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From: Wes <anomaly256@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-ppc-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-dev] Playstation3 port status woes
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:33:53
Message-Id: 2899e2610811241733t1f785bf6t8559617fb7d8b1d5@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-ppc-dev] Playstation3 port status woes by Joseph Jezak
1 I intend to spend some time on this over the next few weeks. Anything
2 I can do to help take some of the load off? Are there any style
3 guides for the docs and boot/install media or templates to follow?
4 Requisite lists?
5
6 On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Joseph Jezak <josejx@g.o> wrote:
7 > Wes wrote:
8 >> Thanks for the response! I see now. I think the problem from my
9 >> perspective then is that the docs need to be updated a bit, as they
10 >> all point to the 'experimental' sections of the mirrors, which only
11 >> contain old 970-targeting ps3 stage4's. I see now that 'releases' has
12 >> more generic stage3's suitable for rebuilding specifically for
13 >> Cell/BE.
14 >>
15 >>
16 > That may be the case, but as of right now, PS3 isn't specifically
17 > supported, and probably won't be officially supported until we have a
18 > reliable bootable disk. Once we do, I'd be happy to add the PS3
19 > specific sections to the Gentoo/PowerPC handbook. As it stands, the
20 > install procedure is basically the same as any other unsupported
21 > architecture in Gentoo (make it boot, then use our stages), but with the
22 > benefit of supported keywords and stages.
23 >
24 > If there is Gentoo documentation that you think needs to be updated to
25 > reflect this, please let me know and I'll get it fixed.
26 > Thanks,
27 > -Joe
28 >
29 >

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RE: [gentoo-ppc-dev] Playstation3 port status woes Nelson Batalha <nelson_batalha@×××××××.com>