Avoid IOS Reloading

Since HBC 1.07, it is possible to avoid the IOS reloading with a tag in the meta xml.

I want to use that in order to take the advantage of the AHBPROT. But, i'm debugging my soft using Wiiload (so no meta.xml).
Is there an other method to keep the AHBPROT?

Thx

IOS_ReloadIOS(58);

No, i want to avoid this.
If I reload under the IOS58, i will loast the full hardware access (AHBPROT setted by the HBC).

I know that i can put the tag in the meta.xml, but i won't use it in the dubegging phase with wiiload.....
Is it possible to do the same as with c/c++ code?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/2010 01:39PM by arasium.

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Isn't AHBPROT part of IOS 58? ( I mean, if it wasn't, DOP-Mii: WiiBrew Edition wouldn't work - We IOS_ReloadIOS() all the time...).

In the case of DOP-MII, you install legal signed ioses, and you don't need any special thing to do that. This will work without the AHBPROT setted by the HBC (this is working with older versions of the HBC).

But i think it's the HBC wich set the AHBPROT with the good value, and IOS_Reloading should remove that. The pb is that i need a full DVD access and i need the AHBPROT to do that (i don't want to use any illegal cios here).

IOS_Reload should indeed remove HW_AHBPROT flags because it changes the title ID currently running AFAIK, which resets the flags or whatever. When programs are sent via WiiLoad, they have HW_AHBPROT set automatically, and the IOS won't be reloaded before the program is run, so provided your app doesn't reload IOS, it'll be there.

And Arikado: HW_AHBPROT is nothing to do with IOS58. Its a byte in the TMD of HBC set to a particular value that means that when the title is loaded, HW_AHBPROT flags are set. IOS58 is used so USB2.0 is available too. In conjunction with HW_AHBPROT, this allows a lot of stuff that previously needed patched IOS.

It's not that HBC "sets" AHBPROT - it's already set before it even loads as SirJar points out. So to not lose it you can add <no_ios_reload /> to meta.xml.

In answer to the original question, HBC will not reload IOS for wiiloaded apps, so that mimics the <no_ios_reload /> behavior.

Thank you.

Old versions of libogc always added an IOS_ReloadIOS(36) to all programs. To avoid this either update your libogc or add this function to your project:
s32 __IOS_LoadStartupIOS()
{
return 0;
}