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

[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 ppc64
> Cell ('powerpc') can execute ppc, ppc64 and cell code
> amd64 can execute i386 and x86_64 code
> ia64 can execute ia64, i386 and potentially hppa code
>
> and I'm sure more example like that will arise. I think the boinc
> client should leave the 'power user' tweak it as they see fit to
> execute whatever they'd like. After all, if they goof, the worst case
> is a segfault or a sigill ;)

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 
configuration file cc_config.xml, because the alternate platform mechanism is 
not applicable in your situation. Right?

Grüße,
Frank
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part.
Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-boinc-devel/attachments/20070916/e49abe87/attachment.pgp