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Wes wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I'm wondering, who is the maintainer of the PS3 port? I have a few |
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> issues I'd like to raise. One being the fact that it's been built |
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> targeting entirely the wrong ppc arch. Several sources I've come |
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> across state that the pipelines are so different, that doing this |
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> severely hurts performance, and you are in fact better off targeting |
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> generic ppc than running 970-targeted binaries on CELL/BE. Also, |
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> newer gcc's are available now which have an mcpu=cell target and it |
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> would probably be best to make the playstation3 port..... a |
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> playstation3 port! And not a ps3 / g5 port. These machines differ so |
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> much it is incredibly detrimental to try to support both with the 1 |
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> port. Specially when there are better ports existing already for g5. |
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> Also, the only available release is still a stage4, that hasn't been |
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> updated in a whole year. While I commend the efforts of the |
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> maintainer so far (apart from the 970 target mistake), it would be |
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> nice if they actually maintained the port, or handed off to someone |
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> more willing if they've grown bored with it. |
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> It is my impression that this specific port currently does not follow |
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> any Gentoo ideals or philosophy, and is desperately in need of change. |
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The PS3 "port" (stage 4) that you're talking about was a test build done |
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by one of the PowerPC team developers, Brent Baude, and isn't an |
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official release, (as far as I know). |
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As for a real port, the basic install can be easily done with the |
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generic ppc/ppc64 stages that we already make! Simply install the |
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stage3, and recompile the whole system using "emerge world -Duve", |
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although you may want to rebuild the system targets first. There is no |
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need for additional stages. By giving you the ability to install on a |
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multitude of targets, while still allowing for optimization and |
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configuration, well, that seem like it meets the Gentoo ideals and |
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philosophy! |
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That said, we probably do need to make an updated minimal install CD for |
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PS3 if one doesn't already exist. Unfortunately, the PPC team doesn't |
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have a whole lot of man-power at this time, so that will get done as |
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soon as someone decides that it needs to be done and has the time to do it. |
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Again, you can use *any* LiveCD (even other distros!) to boot the |
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system, but the current PowerPC stages are adequate to complete a fully |
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optimized Gentoo on PS3 install. |
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Hope that helps, |
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-Joe |