NetBSD on PS3

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Ok, here i will start porting NetBSD to PS3 OtherOS++.
It would be cool to have another BSD on PS3.
Special thanks to Makoto Fujiwara and Tsubai Masanari for porting NetBSD to PS3.
Any help is welcome. Come on BSD fans, let us run NetBSD on PS3.
It is still work in progress and i'm not able to run NetBSD on PS3 yet.

Obtaining Source Code

cd /usr
export CVS_RSH="ssh"
export CVSROOT="[email protected]:/cvsroot"
cvs checkout -A -P src
ftp ftp://nandra.segv.jp/pub/NetBSD/ps3/ps3-111111.tar.gz

Building the Toolchain

I must say the toolchain is really super done. Linux really sucks in comparison with NetBSD or FreeBSD regarding toolchain and cross-compiling.

cd /usr/src
mv sys/arch/powerpc ~
tar xvzf ps3-111111.tar.gz
patch -p0 < build.sh.patch
patch -p0 < elf_machdep.h.patch
mkdir /usr/obj
cd tools
sh ./mkheaderlist.sh
cd ..
./build.sh -m ps3 -a powerpc64 tools

===> Tools built to /usr/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64 ===> build.sh ended: Sat Jan 7 15:34:30 CET 2012 ===> Summary of results:

        build.sh command:    ./build.sh -m ps3 -a powerpc64 tools
        build.sh started:    Sat Jan  7 15:23:22 CET 2012
        NetBSD version:      5.99.59
        MACHINE:             ps3
        MACHINE_ARCH:        powerpc64
        Build platform:      NetBSD 5.1 amd64
        HOST_SH:             /bin/sh
        No $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake, needs building.
        Bootstrapping nbmake
        TOOLDIR path:        /usr/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64
        DESTDIR path:        /usr/src/obj/destdir.ps3
        RELEASEDIR path:     /usr/src/obj/releasedir
        Created /usr/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64/bin/nbmake
        Updated makewrapper: /usr/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64/bin/nbmake-ps3
        Tools built to /usr/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64
        build.sh ended:      Sat Jan  7 15:34:30 CET 2012

Compiling Kernel

Modify Tsubai Masanari's source code to use current powerpc infrastructure of NetBSD else no chance that NetBSD will accept our port. Tsubai Masanari's source code uses powerpc64 arch which is NOT present in NetBSD source. Everything is in powerpc arch. Currently, NetBSD supports 64bit PowerPC arch only in 64bit bridge mode, that means 32bit kernel and user-space. 64bit bridge mode won't work on CELL cpu. It is not supported.

cd /usr/src
patch -p0 < PS3.patch
patch -p0 < cpu.h.patch
patch -p0 < pio.h.patch
patch -p0 < cpu_counter.h.patch
patch -p0 < spr.h.patch
patch -p0 < altivec.c.patch
patch -p0 < cpufunc.h.patch
patch -p0 < powerpc_machdep.c.patch
patch -p0 < cpu_970.c.patch
patch -p0 < fpu.c.patch
patch -p0 < trap.c.patch
patch -p0 < ps3pic.c.patch
patch -p0 < vuart.c.patch
patch -p0 < clock.c.patch
patch -p0 < extintr.c.patch
patch -p0 < machdep.c.patch
patch -p0 < pmap.h.patch
patch -p0 < pmap.c.patch
patch -p0 < ps3av_cmd.c.patch
patch -p0 < if_gelic.c.patch
cd sys/arch/ps3/conf
/usr/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64/bin/nbconfig PS3
cd ../compile/PS3
export PATH=/usr/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64/bin:$PATH
/usr/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64/bin/nbmake-ps3 depend
/usr/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64/bin/nbmake-ps3 NOGCCERROR=1
file netbsd

netbsd: ELF 64-bit MSB executable, 64-bit PowerPC or cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV),

   statically linked, for NetBSD 5.99.59, not stripped

Compiling Loader

cd /usr/src
patch -p0 < Makefile.patch
patch -p0 < start.S.patch
patch -p0 < boot.c.patch
patch -p0 < gelic.c.patch
patch -p0 < devopen.c.patch
cd sys/arch/ps3/stand/boot
/usr/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64/bin/nbmake-ps3 depend
/usr/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-5.1-amd64/bin/nbmake-ps3 NOGCCERROR=1 LIBCRT0= LIBC= LIBCRTBEGIN= LIBCRTEND=
file boot.elf

boot.elf: ELF 64-bit MSB executable, 64-bit PowerPC or cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV),