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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:33:49 +1100
From: Wes <anomaly256@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-dev] Playstation3 port status woes
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I intend to spend some time on this over the next few weeks. Anything
I can do to help take some of the load off? Are there any style
guides for the docs and boot/install media or templates to follow?
Requisite lists?
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Wes wrote:
>> Thanks for the response! I see now. I think the problem from my
>> perspective then is that the docs need to be updated a bit, as they
>> all point to the 'experimental' sections of the mirrors, which only
>> contain old 970-targeting ps3 stage4's. I see now that 'releases' has
>> more generic stage3's suitable for rebuilding specifically for
>> Cell/BE.
>>
>>
> That may be the case, but as of right now, PS3 isn't specifically
> supported, and probably won't be officially supported until we have a
> reliable bootable disk. Once we do, I'd be happy to add the PS3
> specific sections to the Gentoo/PowerPC handbook. As it stands, the
> install procedure is basically the same as any other unsupported
> architecture in Gentoo (make it boot, then use our stages), but with the
> benefit of supported keywords and stages.
>
> If there is Gentoo documentation that you think needs to be updated to
> reflect this, please let me know and I'll get it fixed.
> Thanks,
> -Joe
>
>