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Applied edits to xlc_install file, which must be named xlc_install, and all the OpenCL examples worked. The julia_ocl --ps3 must have more than 4M of frame buffer memory.
BlackScholes and Perin-noise also worked using the default settings.

I had some problems running the julia example, whether I use the --ps3 switch or not. I have IBM SDK 3.1 installed on YDL 6.2 with IBM XLC-SSC 0.9 from SDK 3.0. The julia example compiles without error but running it, it complains about an incompatible kernel in the src directory.

Got a little further. I noticed that the linker was warning that "powerpc: common64 architecture of input file XXX.eo.o was incompatible with powerpc: common output" this is caused by a mismatch of 64bit and 32bit binaries. I solved it by link -s /usr/bin/ppu32-embedspu /usr/bin/spu-embeds...

Got a little further in speutils by setting SPU_CC = spu_cc and SPU_EMBED = ppu_embedspu. Got example folder to compile and run. Running spu_example1 gives "The value in example1 data is 16" Running spu_example2 gives "The value in example1 data is 0" Running example1 or example2...

Exactly the same problem using YDL 6.2 with updated autoconfig and m4. Get the error trying to compile in the example folder.

Today Sony's Satoshi Hashimoto, in an interview with http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/seri ... 11039.html, confirmed that Sony will not be removing the OtherOS and Linux functionality in old (non-Slim) PlayStation 3 consoles. As reported in PS3ews

There is a new version of Mesa 7.5 with Gallium3D and an improved cell driver available, http://mesa3d.org/relnotes-7.5.html. Also there has been some work on a cell driver for DirectFB at code.google.com/p/ouros. Perhaps someone could check these out and indicate how close we are to accelerated vid...

I am having trouble accessing wiki.pdaxrom.org to download the latest bootloader. Can someone verify the address? Is there another site for downloading the bootloader. Thanks.

Can you boot using a USB memory stick?

You might check out http://www.epitech.eu/v4/perso/~bevand_ ... -1.tar.bz2 It is a PS3 optimiized brute force password cracke by Marc Bevand. The salt must be compiled into the program which checks passwords from 0 to 8 characters from SPACE 0x.20 to TILDE 0x7e.

Kazunori Asayma at Sony gave some additional help in getting openSSL engine to run OpenSSL and openssl-devel must be compiled with share for dynamic engine support. Openssl 0.9.8b has a bug which causes the cfb1 mode to fail. Download openssl-0.9.8h.tar.gz and unzip it. Download openssl-cell-engine-...

Check out the following info on Sony's Multicore Application Runtime System and accelerated openssl at ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/Sony-PS3/mars/ the openssl application uses the engine feature of openssl and requires 0.9.8h system. I am trying to get it to install and run and could use some help.

It probably won't have a hypervisor since it isn't a game machine. But the BIOS and hardware details may be very helpful for PS3 linux development.