Re: Using video memory on PS3 e.g. as SWAP?

2007-07-31 Thread Geoff Levand
� wrote: > Hi all, > > looking at the PS3 as one of the few PowerPC workstation options the RAM > is obviously quite limitted with just 256MB. Can I recommend in the future you send this kind of PS3 specific inquiry to the cbe-oss-dev mailing list? [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://ozlabs.org/mail

Re: Using video memory on PS3 e.g. as SWAP?

2007-07-30 Thread Marc Dietrich
Am Sunday 29 July 2007 19:04 schrieb René Rebe: > Hi all, > > looking at the PS3 as one of the few PowerPC workstation options the RAM > is obviously quite limitted with just 256MB. I wonder if the 256MB of > video memory can be mapped or at least be used as super-fast SWAP? look here: http://foru

Re: Using video memory on PS3 e.g. as SWAP?

2007-07-29 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 19:04 +0200, René Rebe wrote: > Hi all, > > looking at the PS3 as one of the few PowerPC workstation options the RAM > is obviously quite limitted with just 256MB. I wonder if the 256MB of > video memory can be mapped or at least be used as super-fast SWAP? > > Or are there

Using video memory on PS3 e.g. as SWAP?

2007-07-29 Thread René Rebe
Hi all, looking at the PS3 as one of the few PowerPC workstation options the RAM is obviously quite limitted with just 256MB. I wonder if the 256MB of video memory can be mapped or at least be used as super-fast SWAP? Or are there news regarding accessing the video chip from Linux beside the unac