From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takuya Yoshikawa Subject: Re: KVM on ps3-linux working? Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:11:02 +0900 Message-ID: <4C3ACE16.7000109@oss.ntt.co.jp> References: <4C3A862C.1050103@oss.ntt.co.jp> <4C3ACB77.90104@oss.ntt.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, KVM list , Takuya Yoshikawa To: Alexander Graf Return-path: Received: from serv2.oss.ntt.co.jp ([222.151.198.100]:45503 "EHLO serv2.oss.ntt.co.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752441Ab0GLIGQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:06:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: (2010/07/12 17:00), Alexander Graf wrote: > > On 12.07.2010, at 09:59, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote: > >>>> Are there any restrictions in KVM on ps3 linux? >>> >>> Not really. The biggest thing to keep in mind is that ram is really limited. So make sure you have a lot of swap. In fact, I used to use a PS3 for development and testing quite a lot myself, so it definitely should work. >>> >> >> Thanks about the info. I could find ps-ubuntu help site, and am using fast swap + usual swap. >> My distro is ubuntu server, sometimes xubuntu for desktop, and a lot of uneeded services are stopped. >> >> So memory usage rate is quite reasonable now. >> >> >>> Are you using 32 bit or 64 bit userspace on the PS3? I remember having had issues with 64 bit userspace. >> >> I'm using 64 bit. Userspace, you mean qemu? > > I mean applications in general, but specifically qemu, yes. > >> Is it possible to use 32 bit qemu, cross compiled on somewhere else, on ps3 linux (64bit ppc)? > > If you have the libraries - sure! Maybe you can even compile it directly on the ps3 with -m32. > > It's just really unusual to see 64 bit userspace on ppc. What does "file /bin/ls" say? If it's really broken with 64 bit userspace, I'll try to debug a bit from my side too. > OK let me try. Ps3 box is in my home, so I'll check tonight! - Only I remember now is that I compiled qemu on ps3 linux WITHOUT -m32 . Thanks a lot! Takuya