PS3 [UPDATE: October 06th, '20] HW Acceleration (RSX) Project Update by @ReneRebeTM

UPDATE (June 28th, '20) - Another New Video Released >>> The next PS3 NVidia RSX accelerated X.org steps
d(Original Article from Nov. 14) Is the PS3 a bit closer to gaining Hardware Acceleration (via RSX) in OtherOS (Linux) with a proper driver to enable the GPU chip? We are not there, but we may be getting closer to a reality. Earlier this year (back in April) we detailed some of the progress that the busy dev RenéRebe has made with unlocking the potential of the PlayStation 3's RSX chip and now today we have been greeted with a new video and what we can expect with this project as the developer starts to undertake the challenge of further unlocking one more component of the Ps3 hardware,. The developer has alot of videos on other intresting subjects in his diverse YouTube channel >>> (Bits and More) <<< many very informative video's..

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  • PS3, G5, PowerPC Linux: watching this stream will fix a GCC / GlibC bug!



    dfinally { latest Firefox cross compiled for PS3 PowerPC Linux & more! };



    dFirefox working on PPC64 PS3! Since Bug 1239083 big endian machine have been crashing at startup!



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  • PS3 Linux development & testing time!



    dMore PS3 & SPARC64 Linux kernel and distribution development!



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  • Patching Linux 5.6 for PPC64 PS3, and t2sde testing, ...!

    HTML:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgVU-PEkD1c


    dMore PS3 RSX X.org driver code maintenance !

    HTML:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6opgsVM0P0


    dFree software-only! Linux memory upgrade for your PS3 & the most curious frame-buffer setup!

    HTML:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3bZoF-nBw8


    dfull disk encrypted and btrfs ps3 linux!

    HTML:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpeubLMXHwk


    dps3 & amd64 Linux 5.6.7 Friday Night distribution build!

    HTML:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opmPqL9x7lQ


    dPsst: need a new ps3 Linux ISO? and more open source Linux fun!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJCJEWp38F4

  • Don't delay & support PS3 PowerPC Linux development watching this stream today!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4T1oW-ItRk


    dSomewhat PS3 related T2 Linux development livestream!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAu8gfRtxrk


    dSelf quarantine PS3, Sgi et al. Linux work at home^W office!

    HTML:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQhmBkhh680


    dWant to see latest and greatest, HEAD of t2sde SVN Linux running on a dev PS3?

    HTML:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvZ7JIKWqSU


    dPS3 Linux - "If I make it any nicer, you can't afford it anymore" ;-)

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZZ5iNatfxk


    dPS3/Linux - guess we need to finish that ISO, too, ..!? ;-)

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-zwdUYaL5A


    dNever enough (PS3) testing & adding .zstd compressed LInuux kernel module support!

    HTML:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqlkZLbN5Io


  • T2 Linux, updates - AMA: ps3, Sgi, Sun et al.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swZkTnDdqsc


    dNext PS3 RSX, Voodoo 3d bits and pieces!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlCG0DfXbk


    dLive PS3 Linux 5.2 testing!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9JjW8u3P1Y


    dPS3 Linux and general T2 open source work!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDxGe9P6Dfc


    dps3fb code review: how not to write a kernel video driver!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGgfFUdIEEY


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  • PS3 Linux: something upstream broken again :-/

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8B5xbbRlyg


    dPS3 Proof-of-Concept boot & hardware cursor, ..! ;-)

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S_QP3aPCBE


    dPS3: Hardware cursor! aka DIY coding X drivers, ...

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PDHAWIO_go


    dRare Debug (Tool) PS3? Or scammed?? And if: Does it work???

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBh-pJYl9Ps


    dLinux on the DECR-1400 PS3 was not that easy, ...

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhWZhv27zsQ


    dWe have Linux, twice the problems and decisions to make, ...

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_mIsq6I344


    dAnother night, another PS3 livestream!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elqGh9JMfkM


    dLight video driver code review, incl. PS3 HDCP bits

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYugVFR5xJc


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  • PS3 livestream test! [1] ;-)

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pziAhJ_kWxA


    dPS3 livestream test! [2] ;-)!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7qjCCYSbIY


    dPS3 livestream test! [3] ;-)

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sef3lF-HdY


    dHopefully more PS3 Linux stuff for real!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkYBqk-puw0



  • PS3 RSX Sunday: continuing to update and re-basing code

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkFCOUMHEpU


    dPS3 Linux RSX GPU exception low-level test live stream ;-)!

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4DD956xMeY


    dDiscussing more Nvidia RSX GPU secrets ;-)

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el4Byx5dDkw




  • The next PS3 NVidia RSX accelerated X.org steps

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_NazUnD_u8
    Hope to get 2D exa stable in January, and for 3D we would probably best of sharing and re-using the existing nouveau, libdrm, mesa3d, hope that is possible and not too different, ..!?

