News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Hello hypervisor, I'm geohot (PS3 hacked by the guy who hacked the iPhone). Parent comment

Re:Hello hypervisor, I'm geohot (PS3 hacked by the guy who h... by gvb on Saturday January 23, 2010 @02:29PM (#1072265)
Whatever they wish to, within the limits of the PS3 hardware.

While the PS3 supports linux, it is run under a hypervisor which restricts its access to the RSX 'Reality Synthesizer,' the graphics processing unit (GPU). The Wikipedia entry also notes that "support for the "Other OS" install option was removed by Sony in the PS3 Slim."

References:

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_the_PlayStation_3

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSX_Reality_Synthesizer

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hello hypervisor, I'm geohot (PS3 hacked by the guy who h... by chrischen on Saturday January 23, 2010 @07:59PM (#1072737)
And even if you do have a linux-compatible PS3 it's pretty useless. It's tough to find a PowerPC compatible flash player that works for the PS3 so you can't even use it for Hulu (which is blocked in the regular PS3 browser).
[ Parent | on HN ]