Using MINI...
Posted by Daid
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Using MINI... July 28, 2009 05:36PM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 379 |
As anyone outside of the hackmii team tried to use MINI already?
The ARM code is there, but there is nothing for the powerpc side. Which is kind of a shame.
(http://hackmii.com/2009/05/mini-source-code/ - "Source code for the PowerPC part is not included yet but we will add an example PowerPC project during the next few days." never happend)
I don't own an USBGekko. So debugging mini would be a bit hard for me, I have experience with micro-controllers without much output. So if I can get powerpc code to boot and just poke the video hardware in displaying something I would be ready to do more.
Right now as I see it, the bootmii boot2 starts the /bootmii/armboot.bin file, which loads the /bootmii/ppcboot.elf file. As elf files contain a start address and everything I don't think it would be that hard to get something to run. So by grabbing some files from libogc and remove everything that communicates with the IOS I think you could get a long way.
But instead of trying to reinvent the wheel I'm wondering if anyone has done something already.
The ARM code is there, but there is nothing for the powerpc side. Which is kind of a shame.
(http://hackmii.com/2009/05/mini-source-code/ - "Source code for the PowerPC part is not included yet but we will add an example PowerPC project during the next few days." never happend)
I don't own an USBGekko. So debugging mini would be a bit hard for me, I have experience with micro-controllers without much output. So if I can get powerpc code to boot and just poke the video hardware in displaying something I would be ready to do more.
Right now as I see it, the bootmii boot2 starts the /bootmii/armboot.bin file, which loads the /bootmii/ppcboot.elf file. As elf files contain a start address and everything I don't think it would be that hard to get something to run. So by grabbing some files from libogc and remove everything that communicates with the IOS I think you could get a long way.
But instead of trying to reinvent the wheel I'm wondering if anyone has done something already.
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Re: Using MINI... November 11, 2009 09:23AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 234 |
so I dont see an answer to the OP's question. and i have the same one. what must i do to be able to compile source code into a .elf that mini can run? i already have the full devkit setup. are there anything else needed to install? and do i need to declare a different environmental variable? or maybe a quick start guide posted anywhere would be great.
EDIT>>>
ok. i found my answer. i hope this helps somebody else... [hackmii.com]
just create a directory, set the environmental variable, and then run the script mentioned in the article. i had to modify the script because my linux box isnt online. so i just downloaded the files described in it and extracted them to the right directories. then cut out those lines in the script and run it with " both" after it. 10 minutes later it finished and i am ready to play.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/2009 02:22PM by giantpune.
EDIT>>>
ok. i found my answer. i hope this helps somebody else... [hackmii.com]
just create a directory, set the environmental variable, and then run the script mentioned in the article. i had to modify the script because my linux box isnt online. so i just downloaded the files described in it and extracted them to the right directories. then cut out those lines in the script and run it with " both" after it. 10 minutes later it finished and i am ready to play.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/2009 02:22PM by giantpune.
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