    See Next Tab in article for all the details/video's from last month's progress

    Size optimizing T2 Linux, e.g for the PS3, on flights thru Europe!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhsLDAe3ddM


    dPS3: finally a small enough and (hopefully) working t2 Linux installer!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrCppgWK3AQ


    dPS3 Linux X.org driver source & kernel patch update!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0THbSt1tFE

  • Let's talk PS3 plans, test Nouveau and Intel i915 details
    Code:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqH21-KcFzU
    So much to do in 24h days, let's talk and mentally prepare for the PS3 work, and also test OpenSource Nouveau and Intel graphic details to help make all the driver details great again! You can support me on: https://www.patreon.com/renerebe or w/ Amazon purchases: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie...e=9325&index=electronics&keywords=playstation


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    Update (11/15/2018) - Another New Video Released.
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    DarkMode testing: 1st new ppc64 t2/linux build on my PS3 in a decade!

    Code:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSz73BVhJ10

    Another PS3 session at night: to publish a new full t2/linux ISO we first need to make sure our latest, greatest SVN trunk:HEAD actually does

    dUpdate (11/16/2018) - Third Video Released.
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    Latest T2/Linux Kernel: 4.19.2 running on the PS3 (plus a bit of "live coding" too)!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgktHdfhw4g

    dUpdate (11/18/2018) - Fourth Video Released.
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    T2 PPC64: Linux Proof of concept PS3 Installer Testing!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y6gZDBzzBM
    To distribute new PS3/Linux builds we also need a way for you to install it, so let's quickly do some proof of concept testing how to get bootable PS3 ISO ;-)

    Only for experts who know what they are doing, better wait another week for a more feature rich re-build: updated fully cross compiled minimal desktop ISO: http://dl.t2sde.org/binary/2018/t2-minimal-desktop-ppc64-r47313_cd1.iso (updated ISO untested though, too much TODO)

    -via René Rebe > > > SOURCE

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    Update (11/22/2018) - Fifth Video Released.
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    Building a higher performance: 32-bit PPC64 T2/Linux system for the PS3!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qogq_h8frsM
    To have a more memory optimized 32-bit #t2sde system for you to play along and install at home, let's see how long we need to code a special 32-bit default user-land option to the PowerPC64 script config code of our #t2sde.


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    Update (11/30/2018) - Sixth Video Released.
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    Coding a smaller T2/Linux installer: for the PS3 & other vintage systems!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07QUTcgsO7E
    As we could not install T2 on the PS3 with our regular installer image, let's finally fix and rework the small installer image to support such and older vintage systems with even less memory.


Developer's YouTube Channel: youtube.com/.......
Support the dev @: https://www.patreon.com/renerebe
Thanks to @Neal Cullum for the alert :)
 
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Messaged Rene to see where the PS3 work progression is going and this is his reply:-

wenn I feel like it. Also did you test the t2 build? I got very little feedback, and actually more questions to help getting it running on Gentoo or Debian. Which is to say not very motivating.


I haven't tested T2 build myself as i am a complete noob when it comes to Linux OS. I hope he doesn't lose all motivation for this it would be a shame.
 
Yeah I don't know Linux from my ass or a hole in the ground. A through and through windows guy. Only real experience I have with Linux is setting up my DreamPI to get my Dreamcast online for multiplayer games over modern net. So I am afraid I won't know where to start to help give feedback to this.
 
Messaged Rene to see where the PS3 work progression is going and this is his reply:-

wenn I feel like it. Also did you test the t2 build? I got very little feedback, and actually more questions to help getting it running on Gentoo or Debian. Which is to say not very motivating.


I haven't tested T2 build myself as i am a complete noob when it comes to Linux OS. I hope he doesn't lose all motivation for this it would be a shame.

I hope he goes a little further and get some help from Linux testers. I haven't tried to install Linux yet on my ps3 although I'd like to try it at some point in the future.
 
He is interested in obtaining a PS3 Reference Tool model. However, he is hesitating because:
1. He doesn't have that much money (the price is up there)
2. He is not sure if OtherOS will run

Also, apparently hundreds of people unsubscribed.

If you have a reference tool, you might want to make him an offer.

Also, apparently Linux upstream changes are breaking stuff. This is why the binutils version of my PS2 toolchain is stuck.
 
Yeah it is very unfortunate he mentioned that hundreds of people unsubscribed to him since December. It is most likely people who were only interested in PS3 HW Acceleration and not interested in his other technical videos.

But hey, 2 live stream videos in the same day is pretty great. Hopefully he stays motivated to continue work on it.
 
Yeah it is very unfortunate he mentioned that hundreds of people unsubscribed to him since December. It is most likely people who were only interested in PS3 HW Acceleration and not interested in his other technical videos.

But hey, 2 live stream videos in the same day is pretty great. Hopefully he stays motivated to continue work on it.

I unsubscribed a while ago.

To me, it was quite underwhelming, lack of viable content, too long of delays between releases, other subjects i lacked interest in, etc. Props to him for trying tho...
 
I unsubscribed a while ago.

To me, it was quite underwhelming, lack of viable content, too long of delays between releases, other subjects i lacked interest in, etc. Props to him for trying tho...
That's the cold hard truth,i feel the same.
I salute him for his work,I wish him success ;)
 
I was curious to know one thing ... what will be the effect of hardware acceleration in general? in games for example ... I do not own a PS3 CFW, I just asked out of curiosity.:D
 

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