AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
Currently, it only supports netbooting a kernel and no initrd (mostly due to bootmem limitations). This is enough to run a Linux system booting from an NFS share or from USB storage media. Almost everything that works under OtherOS is working. As additional perks of running as GameOS, you also get access to a seventh SPE (needs a kernel patch to enable) and there is clearly full access to the RSX including 3D support, although we still need to learn a few details about how that works to be able to use it." (Thanks to Martin Jeppesen).
Posted Oct 20, 2010 15:12 UTC (Wed)
by littlesandra88 (guest, #64017)
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Posted Oct 20, 2010 15:54 UTC (Wed)
by DOT (subscriber, #58786)
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Posted Oct 20, 2010 16:12 UTC (Wed)
by littlesandra88 (guest, #64017)
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Posted Oct 20, 2010 18:49 UTC (Wed)
by daniel (guest, #3181)
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Posted Oct 20, 2010 15:29 UTC (Wed)
by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
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*gaaaaaaasp*
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Obligatory Star Wars quote about grips tightening and star systems slipping between fingers.
Posted Oct 20, 2010 16:06 UTC (Wed)
by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)
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I think it will be very interesting to see if this feature ever goes into upstream, as Sony would consider anybody ever using this to be doing so "illegally".
Posted Oct 20, 2010 16:08 UTC (Wed)
by littlesandra88 (guest, #64017)
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Posted Oct 20, 2010 17:42 UTC (Wed)
by ntl (subscriber, #40518)
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Posted Oct 20, 2010 16:28 UTC (Wed)
by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
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The bigger deal IMHO is access to the 3D hardware.
Posted Oct 20, 2010 16:35 UTC (Wed)
by littlesandra88 (guest, #64017)
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Posted Oct 20, 2010 17:17 UTC (Wed)
by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
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I also welcome it, but that's not the same as thinking it's nearly as important (metric is perhaps "unveiling previously veiled, interesting things") as the 3D hardware getting exposed whereas before (under OtherOS) it was locked away.
Posted Oct 20, 2010 21:02 UTC (Wed)
by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)
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How is access to a slightly customized, slightly outdated nvidia GPU interesting?
An 8-SPU Cell, on the other hand, is something that you would otherwise have to pay IBM several thousands for.
Posted Oct 20, 2010 21:30 UTC (Wed)
by ballombe (subscriber, #9523)
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Posted Oct 29, 2010 13:47 UTC (Fri)
by shapr (subscriber, #9077)
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Posted Oct 21, 2010 0:26 UTC (Thu)
by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
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You'd have to pay IBM, Mercury, or Fixstars thousands for a cell CPU in general, number of SPUs aside. That was why I wanted a PS3.
Posted Oct 21, 2010 11:44 UTC (Thu)
by littlesandra88 (guest, #64017)
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"3D will likely steal bits of nouveau, at least the userspace side. The kernel side of nouveau is pretty much worthless because we dont get direct access to the hardware, but instead we need to marshal through the hypervisor. In a way, the hypervisor implements the part of the graphics driver that is normally implemented in the kernel.
So yes, whenever (proper) 3D arrives, it should be Gallium-based."
Posted Dec 8, 2010 18:04 UTC (Wed)
by Zane (guest, #71759)
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Posted Oct 23, 2010 8:11 UTC (Sat)
by Kamilion (guest, #42576)
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Posted Oct 26, 2010 6:47 UTC (Tue)
by yoshi314 (guest, #36190)
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http://psx-scene.com/forums/570113-post9.html
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
XBox 360 kernel patches
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
Woo! Finally, something to do with my old ps3 with the busted bluray drive!
Just ordered an X3Max, apparently one of the better jailbreak devices out there; with 128K of flash and a MicroSDHC slot. We'll see how well it can do with AsbestOS. If not, I'll pick up an Arduino Mega 2560.
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released
AsbestOS PS3 bootloader released