ken mays wrote:
> The Sony PS3 can be obtained for <=$399 USD and you
> get a nice Blu-ray player tossed in for free. The
> 'free' Blu-Ray player and Nvidia RSX GPU are more
than
> worth the price of admission here in the long term
and
> as a feasible solution. Both the old and new Mac
Mini
> runs about $499 USD and has far less capabilities in
> key areas.
I've mentioned this in the past, but one of the
biggest challenges with
a port
to PS3, Power6, or any other multi-CPU/multi-core PPC
environment is
that
Solaris at present assumes a processor with strong
memory ordering.
The current PPC work doesn't run into issues because
the ODW is single
CPU,
single threaded but to go beyond that a fair amount of
work would need
to be
done to add appropriate memory synchronization
instructions to Solaris
(isync/sync/eieio), particularly in the case of DMA
transfers.
William Kucharski
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Hi Wiliam,
No, don't look at the advanced features of the Cell or
Nvidia GSX. Think of it as a computer 'emulating' a
Pegasos II architecture. Leave the advanced features
for a possible 'fork' or future project one day.
Also, it is now common knowledge to other FOSS PowerPC
development teams already providing a KB and tools for
ports of Linux/BSD to PS3. Current technology,
hardware support and maintenance (warranty pending),
and a knowledgebase of FOSS developers to assist us.
It just LOOKS more feasible than a $7K+ computer
investment for a single rack installation. Maybe not.
~ Ken
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