Hi everyone! My name is Per Ekström, and I'm the Lead Dev for the firmware of the Open Game Console project[1]. We're trying to develop a completely open console built from commodity hardware, and hope to be able to stand up to the big three (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo) if not in popularity, then atleast in terms of raw power. We're currently aiming for a release around Q4 2008. Read more on our website.
So, I'm currently drawing up the plans for the firmware, and it looks like I'll be using LinuxBIOS+Matchbox Linux for it. What I want to do ultimately is to create a small system that have all the stuff neccessary to run OpenGL + OpenAL + OIS (Object Oriented Input System), and fit it on a 2MB BIOS chip. Some people say it's impossible, I say it's a question of m4d h4xx0rzing skillz(tm). ;) So I'm planning to use the following components: LB-Distro (A distro based on LinuxBIOS) OpenGL: DirectFB+Nouveau drivers (trying to cut away everything unneccessary) OpenAL: ALSA+Drivers+OpenAL library (Again, keeping it as small & lightweight as possible) OIS: OIS packages (Also built) Only trouble with that plan is that DirectFB doesn't support any closed source drivers, and we want to use the latest nVidia card out there. Would it be possible to take the Nouveau drivers and cram it into DirectFB, with a few slight modifications? And is anyone already working on such a project? Thanks for your time, I appreciate any answers you can give me. :) Regards, Per Ekström Lead Dev, Open Game Console [1] http://www.opengameconsole.org/
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