Re: [gentoo-dev] PS2 and Gentoo Linux

[Kumba]

Vicente García Diez wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Thanks for your answer. I see that It's funny an It's possible :)
>
> But, why can't use a 2.6.X kernel in a PS2¿
>
> Thanks in advance :)

Because the 2.6 kernel hasn't been ported yet.  The PS2's processor is a 
really unique chunk of silicon.  It's labelled an 'R5900' by Toshiba, the 
chip's manufacturer, but this can be misleading, somewhat, as most R5x00-class 
CPUs are in the MIPS-IV, while the R5900 is really a MIPS-III w/ several 
MIPS-IV (but not all) available to it.

According to a single post on the playstation2-linux.com forums, there is 
somewhere, some person or small group working on a 2.6 port, but I don't hold 
out much hope that this port will be finished before the PS2 is relegated to 
legacy status.  A better bet is Linux support on the upcoming Sony PSP, which 
has dual R4000 cores (@ 133MHz), and is very similar in design to the PS2.


--Kumba

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