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Thanks for your answer. I can see that the PS2's processor is rubbish :P |
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Your answer is so interesting, thanks for the information about it. |
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I think that psp's Linux support will came soon, but I don't have money |
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to buy one :P |
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Thanks :) |
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On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:38:23 -0500 |
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Kumba <kumba@g.o> wrote: |
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> Because the 2.6 kernel hasn't been ported yet. The PS2's processor is a |
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> really unique chunk of silicon. It's labelled an 'R5900' by Toshiba, the |
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> chip's manufacturer, but this can be misleading, somewhat, as most R5x00-class |
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> CPUs are in the MIPS-IV, while the R5900 is really a MIPS-III w/ several |
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> MIPS-IV (but not all) available to it. |
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> According to a single post on the playstation2-linux.com forums, there is |
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> somewhere, some person or small group working on a 2.6 port, but I don't hold |
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> out much hope that this port will be finished before the PS2 is relegated to |
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> legacy status. A better bet is Linux support on the upcoming Sony PSP, which |
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> has dual R4000 cores (@ 133MHz), and is very similar in design to the PS2. |
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> --Kumba |
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