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Re: SL support for the multi-core Cell Broadband Engine processor
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Mikhail Kompaniets <[log in to unmask]>
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Mikhail Kompaniets <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:06:59 +0300
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Hi,

As I know Cell/B.E. is based on IBM's Power architecture.

SL5x is now available only for Intel x86 and x86_64 architectures.

So there is no ready-to-use solution for you here.

Mikhail



Salamanka A. Serge пишет:
> Dear SL users and developers,
>
> Could you please tell whether SL 5.1 distribution supports the 
> multi-core Cell Broadband Engine processor.
>
> There is a need to choose and install OS for IBM BladeCenter QS21 
> which is based on Cell/B.E. processor. On the IBM web-site ( 
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/cell  ,tab downloads) it 
> is said that IBM BladeCenter QS21 is the only RHEL5.1-supported 
> execution platform and a modified version of the Fedora 7 Linux kernel 
> is provided for Cell/B.E. hardware.
>
> I suppose that SL5.1 is RHEL5.1, that is why it is safe install SL5.1 
> on this machine.
> Could you please verify.
> I will appreciate if anyone tells how to determine whether SL5.1 
> supports Cell/B.E. processor.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Please reply in a shortest time possible.
>
> Serge
> UIIP
> Minsk

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