Re: [ps2hacking-devel] Who is running this show?

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* John Thornton <jth...@ha...> on Sun, Jan 06, 2002:

>=20
> I have one goal as of now, to have Linux on my ps2. Why? So I can exploit
> it. Sony is a huge supporter of the DMCA and I want to do anything to hack
> my ps2.
>=20

That's a stupid reason if I ever heard one, for a multitude of reasons I
won't go into.

> So my first question is, where do I get started. The information on getti=
ng
> this going is just about null. I found this site by luck and I can see why
> its so damn quite.
>=20

Development is moving very slowly.  Up until a month or so ago, there
wasn't a viable way to send code to the PS2 besides burning CD after CD.
Also, if the PS2 homebrew scene takes anything from the Dreamcast one,
it'll be a loooong time before anything major gets started.

> It seems to me getting Linux running on a ps2 in the U.S.A. is really on
> hold if/until Sony feels like it. So if anyone is reading this, take the
> time out and go to.

There are already two ports of Linux to the PS2 that aren't
Sony-sanctioned.  One of the developers of the 2.4.x port is on this list,
GOTO Masanori.  You will find its source in the linux2.4 CVS module of this
project (ps2hacking.sf.net).

The other lives in the linux CVS tree at linux-mips.sf.net.

M. R.