Subject: Re: SONY PlayStation port
To: None <ghost@ghost-wolf.com>
From: Noriyuki Soda <soda@sra.co.jp>
List: tech-ports
Date: 08/12/2004 04:30:12
>>>>> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:47:20 +0200 (CEST), ghost@ghost-wolf.com said:
> I'm got a sugestion on port NetBSD to SONY PlayStation aka. PSone.
> I've seen in a ad for PSone that they conected a cellphone to it and I
> figgured that you could do someting useful with it, like surf the net.
> Now I wonder if it is posible to port NetBSD to PSone. I dont have a clue
> if it is posible becouse of my lack of experience. So I wonder if you
> could give the specs a quick look and guess if it is possible.
IIRC, PlayStation one doesn't have MMU (memory management unit,
the hardware for virtual memory), and NetBSD doesn't support machines
systems which don't have MMU at least for now.
I don't say it's impossible, but it's most hardest to do.
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soda