Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-10-21 Thread Frank S. Thomas
tags 437326 + fixed-upstream thanks Hi Thibaut, Thanks to David Anderson it is now possible to specify arbitrary many alternate platforms in cc_config.xml with the element which is a direct child of the element: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/13918 This change will appear in BOIN

Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-10-18 Thread Frank S. Thomas
Hi Thibaut, On Monday 15 October 2007, Thibaut VARENE wrote: > I unfortunately couldn't test this patch last weekend but it certainly > looks good to me. Given the size of the diff, I'd say if it worked for > your there's no reason it wouldn't work for me ;) > > I'll try to test it later this week

Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-10-15 Thread Thibaut VARENE
On 10/11/07, Thibaut VARENE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/11/07, Frank S. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Frank, > > patch. I've tested it with a i686-pc-linux-gnu client, after adding > > windows_intelx86 to the > element in > > cc_config.xml and attaching PrimeGrid (which only offers

Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-10-11 Thread Thibaut VARENE
On 10/11/07, Frank S. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Thibaut, Hi Frank, I just had a look at the code and specifying an alternate platform in the > cc_config.xml is possible in only three lines of code, see the attached Excellent news! patch. I've tested it with a i686-pc-linux-gnu

Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-10-11 Thread Frank S. Thomas
Hi Thibaut, On Sunday 16 September 2007, Thibaut VARENE wrote: > On 9/16/07, Frank S. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, so a good solution for your problem would be, if it were possible to > > set the platform name, which uses the client for identification, in the > > client's configuratio

Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-09-16 Thread Thibaut VARENE
On 9/16/07, Frank S. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Thibaut, Hi Frank, > On Thursday 30 August 2007 20:33:30 Thibaut VARENE wrote: > > The reason why I think the boinc approach of hardcoding everything > > into the client is broken by design is because many platforms can > > actually exec

Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-09-16 Thread Frank S. Thomas
Hi Thibaut, On Thursday 30 August 2007 20:33:30 Thibaut VARENE wrote: > The reason why I think the boinc approach of hardcoding everything > into the client is broken by design is because many platforms can > actually execute 'foreign' code: > > G5/PPC750 ('powerpc') and later can execute ppc and

Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-08-30 Thread Thibaut VARENE
Hi Frank, On 8/30/07, Frank S. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Thibaut, > > On Saturday 11 August 2007, Thibaut VARENE wrote: > > It would be nice if the ppc boinc client could somehow let the user > > declare 'powerpc64-ps3-gnu-linux' when they're running linux on a PS3 > > (assuming they

Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-08-30 Thread Frank S. Thomas
Hi Thibaut, On Saturday 11 August 2007, Thibaut VARENE wrote: > It would be nice if the ppc boinc client could somehow let the user > declare 'powerpc64-ps3-gnu-linux' when they're running linux on a PS3 > (assuming they know what they're doing ;) Since BOINC 5.10 it is possible to declare an alt

Bug#437326: boinc-client: please support PS3 platform

2007-08-11 Thread Thibaut VARENE
Package: boinc-client Version: 5.10.8-1 Severity: wishlist It would be nice if the ppc boinc client could somehow let the user declare 'powerpc64-ps3-gnu-linux' when they're running linux on a PS3 (assuming they know what they're doing ;) I'm fairly convinced the way the binary hardcodes its pl