[Cbe-oss-dev] ps3-linux.git: legacy bootloader hack to be removed

[Geoff Levand]

On 09/11/2007 10:44 PM, Geoff Levand wrote:
> After linux-2.6.23 is released I will remove the hack that allows
> the ps3-linux.git kernel to be loaded from linux-2.6.16 based bootloaders.
> 
> All users of ps3-linux.git will need to update to a linux-2.6.23
> based bootloader.  To check the bootloader version, from the kboot
> prompt type:
> 
>   uname -rv
> 
> 
> The latest kboot is here:
> 
>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/kboot-20070831.bld
> 
> From Linux, use commands like these to update:
> 
>   other-os-flash-util /dev/ps3flash kboot-20070831.bld
> 
> Or:
> 
>   ps3-flash-util -w kboot-20070831.bld
> 
> Or use the other os installer of the game os.
> 
> 
> For reference, the patch that will be removed is here:
> 
>   http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux-patches.git;a=blob_plain;f=ps3-hacks/ps3-legacy-bootloader-hack.diff


commit 96fc8a4: [PS3] Remove ps3-legacy-bootloader-hack.diff

The 2.6.16 kboot will no longer boot ps3-linux.git kernels.

-Geoff