[ydl-gen] So, PS3

[Ted Goranson]

>Not sure your definition of radically different architecture, but ydl
>has run on Old World Macs, NuBus Macs, Total Impact Bricks, Amiga, Genesi
>Pegosos I & II, New World Macs (G3, G4, G5, SMP and Dual Core), Mercury
>Blade Center, Themis TPPC64, etc...

So, single-chip paradigm architectures... and you really don't see 
the difference between these and the Cell? And it isn't that Linux 
runs on the new chip, it is that it can manage task assignment from 
programs on top of linux.

>You lost me here.  Aside from a working kernel, tool chain, desktop,
>and all the source code, what else do hackers need?

Help and advise to take whatever stack they use on the old paradigm 
machines and optimize them for this new paradigm. Ownershop or at 
least encouragement of a community.

Specific recommendation: a mailing list with folks on it who know the 
architecture and what was done to the kernel and perhaps some 
octopiler guys. Maybe someone from the Y-HPC end Purpose of the list: 
to help folks working on language and database tools to take 
advantage of this new design.

-T
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