Hardware support belongs in the kernel. We're talking about another processor architecture which has historically always been shoved in. Would someone ask why MIPS support was added or why any number of other architectures was added that are rarely used (compared to x86)?
Now the better question is if someone can/will make a standardized PC with the Cell/proc. That is something I'd be more interested in. While the cell proc has some great features, I don't see a platform that I like yet. (Sorry a game box isn't a solid platform for the computing I want to do.)
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Hardware support belongs in the kernel. We're talking about another processor architecture which has historically always been shoved in. Would someone ask why MIPS support was added or why any number of other architectures was added that are rarely used (compared to x86)?
/proc. That is something I'd be more interested in. While the cell proc has some great features, I don't see a platform that I like yet. (Sorry a game box isn't a solid platform for the computing I want to do.)
Now the better question is if someone can/will make a standardized PC with the Cell