[ydl-gen] PS3 Wifi on YDL.net Enhanced Howto

[John Dey]

Its also nice to have wireless working.  I am a little confused and  
maybe you can assist.  yum has kernel version 2.6.20.  Does that  
version have wireless capabilities.  If not when will the patches be  
added?  Thanks.

John Dey
On May 1, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Owen Stampflee wrote:

> 1. Update the firmware on your PS3
> 	This can be achieved from GameOS with the Software Update function
> 	in settings.
>
> 2. Download the new PS3 wifi enabled kernel:
> 	URL:  
> http://ydl.net/enhanced/updates/yellowdog-5.0/RPMS/kernel-ps3-2.6.16 
> -20070425.ydl.3.ppc64.rpm
>
> 3. Install the new kernel
> 	rpm -ivh /path/to/kernel-ps3-2.6.16-20070425.ydl.3.ppc64.rpm
>
> 4. Edit /etc/kboot.conf
> 	Take your default kernel line, and make a copy of it and then modify
> 	the original line to point to the new kernel.
>
> 	For example, if your default kernel line is:
> 		ydl='/dev/sda1:/vmlinux-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.2ps3  
> initrd=/dev/sda1:/initrd-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.2ps3.img root=/dev/sda2  
> video=ps3fb:mode:3 rhgb'
>
> 	The new section would like this:
> 		ydl='/dev/sda1:/vmlinux-2.6.16-20070425.ydl.3ps3  
> initrd=/dev/sda1:/initrd-2.6.16-20070425.ydl.3ps3.img root=/dev/sda2  
> init=/sbin/init video=ps3fb:mode:3 rhgb'
> 		oldydl='/dev/sda1:/vmlinux-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.2ps3  
> initrd=/dev/sda1:/initrd-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.2ps3.img root=/dev/sda2  
> video=ps3fb:mode:3 rhgb'
>
> Where oldydl is your original kernel.
>
> 5. Reboot
>
> 6. Configuring Wireless
> 	a) Unplug the ethernet cable, eth0 is both the wired and wireless
> 	   Ethernet port on PS3s.
> 	b) Launch system-config-network (Network in the Settings menu)
> 	c) Delete the eth0 (gelic_net) interface.
> 	d) Create a Wireless connection.
> 	e) You may now configure that wireless connection as you would with
> 	   other YDL versions. One note here that confused me when I did this
>            was that the ESSID specified as "Auto", when I actually  
> needed to
> 	   remove that and select the Auto radio button.
> 	f) You can now activate the interface.
>
> 7. Enjoy your new wireless enabled PS3.
>
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