Bug#573755: marked as done (support playstation3 in yaboot)
Your message dated Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:33:09 +0100
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and subject line Re: support playstation3 in yaboot
has caused the Debian Bug report #573755,
regarding support playstation3 in yaboot
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Package:live-helper
Package: debian-installer (not sure about exact name)
Severity:wishlist
Usertags: powerpc64 , subarch ps3
ps3 hardware has no entry in yaboot.conf either in debian-installer nor
live-helper
here are the needed entry (example for lenny live + install)
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nit-message = "Welcome to Debian Live PS3 (jan-2010)"
timeout=6000
#default=install-ps3-720p
default=live
message=/yaboot/boot.msg
image=/live/vmlinux-2.6.26-2-powerpc64
label=live
initrd=/live/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-powerpc64
append="boot=live video=720p ps3fb:mode:3 username=ps3user hostname=debian_ps3 union=aufs "
initrd-size=10240
image=/live/vmlinux-2.6.26-2-powerpc64
label=live-failsafe
initrd=/live/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-powerpc64
append="boot=live video=720p ps3fb:mode:3 username=ps3user hostname=debian_ps3 union=aufs noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nosmp vga=ofonly"
initrd-size=10240
image=/install/vmlinuz
label=install-ps3-480i
append="video=480i ps3fb=4M"
initrd=/install/initrd.gz
read-only
image=/install/vmlinuz
label=install-ps3-720p
append="video=720p ps3fb:mode:3"
initrd=/install/initrd.gz
read-only
image=/install/vmlinuz
label=install-ps3-1080i
append="video=1080i ps3fb:mode:4"
initrd=/install/initrd.gz
read-only
image=/install/vmlinuz
label=install-ps3-1080p
append="video=1080p ps3fb:mode:5"
initrd=/install/initrd.gz
read-only
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--- Begin Message ---
adding support for ps3 in yaboot only makes sense if the powerpc related
bits and pieces are in well shape within live-build.
lacking local access to test and debug powerpc image generation,
live-build only supports powerpc best-effort, means.. we can't test it
regularly, we don't release pre-build images for it, but if someone
submits patches for fixing powerpc issues, we'll happily apply them.
having that said.. if you're still interested in ps3 support, please
help make the powerpc support fully working (should take only a couple
of builds to adjust a few powerpc specific defaults and hacks), and then
on top of that submit patches for ps3 support (if that's still needed
and normal powerpc doesn't run optimally on ps3 yet).
in the meanwhile, i'm closing this bug, feel free to reopen it with
patches at any time.
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Address: Daniel Baumann, Donnerbuehlweg 3, CH-3012 Bern
Email: daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net
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