On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:33:05 -0600 "Chris Hollman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Admittedly I have never programmed (well, beyond 'hello world' > anyways) but people are trying to tell me that Linux apps will have > to be recoded (recompiled?) to work with the Cell processor on PS3 > and I maintain that if an app can run in Linux now you will be able > to download it and run it on YDL 5.0 on the PS3 without having to > look for a "CELL Coded/re-compiled" version. > > Who is right? The CELL is an ordinary PPC with extra co processors on it. Ordinary PPC code will run on the PPC bit, and ignore the rest. If I remember correctly from a web site I saw a while ago, Sony maintains the CELL portion of the standard gcc compiler, so even if a PPC linux binary won't run, a recompile should be all that is needed. No rewriting of the code should be needed. Disclaimer - I have no PS3 or YDL 5, this is all theory based on information from public web sites and decades of experience.
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