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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PlayStation 3
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Eric Blossom |
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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PlayStation 3 |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:10:36 -0800 |
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 08:22:06AM -0500, Jason wrote:
> Eric A. Cottrell wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >So has anyone got their PS3 yet? A store claims to have the 60 gb model
> >a not too far distance away and I am tempted. But I do not want to be
> >first on the block to get one.
>
> I picked up a PS3 a few weeks ago, and just got Gentoo booting on it
> (60GB version). Out of the box, I think I set the CFLAGS wrong because
> the new stuff I've compiled is 32bit. I've built the cross toolchain
> for the SPU's and successfully ran a test program or two.
>
> Be mindful, as Eric said, compiles are slow. The CellBE drastically
> dropped cost and heat by not efficiently handling out-of-order code. I
> don't have the link handy, but the IBM CellBE development center has a
> PDF intro to coding for the Cell which shows how to handle if;then;else
> statements in an efficient manner. Anything not coded that way will be
> horribly inefficient. Hence, the long compile times on a dual core,
> 3.2GHz processor. :(
Regarding slow compilation, without measuring, I'd guess:
(1) not enough memory for compiler footprint
(2) slow drive
Also, it's not really a dual-core machine. More like hyper-threaded.
Eric
- [Discuss-gnuradio] PlayStation 3, Eric A. Cottrell, 2007/01/15
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PlayStation 3, Philip Balister, 2007/01/17
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PlayStation 3, Eric Blossom, 2007/01/17
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PlayStation 3, Philip Balister, 2007/01/18
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PlayStation 3, Trond Danielsen, 2007/01/19
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PlayStation 3, Philip Balister, 2007/01/18