Brent Baude

Greetings,

I have added a new ps3-sources-2.6.24 ebuild to the cell overlay. It's based on vanilla-sources with a diff of the latest Sony distribution kit, as well as the squashfs patch. There is also a 2.6.24 default config in the files dir of the overlay.

And for those who do not like to compile their own kernels or are incapable of doing so, I added a ps3-kernel-bin into the cell overlay as well. This ebuild will install a precompiled binary kernel, initrd (ramdisk), System.map, and modules. It's based on the new aforementioned sources.

While providing a binary kernel for anything Gentoo is admittedly contrary to the real or perceived Gentoo philosophy, it is probably the right thing to do for the ps3 user-base. Many of the ps3 users are either new to Linux or new to Gentoo. Kernel compilation has been difficult for some of them. Furthermore, compilation of the kernel takes time. With the PPU speed and small RAM footprint, I'm starting to develop an adhoc belief that the PS3 with Gentoo could be a bit like embedded Linux. Binaries, in this case, are OK. The console is perfect for running Linux, especially with a snappy window manager, and SPU compilations.

So your feedback on the new approach is welcome. I'm interested if this works well for users. Let's consider this a probationary period.

Happy Hunting.