Just tried the latest version of the mesa-cell driver on YDL 6.1 -- seems to be a little faster now ...
./glxinfo
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OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.2 on Cell
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.4
[bill@localhost xdemos]$ ./glxgears
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644 frames in 5.0 seconds = 128.645 FPS
639 frames in 5.0 seconds = 127.636 FPS
639 frames in 5.0 seconds = 127.791 FPS
627 frames in 5.0 seconds = 125.341 FPS
EDIT: oh, one more thing -- to compile I had to install two RPMs from Cell SDK 3.1:
cell-libs-devel-3.1-1.ppc.rpm
spu-simdmath-devel-3.1-1.ppc.rpm
I didn't go through the whole installation of Cell SDK 3.1, just extracted the .iso and installed using
rpm -ivh packagename (located in cellsdk3.1/rpms directory).
cell-libs-devel is "IBM Licensed Materials" so can't redistribute I guess:
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[bill@localhost ~]$ rpm -qi cell-libs-devel
Name : cell-libs-devel Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 3.1 Vendor: IBM Corporation
Release : 1 Build Date: Thu 18 Sep 2008 02:06:13 PM EDT
Install Date: Thu 12 Mar 2009 10:03:51 PM EDT Build Host: qdcx8664bld1.austin.ibm.com
Group : Cell Development Libraries Source RPM: cell-libs-3.1-1.src.rpm
Size : 3506473 License: IBM Licensed Materials
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 18 Sep 2008 03:18:40 PM EDT, Key ID 880659859ac02885
URL : http://www.ibm.com
Summary : IBM Cell Broadband Engine Libraries
Description :
IBM Cell Broadband Engine Libraries - ppu and spu libraries and headers
for development on native CBE
Name : cell-libs-devel Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 3.1 Vendor: IBM Corporation
Release : 1 Build Date: Thu 18 Sep 2008 02:06:31 PM EDT
Install Date: Thu 12 Mar 2009 10:04:00 PM EDT Build Host: qdcx8664bld1.austin.ibm.com
Group : Cell Development Libraries Source RPM: cell-libs-3.1-1.src.rpm
Size : 583994 License: IBM Licensed Materials
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 18 Sep 2008 03:18:42 PM EDT, Key ID 880659859ac02885
URL : http://www.ibm.com
Summary : IBM Cell Broadband Engine Libraries
Description :
IBM Cell Broadband Engine Libraries - ppu and spu libraries and headers
for development on native CBE
This one has BSD license though:
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[bill@localhost ~]$ rpm -qi spu-simdmath-devel
Name : spu-simdmath-devel Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 3.1 Vendor: IBM Corporation
Release : 1 Build Date: Thu 18 Sep 2008 02:01:34 PM EDT
Install Date: Thu 12 Mar 2009 10:14:24 PM EDT Build Host: qdcx8664bld1.austin.ibm.com
Group : Cell Development Libraries Source RPM: simdmath-3.1-1.src.rpm
Size : 1075207 License: BSD
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 18 Sep 2008 03:20:31 PM EDT, Key ID 880659859ac02885
URL : http://www.ibm.com
Summary : IBM Cell Broadband Engine SIMDMath Library
Description :
The Cell SDK SIMDMath contains math development libraries
Looks like it can be compiled without the Cell SDK on Ubuntu 8.10 intrepid ibex (newer version of gcc):
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubunt ... 00218.html