Unofficial hdld_svr 0.8.6 / 0.9.1 - Soft reset and BOOT.ELF loading

[JoeUser38]

Originally Posted by suloku

Afaik there never was a server for 0.8.6, the source I used is from 0.8.5.

And yes, it's also slower for me... the pad modules may consume memory which make the transfers slower maybe?

I need to try compiling the unmodified server and see if the problem is because compiling.

propered@:

Yes, they are defined in a header file externally to the server, I haven't checked if it's included. They are alias for some hex values corresponding to a 4 letter name (poweroff is "powx")

More likely it's consuming more CPU time checking for the buttons?

[JoeUser38]

I don't have a dev system for a PS2 (I've actually never done any programming for the PS2), but I THINK I managed to add a "reboot" command to hdl_dump. Could someone please extract the attached archive over the u8.6 source that suloku posted and recompile both hdl_dump.exe and hdld_svr.elf, and test it for me? I figured it might be easier just including the few files changed instead of trying to make a diff out of it (I wasn't sure what people had available for handling diff files).

Assuming I didn't miss anything and it compiles, the command is used just like the "poweroff" command, as in:

hdl_dump reboot 192.168.1.210
(substitute the appropriate IP address for your PS2, of course)

Oh, just as in the "poweroff", it does a flush before the reboot (most of it was copy/paste from the power off routines).

[suloku]

There's something wrong at client's side (for now). It crashes when calling the reboot command. I'll take a look (if I have time, I'm busy these days) but most probably I won't be able to find anything.

[slicer74]

Another good job here.

[suloku]

I "fixed" the client problems.

hio_dbg.c, hio_trace.c, hio_udpnet.c and hio_win32.c lacked some modifications.

What remains failing is server side. I tested using the init_shutdown(state) function for CMD_HIO_REBOOT, and it works, but it won't for init_reboot(state).

Currently server crashes (can't comunicate with client, neither reads pad input). I tried directly calling the reboot function ule uses (posted previously by Dlanor) but it gives the same behaviour. Maybe the function can't be called directly by an irx module?

[JoeUser38]

Originally Posted by suloku

I "fixed" the client problems.

hio_dbg.c, hio_trace.c, hio_udpnet.c and hio_win32.c lacked some modifications.

What remains failing is server side. I tested using the init_shutdown(state) function for CMD_HIO_REBOOT, and it works, but it won't for init_reboot(state).

Currently server crashes (can't comunicate with client, neither reads pad input). I tried directly calling the reboot function ule uses (posted previously by Dlanor) but it gives the same behaviour. Maybe the function can't be called directly by an irx module?

Ah, I see what I missed in those files. Makes perfect sense, especially in hio_udpnet.c, as it's the one that actually sends the commands to the server.

Question... is there a working toolchain for Windows Vista 64-bit? If so, which one, and how would I go about building it (unless there is one pre-built?). A link would be much appreciated. It'd be much easier to fix this if I had a working dev system here, and I'm finding I rather miss programming.

Also, I noticed there are #ifdefs to check if you are using Visual C... would it be worth it to re-install VS, or just go gcc for all of it?

[suloku]

Here's how to build it with mingw:

http://lukasz.dk/

I have a link somewhere with a precompiled mingw sdk which I think is up to date. I stored it to check it sometime but I just don't have the time

[JoeUser38]

Originally Posted by suloku

Here's how to build it with mingw:

http://lukasz.dk/

I have a link somewhere with a precompiled mingw sdk which I think is up to date. I stored it to check it sometime but I just don't have the time

I found building the toolchain for Vista 64bit to be a real pain, so I am now installing Gentoo under VMWare.

[propered]

thanks for the response...good wishes