[haiku] Re: Booting Haiku PPC

>> What use would anyone have to run so many
>> vector math-based process at once, anyways?
>
> Um... i can think of a few things

I was trying to say that we'd have to write more code to support using
any of the SPUs. Cell is notoriously difficult to program, so I don't
think we have too many people with that kind of brainpower.
Furthermore, there won't be any applications available, as BeOS was
never meant for an archtecture remotely like this, so it's out of the
focus of the Haiku project.

(Then again, I suppose you could say the same thing about the m68k
port... but I didn't like the idea of that either) :P


> Last time I checked, the PS3 was the more open source friendly
> console... I'd say out of the 3 leading console systems now, the PS3
> would probably be the best choice for a Haiku port at this point...

Yes, the PS3 is the most open-source friendly console available today,
in that they used the Linux kernel and they released the source code
as the GPL required them to. However, it is not the most homebrew
friendly console - the Wii is really the only console which can run
homebrew easily at this point, and there's more documentation on it's
CPU then there is on any of the other consoles'.

Though, I guess we could try to strike a deal with Sony about making
our project an official Sony-Licensed product, but that would take
more time because we'd have to change the archetecture of our system
in order to make it take advantage of the PS3's features, which Sony
will most undoubtedly require. Frankly, it's way too much effort do
get that kind of project rolling.

(Although I guess the same can be said about what we did with Haiku,
and look where we've accomplished!)


> now, while we're all throwing our .02 into the mix and dreaming out
> loud: I'd personally rather see someone focusing on an ARM port ;)

Amen! I want it to be the OS of choice for the Pandora! ^_^

(Hmm. Porting Haiku to the Pandora looks thousands of times easier
then any of the other target platforms, actually, since it has an
open-source design and the components are fairly well-documented....)

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