New modified SMAP driver with FULL DMA support + HDL Dump svr 0.8.7

[fresh]

Best used over crossover or closed network

The optimum is a direct connection between ps2 and pc.
So the normal way is to use a crossed link cable...



Rgds.

[altimit]

Strange, my 50001/N does not like this unfortunately. Verified my network is set up correctly by using uLaunchELF NetFS/FTP, but as soon as I launch 0.9.2A the network vanishes. Another odd note is when I hit the power button, it instantly shuts down the hard drive, but the Blue eject light stays on, and perhaps the oddest thing I have ever seen, the power light turns red like normal, but then (within 500ms), yellow (?!) (both red and green LEDs on). It stays yellow until I reset the system either via power switch, power button, or eject button.

Edit: Both 0.9.2 and 0.9.2A do this. 0.8.7 seems to get a ping reply, and connect just fine (with older 0.8.3 hdl_dumb).
Speed on 0.8.7 is 1.5 MBps

My setup is a direct Cat5 Patch Cable between laptop and ps2.

Edit 2: Despite 0.8.7 working fine, it also does the yellow light thing.
Short video of yellow light: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv8i8EU7UTk

[fresh]

Strange, my 50001/N does not like this unfortunately. Verified my network is set up correctly by using uLaunchELF NetFS/FTP, but as soon as I launch 0.9.2A the network vanishes. Another odd note is when I hit the power button, it instantly shuts down the hard drive, but the Blue eject light stays on, and perhaps the oddest thing I have ever seen, the power light turns red like normal, but then (within 500ms), yellow (?!) (both red and green LEDs on). It stays yellow until I reset the system either via power switch, power button, or eject button.

Edit: Both 0.9.2 and 0.9.2A do this. 0.8.7 seems to get a ping reply, and connect just fine (with older 0.8.3 hdl_dumb).
Speed on 0.8.7 is 1.5 MBps

My setup is a direct Cat5 Patch Cable between laptop and ps2.

Edit 2: Despite 0.8.7 working fine, it also does the yellow light thing.
Short video of yellow light: ‪Yellow Light on PlayStation 2‬‏ - YouTube

Hi!

Have you read the thread?

One thing could be interesting:
As stated before try starting the network via ule and then try the 092a...



Rgds.

[altimit]

Hi!

Have you read the thread?

One thing could be interesting:
As stated before try starting the network via ule and then try the 092a...

Rgds.

Hi, thanks for the response. Yeah, I tried that. I remember having to do that with the original 0.9.0. As I said, the network will start in uLE, but as soon as either 0.9.2 are launched, the network seems to vanish. The PS2 stops responding to ping, and neither 0.8.3 or 0.9.0 hdl_dumb can connect.

0.8.7 and OPL's HDL Server both work normally, regardless of uLE's network state. Both give me a max of 1.5MBps.

[fresh]

Both give me a max of 1.5MBps.

Sure.
The optimized version is 0.9.2A...




Rgds.

[yoshi314]

my tests with 0.9.*

original 0.9.1
extraction ~3.66mb/s
installation ~3.1mb/s


0.9.2a
extraction ~3.85mb/s.
installation ~ 5.87mb/s; varies but drops at worst point down to 5.1mb/s.

i expected extraction to be much faster than installation with this version too. it seems it's not the case.

[SP193]

Strange, my 50001/N does not like this unfortunately. Verified my network is set up correctly by using uLaunchELF NetFS/FTP, but as soon as I launch 0.9.2A the network vanishes. Another odd note is when I hit the power button, it instantly shuts down the hard drive, but the Blue eject light stays on, and perhaps the oddest thing I have ever seen, the power light turns red like normal, but then (within 500ms), yellow (?!) (both red and green LEDs on). It stays yellow until I reset the system either via power switch, power button, or eject button.

Edit: Both 0.9.2 and 0.9.2A do this. 0.8.7 seems to get a ping reply, and connect just fine (with older 0.8.3 hdl_dumb).
Speed on 0.8.7 is 1.5 MBps

My setup is a direct Cat5 Patch Cable between laptop and ps2.

Edit 2: Despite 0.8.7 working fine, it also does the yellow light thing.
Short video of yellow light: ‪Yellow Light on PlayStation 2‬‏ - YouTube

That's... very bizarre. @_@
I can say that the issue is probably because of the SMAP driver - somehow something related to the DEV9 (The DEV9 interface, the SMAP and HDD) system isn't getting shut down properly.

The fat PS2 will not shut down when the software controlling the DEV9-related hardware does not give the green light for a power-off (So if the IOP of the PS2 freezes - the PS2 cannot be switched off without holding the power button for quite some time).

Is your console modified? Are you using an original Sony Network Adaptor?

Whatever that was, the connection issue will probably get fixed when I make a new driver setup based on the existing (PS2SDK) SMAP driver.

my tests with 0.9.*

original 0.9.1
extraction ~3.66mb/s
installation ~3.1mb/s


0.9.2a
extraction ~3.85mb/s.
installation ~ 5.87mb/s; varies but drops at worst point down to 5.1mb/s.

i expected extraction to be much faster than installation with this version too. it seems it's not the case.

Wow! 5.87MB/s (!)

The lack of improvement in extraction performance is probably because of the speed limitation of the IOP of the PS2 and how fast your HDD is. Another possible reason is that the extraction code for the HDL Dump server v0.9.2A isn't well optimized.

I only modified the SMAP and protocol handling code to accommodate the much higher rates of the SMAP driver with DMA support - so I have no idea how efficient HDL Dump server v0.9.x actually is.

But I can say that an extra ~300KB/s might be gained with some tweaks.

[altimit]

That's... very bizarre. @_@
I can say that the issue is probably because of the SMAP driver - somehow something related to the DEV9 (The DEV9 interface, the SMAP and HDD) system isn't getting shut down properly.

The fat PS2 will not shut down when the software controlling the DEV9-related hardware does not give the green light for a power-off (So if the IOP of the PS2 freezes - the PS2 cannot be switched off without holding the power button for quite some time).

Is your console modified? Are you using an original Sony Network Adaptor?

Whatever that was, the connection issue will probably get fixed when I make a new driver setup based on the existing (PS2SDK) SMAP driver.

FMCB and Offical NA, non-offical HDD though.

[yoshi314]

yellow light would come up for me in HDL, when i tried to power down the console as it was barely done scanning game list. or during intensive I/O in some games.

it usually means the hdd didn't have time to spin down/shut down properly.

i turn hdl server off remotely with poweroff command. i am not sure why wouldn't the networking work for you.

i have 50004 (if i remember correctly) and i am not having such issues.

i forgot to mention - the games install/extract properly and work fine. i will do some extra testing extracting and then installing the image again with a few big images to make sure.

[altimit]

I decided to try again today, but through my router instead of patched. So I started uLE networking, then loaded 0.9.2a from my HDD Apps folder. Instead of showing the default hdld_svr screen with the "Ready." etc, it just went blank, but the ping was still there. So I tried hdl_dumb 0.9.0 and it worked. My speed is about 1.6-1.9mB/s.