Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: [dttsp-linux] dttsp-ps3

[Robert McGwier]

Tom Rondeau wrote:
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> > address@hidden On Behalf Of Robert McGwier
> > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 1:50 AM
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> > Subject: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: [dttsp-linux] dttsp-ps3
> >
> > Both dttsp and gnuradio build on the PS3.  I managed to get everything
> > to install.  As I have always found with redhat/fedora installations,
> > what is absolutely seamless and without peer in Ubuntu is a royal pain
> > in the derriere with Fedora.  I had to add all of the PYTHONPATH, etc.
> > as usual and I had to roust about on the internet for ppc rpm's to
> > install wxGTK and wxPython since I was absolutely determined not to have
> > to build them.
> >
> > The audio system on the PS3 with Fedora and Alsa is a little odd.  I am
> > unable to address /dev/dsp in any meaningful way.   Portaudio correctly
> > calls the devices (running pa_devs) but all of the examples fail in
> > gnuradio-example/python/audio.  I modified several to attempt portaudio
> > and that failed.
> >
> > Make check failed in many places with a segmentation fault in run_tests.sh
> >
> > The build is slow because of the small memory so it would be nice to be
> > able to push off the component build to a remoted machine.
> >     
>
> Great stuff, Bob. When you say it's slow, about how long are you talking?
>
> Tom
>   
It took about 1/2 hour to build.  A huge amount of time was spent 
swapping like mad to do the swig wrap.  Everything else was speedy.

fftw enables altivec for fftwf and that does have an impact.

The Extigy is no real solution because it is USB 1.0.  If they had a 
firewire on the thing I would be doing freebob already.

Bob

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