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!


    d​

  • PS3 Linux development & testing time!


    dMore PS3 & SPARC64 Linux kernel and distribution development!


    d​

  • 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!

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

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

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

    dSomewhat PS3 related T2 Linux development livestream!

    HTML: 
    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" ;-)

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

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

    HTML: 
    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.

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

    dNext PS3 RSX, Voodoo 3d bits and pieces!

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

    dLive PS3 Linux 5.2 testing!

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

    dPS3 Linux and general T2 open source work!

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

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

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

    d​


  • PS3 Linux: something upstream broken again :-/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    dAnother night, another PS3 livestream!

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

    dLight video driver code review, incl. PS3 HDCP bits

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

    d​



  • PS3 livestream test! [1] ;-)

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

    dPS3 livestream test! [2] ;-)!

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

    dPS3 livestream test! [3] ;-)

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

    dHopefully more PS3 Linux stuff for real!

    HTML: 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkYBqk-puw0
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  • PS3 RSX Sunday: continuing to update and re-basing code

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

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

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

    dDiscussing more Nvidia RSX GPU secrets ;-)

    HTML: 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el4Byx5dDkw
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  • The next PS3 NVidia RSX accelerated X.org steps​

    HTML: 
    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, ..!?
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    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!
    HTML: 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhsLDAe3ddM

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

    dPS3 Linux X.org driver source & kernel patch update!
    HTML: 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0THbSt1tFE
    The linux kernel patches: https://svn.exactcode.de/t2/trunk/architecture/powerpc64/package/linux/ the xf86-video-ps3: https://github.com/rxrbln/xf86-video-ps3
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  • 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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    d    Update (11/15/2018) - Another New Video Released.
    d    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
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    dUpdate (11/16/2018) - Third Video Released.
    d    Latest T2/Linux Kernel: 4.19.2 running on the PS3 (plus a bit of "live coding" too)!
    HTML: 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgktHdfhw4g
    dUpdate (11/18/2018) - Fourth Video Released.
    d    T2 PPC64: Linux Proof of concept PS3 Installer Testing!
    HTML: 
    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 ;-)
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    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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    d    Update (11/22/2018) - Fifth Video Released.
    d    Building a higher performance: 32-bit PPC64 T2/Linux system for the PS3!
    HTML: 
    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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    d    Update (11/30/2018) - Sixth Video Released.
    d    Coding a smaller T2/Linux installer: for the PS3 & other vintage systems!
    HTML: 
    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.
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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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Anthonyy817
Yes he just posted it to his comments in the past 2 hours! I am going to be trying this out! I am such a damn noob when it comes to Linus though, so hopefully I can figure out my way around this. Thinking about using a spare 80GB HDD for this if I can from another parts PS3 I have laying around.
 
Coro
Anthonyy817 said:
Yes he just posted it to his comments in the past 2 hours! I am going to be trying this out! I am such a damn noob when it comes to Linus though, so hopefully I can figure out my way around this. Thinking about using a spare 80GB HDD for this if I can from another parts PS3 I have laying around.
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i plan to try when i get more hotspot data. i would recommend run from (or install to) usb for now. it is kinda confusing to get it on hdd. you need a special otheros pup to and scrpts to make partiton for linux. also make sure you use correct petiboot (there is one for NAND and one for NOR).
 
uyjulian
This command that he mentioned in one of his videos is a nice command.
Code: 
rsync -artvtP sourcefile1 sourcefile2... destinationfolder/
It will checksum the parts of files that have changed, and will only write the changed portions of files. Great if you are constantly writing updates (such as a new build of a homebrew for testing) to a device with limited writes such as USB flash drive or SSD.

I also recommend using a USB KVM so you can switch the USB flash drive between PC and the other device without wear and tear on the USB port.
 
BeaterEngineering
Human language, please? So, person like me who doesn't know about this kind of thing "programming" will understand what's already happening with this project? Thanks :)
 
Anthonyy817
Do you know what a graphical processor is? Lets use PC as an analog here. PC graphics cards need drivers created to utilize the hardware, otherwise you have to try and render graphics all on the CPU, which is pretty shit. Think early 90's PC games. Once graphics cards came out, people could accelerate the graphics on games like Quake and overall give it much nicer rendered graphics. Now, this will do NOTHING for current PS3 games, as those are on GameOS, but for Linux in OtherOS this is basically giving the RSX graphics chip custom graphics processor drivers. Which it ultimately needs in order to do any kind of graphical intensive work.

So this will allow us to have some real 3D graphics PC games that were ported to Linux possibly natively running in PS3? This might prove difficult with some newer games like Quake 4 and Doom 3 since games of that era even on PS3 natively had to be optimized specifically for the hardware. But older ported PC games on Linux should hopefully work, as well as the possibility for more graphically impressive homebrew.

I am sorry if I lost you, I tried to explain this in layman's terms as much as possible but you know how difficult it can be to get people to understand technical stuff if they are not technically inclined. Hopefully that helps you understand a bit better.
 
BeaterEngineering
Anthonyy817 said:
Do you know what a graphical processor is? Lets use PC as an analog here. PC graphics cards need drivers created to utilize the hardware, otherwise you have to try and render graphics all on the CPU, which is pretty shit. Think early 90's PC games. Once graphics cards came out, people could accelerate the graphics on games like Quake and overall give it much nicer rendered graphics. Now, this will do NOTHING for current PS3 games, as those are on GameOS, but for Linux in OtherOS this is basically giving the RSX graphics chip custom graphics processor drivers. Which it ultimately needs in order to do any kind of graphical intensive work.

So this will allow us to have some real 3D graphics PC games that were ported to Linux possibly natively running in PS3? This might prove difficult with some newer games like Quake 4 and Doom 3 since games of that era even on PS3 natively had to be optimized specifically for the hardware. But older ported PC games on Linux should hopefully work, as well as the possibility for more graphically impressive homebrew.

I am sorry if I lost you, I tried to explain this in layman's terms as much as possible but you know how difficult it can be to get people to understand technical stuff if they are not technically inclined. Hopefully that helps you understand a bit better.
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Thank you for explaining what is happening with this project in non-technical way.
 
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