[hpsdr] PS3 support in Linux 2.6 - Cool!

[Eric Blossom]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 10:30:43AM -0500, Philip Covington wrote:
> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> 
> On 12/7/06, lyle johnson <kk7p at wavecable.com> wrote:
> > >>    We need to figure out  if we plan to support
> > >> the PS3 in our plans,  how we get data on and
> > >> off the Cell based computer.   So far as I have
> > >> been able to find, the PS3 does not
> > >> support USB (as in doesn't have it).
> >
> > All the specs I've read indicater 4 USB 2.0 ports in the
> > front and 2 more in the rear of the PS3.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Lyle KK7P
> >
> 
> Some more interesting PS3/Linux info at:
> 
> <http://felter.org/wesley/files/ps3/linux-20061110-docs/LinuxKernelOverview.html>
> 
> 73 de Phil N8VB

Interesting.  Particularly the part about the hypervisor and the so
called "security reasons" for disabling some of the ATAPI features.
Taking a not-so-wild shot in the dark, I assume that this is about
building seriously hostile DRM.

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/library/pa-cellsecurity

I wonder if the source for the hypervisor will be GPL'd?

The question as always, is who holds the root keys?
Can I zeroize the h/w security and reload self-generated keying material?
Can I build a system on top of this that protects _my_ interests?

I suspect the answers are in the manuals somewhere.  I haven't gotten
to that part yet.  Still working on how to take advantage of 200 GFLOPs ;)

73, Eric K7GNU

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