Soulkiller.... what the hell is your point?
I know what toolchain is.
I asked if anyone managed to get the toolchain running on a playstation.
The toolchain - being oopo's toolchain release.
It makes sense in that you don't have to transport files to test it
But it also makes sense to install it onto a PC as a PC will run faster.
You are registered here for 19 months and your first post is a stupid one like that??
Or was there a real point to this?
You don't need the PS3 toolchain on a PS3 because you're not cross-compiling. Just use the built-in gcc. At least, that will get you PS3 Linux programs - I don't know what extra is needed to build OtherOS boot programs.
Like Jim said, a toolchain is for cross compiling. Because you are compiling right on the ps3 it wouldn't make sense to cross compile.
BTW: I created my acount a while back because I was going to get active here but things came up (back when I had a working psp). Now that I've got my ps3 I'm getting back into these forums (mainly been lurking in the shadows for the past month) because I really wana start programming for a console again.
A toolchain is just a chain of tools - for whatever target you're aiming at, including a native target - it isn't necessarily for cross platform development. Besides, the built-in gcc doesn't target the spu does it? So you need the spu toolchain to do anything interesting, and a cell-specific ppu toolchain so you can talk between the two.
gegenki, it was a while ago (4 months?), but for ubuntu i just downloaded the fedora rpm's and used alien to install them. I have no idea if the newer release has this stuff bundled or available on apt somewhere now. I installed SDK 2.1, but I see that 3.0 is now out. I didn't use it much but built custom spu code just fine.
Alright - thanks guys.
I just figured out this morning that they've added packages for Ubuntu gutsy. It wouldn't let me install onto feisty but I'm in the process of upgrading now.
