On 12.07.2010, at 09:59, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote: >>> Are there any restrictions in KVM on ps3 linux? >> >> Not really. The biggest thing to keep in mind is that ram is really limited. So make sure you have a lot of swap. In fact, I used to use a PS3 for development and testing quite a lot myself, so it definitely should work. >> > > Thanks about the info. I could find ps-ubuntu help site, and am using fast swap + usual swap. > My distro is ubuntu server, sometimes xubuntu for desktop, and a lot of uneeded services are stopped. > > So memory usage rate is quite reasonable now. > > >> Are you using 32 bit or 64 bit userspace on the PS3? I remember having had issues with 64 bit userspace. > > I'm using 64 bit. Userspace, you mean qemu? I mean applications in general, but specifically qemu, yes. > Is it possible to use 32 bit qemu, cross compiled on somewhere else, on ps3 linux (64bit ppc)? If you have the libraries - sure! Maybe you can even compile it directly on the ps3 with -m32. It's just really unusual to see 64 bit userspace on ppc. What does "file /bin/ls" say? If it's really broken with 64 bit userspace, I'll try to debug a bit from my side too. Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
