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Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:48:58AM +0000, Robin Cornelius wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 07:04 +0000, Richard Brown wrote: >>> > and allow the young people to >>> > select the music or video they want. On top of that the young people >>> > also want a ps3. >>> >>> There is work to run Debian on a PS3 (or do you still want to play the >>> games on it afterwards?) >>> >> Do you know if its possible to access the 3D hardware or is it all >> locked down like the PS2 linux kit was?. > > If I remember correctly, you can use most of the hardware, but not all; > something like six of the seven processors are available, and the last is > "reserved by the OS". I seem to recall this applies even if "the OS" is > GNU/Linux. > > According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_3 , the PS3 runs a hypervisor which restricts access to the RSX (gpu). However, circumventing this is being worked on. HTH, Sam -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html