[ydl-gen] VMware or Virtual box

[Andres Tello Abrego]

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I belive, VMware will not ever be supported on PS3, mainly, because
VMware is a full virtualization plataform, and needs that the
virtualized achitecture must be a set or subset of the host
architecture. So, that way you can be able to "simulate" a 486 over a
DualCore because each instruction can be maped to a new instruction.

SO, if you think, like an a translation layer, you would need a very
fast and smart VM to, not even map an instruction, but translate it and
interpret it, very fast.

To achieve this, you need a full software virtualization solution likes
Bochs, but it is slow as hell...

PS3 uses an Cell architecture, which is equal to none other architecture
of hardware... totally different from the x86 architecture you can find
at the consumer pc (including new macs)...




Derick Centeno wrote:
> Vmware is a proprietary product; you'll have to contact them as to how
> close they abide with or cooperate with GPL based systems such as YDL,
> or even if they are aware if their product will run within YDL.
>  
> As regards a Flash work alike, there is Gnash, which you can install via
> yum.  However I cannot address how Gnash works with Youtube.
> 
>  
> On 5/1/08, *Phillip Doheny* <phillipd at eircom.net
> <mailto:phillipd at eircom.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi there.  Just did the install of Yellow Dog on PS3.  Easiest Linux
>     install ever.   One of the first things I tried to do was install VMWARE
>     (don't ask why), but I got a message saying that VMWare won't run on
>     power processor.  Does anyone have any successful experience getting
>     VMWare, VirtualBox or even NXClient running on the PS3?
> 
>     One final issue - Youtube.  Flash won't work.....is there a workaround?
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