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

[Geoff Levand]

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 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

-Geoff