Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:48:00 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: Steve.Sun@ncc.edu, punosevac@math.arizona.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for Sony Playstation3? Message-ID: <4750f590.nKqGlxroRUg5jfas%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4046.128.196.102.34.1196455436.squirrel@squirrelmail.math.arizona.edu> References: <002b01c8337e$4f891960$25030b0a@OTLMobile> <4046.128.196.102.34.1196455436.squirrel@squirrelmail.math.arizona.edu>
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> > ... will FreeBSD.org consider porting FreeBSD to Sony > > Playstation3? > > ... NetBSD works like a charm on Sony Playstation2 > http://www.netbsd.org/ports/playstation2/. > > and my guess will be that NetBSD 4.0 which is supposed to > be released about the same time as FreeBSD 7.0 will work > on Playstation3. The IBM Cell processor in the PS3 is unique beast, similar in many ways to a PPC970 but with enough subtle (and some not-so-subtle) differences that the port would likely need to be overseen by someone familiar with such undertakings. This is not to predict that NetBSD 4.0 will or won't support it -- that could reasonably be asked on a NetBSD list -- but be aware that it may turn out to be a bigger job than one might initially expect.
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