Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756036AbYFKWCR (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:02:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750904AbYFKWCF (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:02:05 -0400 Received: from mail-wa4.bigfish.com ([216.32.181.112]:3465 "EHLO mail86-wa4-R.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750746AbYFKWCE (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:02:04 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1870 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:02:04 EDT X-BigFish: VPS-12(zz7efV11e3izz10d3izzz2fh6bh61h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 0:0 X-MS-Exchange-Organization-Antispam-Report: OrigIP: 160.33.98.75;Service: EHS Message-ID: <48504408.8060905@am.sony.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:30:48 -0700 From: Geoff Levand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CC: Cell Broadband Engine OSS Development Subject: [announce] PS3 Linux Distributor's Starter Kit (v1.8) released References: <4581CA0C.20102@am.sony.com> <47A3AF1E.5040308@am.sony.com> In-Reply-To: <47A3AF1E.5040308@am.sony.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jun 2008 21:30:48.0950 (UTC) FILETIME=[6A8E2960:01C8CC0A] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2388 Lines: 90 An updated PS3 Linux Distributor's Starter Kit (v1.8) was released. The CD-ROM image CELL-Linux-CL_20080609-ADDON.iso (189 MiB) is here: ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/Sony-PS3/ http://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Sony-PS3/ The changes list follows. -Geoff ---------- v1.8 (2008/06/09 version) ALL o Following specs are changed - Update Linux kernel version to 2.6.25.4. This kernel is build from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.25.4.tar.bz2 and additional PS3 patches. Please refer to the 'patches' directory in 'src/linux-2.6.25.4-20080609.tar.bz2' for details. - Update perfmon2 to the latest version - Update the PS3 utilities to the latest version - Update kexec tools to the latest version Kboot o Following spec are changed - Update Linux kernel version to 2.6.25.4 - Update the PS3 utilities and kexec tools to the latest version Linux Kernel o Following specs are changed - The wireless ethernet now serves wlan0 instead of eth1. Both wired and wireless interfaces still share one MAC address, hence do not connect them to the same network segment. - The wireless ethernet now supports precise WPA(IE) information. PS3 system software version 2.20 or later is required for this. - Wake-on-LAN support has been added. PS3 system software version 2.20 or later is required for this. o Known problems - There's a bug in the CD-ROM media change code in kernel 2.6.25. Please access CD/DVD/BD media within 30 seconds after the media change, else I/O errors may occur. Library/Commands - Commands for perfmon2 are updated to the latest version - Kexec tools is updated to the latest version Documents - Wireless extension for GbE section of Linux Kernel Overview is updated - The descriptions for ps3-dump-bootloader and ps3-rtc-init command are added to Platform Specific Utilities. - "Linux Kernel Overview", "How to Use Linux on PS3", "Platform Specific Utilities", and "How to Enable Your Distro" have been updated. -EOF -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/