From: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am•sony.com>
To: � <rene@exactcode•de>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org
Subject: Re: Using video memory on PS3 e.g. as SWAP?
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:14:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46AF9820.7050608@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200707291904.55700.rene@exactcode.de>
=EF=BF=BD wrote:
> Hi all,
>=20
> looking at the PS3 as one of the few PowerPC workstation options the RA=
M
> is obviously quite limitted with just 256MB.=20
Can I recommend in the future you send this kind of PS3 specific inquiry =
to
the cbe-oss-dev mailing list?
cbe-oss-dev@ozlabs•org
https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/cbe-oss-dev
> I wonder if the 256MB of
> video memory can be mapped or at least be used as super-fast SWAP?
As Marc mentioned, some work was done using unsupported functionality of
the current hypervisor. There is no assurance it will continue to work
with future system software updates.
> Or are there news regarding accessing the video chip from Linux beside
> the unaccelerated frame-buffer?
We plan to improve Linux graphics support, but we have not announced any
specifics. The changes may make the above mentioned driver no longer wor=
k.
-Geoff
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-31 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-29 17:04 Using video memory on PS3 e.g. as SWAP? René Rebe
2007-07-29 23:34 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-07-30 12:24 ` Marc Dietrich
2007-07-31 20:14 ` Geoff Levand [this message]
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