Re: [ps2hacking-devel] Some answers on digest #38 and #39

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

* Guido A. Paliot jr. <gu...@pa...> on Mon, Jan 07, 2002:

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> Perhaps they have written a PS1 program that outputs linux boot messages=
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> ... ?! ;) No, serious the guys did great things on the ps1, keep it up !
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You are confused.  This is runix.ru's PSX kernel, it was released some time
ago.  They do not have a kernel that boots on the PS2 *natively*.
Hopefully, that's clear enough for you.

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> Built a MIPS kernel from the CVS sources at oss.sgi.com :
> I built a 2.4 kernel from SGI's CVS using their cross-toolchain.=20
> I put it on a CD (BASF/EMTEC CeramGuard) together with a system.cnf=20
> that i took from a game (GTA3 i think).It seems to boot up, at least the=
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> ps2 doesn't complain about "please insert ps2 disc" and the screen=20
> flickers a bit, just like before booting a game, no text output though,
> not even the "Playstation 2" banner...sigh, but someone mentioned some=20
> non-sony kernel sources, i think i will try that. Could someone with a=20
> linux kit post some hw info on the ps2, as far as your license allows=20
> that? I would be especially interested in the USB-Port, now that i have a=
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> working NIC for it. I thought it was some kind of OHCI-type, but my kerne=
l=20
> (with OHCI, keyboard and usb-nic support) didn't even bring up a link on=
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> the nic, the keyboard leds kept blinking (which seems to be a sign for an=
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> un-initialized usb controller on the ps2).
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The tools required to build MIPS EE apps are available even at
ps2hacking.sf.net.  Search for them, as you need them to properly build any
PS2/Linux software.

The kernel sources can be found at http://stampede.org/~lethal/mips/notdocs/
and other places online.

Or take a look at the fledgling projects at ps2hacking.sf.net and
linux-mips.sf.net.

You'll find the sources for a Linux OHCI driver within the kernel source.

M. R.