8th spe

[yayo]

Ok so does somebody know how we can make appear the 8th spe (or spu) in spu-top i mean i have unlocked it (thanks to the guy who find out that) but its not showing in spu-top ; why?

I have umount and mount again the spu's but still nothing.
The max i can get to show is 7 (go until 6 in spu-top)
Might it be dead in my case?

[master737373]

If you unlocked it in the syscon using Update Manager, then it's unlocked. 0 = 1.
But if that SPE fails anytime (it's not reliable), then you'll have a irreversible brick that can only be fixed with the help of IBM.
And trust me, if it was dead, you'd know.

[yayo]

Ok at least its not bricked so spe not broken.
But the thing is i get 7 (n°0-6) before unlocked the 8th.(the 7th disabled by LV1 but now we can easily get it with us by adding one arg to kboot.conf)
This one wich was with ps3dm_um is not showing up.
I mean should i have to kind of mount it or i don't know?

[master737373]

What did you use to unlock it? Did you use Update Manager using graf_chokolo's kernel.

[yayo]

Yes.
When i check now i get the expected result of 0x07.
But in spu-top or with a program that use spe's nothing more than number 0 to 6 so only 7 spe's in use or even detected?

[master737373]

As long as the check results in 0x07 then you're good to go. But like it said, the 8th SPE is prone to fail. If it does, you're done.

[yayo]

Yes thanks i get that already but the strange thing is even when i use a program wich use spe's computing and i give instruction to use 8 spe guess what??
Same result or computing power or whatever you call it the same ?/s are showing off.
And spu-top a tool that shows processes and kind of things like that show (only) 7 spe's at all not 8 so my guess was:
1/ spe dead
2/ something to do i don't know


edit: yes you right i guess and read its not reliable

[yayo]

So none knows or have experienced this issue apparently?

Ps: this is thor or master737373?? Lol