Re: PS3?

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 08:17:22AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On 09/22/2017 04:32 PM, Simon Richter wrote:
> > I'm trying to get a PS3 to boot with the powerpc64 kernel in stretch,
> > but had no luck so far. kexec from the boot menu happens, then the
> > screen goes blank and stays that way. I have a 3.5 kernel that boots and
> > works fine.
> 
> I'm surprised to learn that the Cell CPU is 64-bit capable. I wouldn't
> have exactly expected that from a 2006 machine.

It certainly was when I was porting Ubuntu to it in 2008.

(We've long since withdrawn that port, so it's probably not helpful to
Simon trying to compare working with non-working builds, though.)

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]