From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from outbound2-sin-R.bigfish.com (outbound-sin.frontbridge.com [207.46.51.80]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.bigfish.com", Issuer "*.bigfish.com" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA1BCDDDF9 for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 06:14:31 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <46AF9820.7050608@am.sony.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:14:24 -0700 From: Geoff Levand MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?77+9?= Subject: Re: Using video memory on PS3 e.g. as SWAP? References: <200707291904.55700.rene@exactcode.de> In-Reply-To: <200707291904.55700.rene@exactcode.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , =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