff Levand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do we go about claiming one of these OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_ keys? I'd > > very much like to use this functionality in my python-ps3 games library. > > It sounds like you should be storing your info in the file system like > all other appli

Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-08 Thread Geoff Levand
Ranulf Doswell wrote: > On 06/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > >> enum os_area_db_owner { > >> OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_ANY = -1, >> OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_NONE = 0, >> OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_PROTOTYPE = 1, >> OS_AR

Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-08 Thread Ranulf Doswell
On 06/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > enum os_area_db_owner { > OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_ANY = -1, > OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_NONE = 0, > OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_PROTOTYPE = 1, > OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_LINUX = 2, > OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_PETITBOOT = 3, > OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_M

Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-08 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c > +static int db_get_video_mode(const struct os_area_db *db, > + unsigned int *video_mode) ^^ > +{ > + return db_get_64(db, &os_area_db_

Re: [patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-08 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c > @@ -112,10 +114,91 @@ struct os_area_params { > u8 _reserved_5[8]; > }; > > +/** > + * struct os_area_db - Shared flash memory database. > + * @magic_num:

[patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

2007-10-06 Thread geoffrey . levand
Add support for a simple tagged database in the PS3 flash rom os-area. The database allows the flash rom os-area to be shared between a bootloder and installed operating systems. The application ps3-flash-util or the library libps3-utils from the ps3-utils package can be used for userspace datab