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pushpin · Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 6

I've been away for a while, is there a thread that sums up how to jump in with coding for the 1.0 Jap bios PSP? Start to finish, sort of like the tuts available for DS and GBA dev?

Sorry if this has been covered but its looking like lots of unorganized threads and no central wiki has been setup (and actually used).

I guess I'm also asking, what toolchain is everyone using?

blackdroid · Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 564 Location: Sweden

use the source. nem's hello world for example, you can use the ps2dev gcc toolchain. or something like this for latest binutils.

configure --target=mipsel-unknown-elf --prefix=/usr/local/pspdev

and this for gcc-4.0.0

configure --target=mipsel-unknown-elf --prefix=/usr/local/pspdev --enable-languages="c"

wich should work just fine, you will then have a r4k capable compiler, wich suits the core of the psp.
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Energy · Joined: 26 Mar 2005 Posts: 133 Location: uk/beds/flitwick

So getting started code-wise I'd start to build the PS2 toolchain...
http://ps2dev.org/kb.x?T=927

Then what? Soz I'm a similar newbie stage. All I've ever set up is the Dreamcast toolchain, which people had heavly documented.

blackdroid · Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 564 Location: Sweden

either download the ps2dev toolchain, or do as I said with the latest binutils and gcc-4.0 wich you can get from ftp.gnu.org.
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ooPo · Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 12:42 am Post subject:

Autobuild your own psp toolchain:

http://www.oopo.net/consoledev/files/psptoolchain-20050523.tgz

Energy · Joined: 26 Mar 2005 Posts: 133 Location: uk/beds/flitwick

th0mas · Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Canada

is there any advantage to that psptoolchain-20050523.tgz over the ee-gcc from the most recent ps2toolchain also on oopo's site?
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ooPo · Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 1:57 am Post subject:

Not much advantage at the moment, really...

mrbrown · Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 1536

ooPo · Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 2:08 am Post subject:

Well, all that yeah. :)

..but there isn't anything psp-specific added to the toolchain yet other than being compiled for the right mips processor, which is what I was getting at.

adresd · Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 43

Surely it is a benfit to get everone at least using the same version (and a current one at that) from the start.
It Will make a whole host of tasks less painful.. esp if you consider the ps2 case and lessons learnt from there.

Getting everyone using a single toolchain will also help iron out any problems in that one, and encourage people to add/fix it.

Just my 2 cents/yen/pounds/whatever

th0mas · Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Canada

better newlib support was what I was looking for, thanks.. iirc the ee-newlib didn't quite do the trick?
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t3ddY · Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 12 Location: The Netherlands

Now it's just a matter of time untill someone compiles that gcc for win32, together with some tools (bmp2c etc), nem's libs and a version of PSPE... That would be really cool :)

Energy · Joined: 26 Mar 2005 Posts: 133 Location: uk/beds/flitwick

t3ddY · Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 12 Location: The Netherlands

I'm using ee-g++ @ the moment for my c++ and i'm to lame to build a whole new cross compiled gcc dist :)

CoreCZ · Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 8 Location: UMD Drive

I installed ps2dev win32 enviroment that contains most of the tools.

So now I am stuck on creating the .bat which compiles the sources?

I have the compilers and sources, I just don't know how to make the bat which compiles it?, Any ideas?

Soz if it sounds like a n00b question its pretty hard to understand most of this as I am only 14 years old=)

Energy · Joined: 26 Mar 2005 Posts: 133 Location: uk/beds/flitwick

ooPo · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 12:12 am Post subject:

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0xdeadface · Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 62

Did anyone manage to compile the 4.0.0 toolchain for DOS/windows?

My knowledge of Linux/cygwin/doIknowWhat is limited to ls :o\

(I know "well there's a job for *you* 0xdf' but....well, yeah, have to give it a shot)

0xdf

Squall333 · Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 91

I treid to d/l binutils-2.13.2.1-EE.diff but the link seems to be dead is there anywhere else i can get it?

ooPo · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:27 am Post subject:

http://home.oopo.net/binutils-2.13.2.1-EE.diff

Older patches and toolchain script can be found in:

http://www.oopo.net/consoledev/files/ps2toolchain-oldoldold.tgz

0xdeadface · Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 62

Yikes...well, I managed to get into a bash shell and try to install the ps2dev toolchain with the quite specific instructions, but I must be doing something very wrong.

When I follow the steps and come to
../binutils-2.13.2.1/configure --prefix=usr/ps2dev/ee -target=ee
it responds with

'invalid configuration 'ee' : machine 'ee' not recognized
Unrecognized target system name ee.

Anyone who understands more of unix than I and can tell me what I must have done wrong?

0xdf

0xdeadface · Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 62

I assume it has to do with the directory structure as suggested by Now3d mentioned in the instructions, but that link is dead :(

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0xdeadface · Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 62

Well, being lazy I decided to uninstall and reinstall cygwin. Seems I did miss some program, and I figured a full reinstall fixed it.

So if anyone has trouble getting it installed....lol, just install ALL with the cygwin, you'll be sure to have the right modules.

:)

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ooPo · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:47 am Post subject:

Updated:

http://www.oopo.net/consoledev/files/psptoolchain-20050603.tgz

0xdeadface · Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 62

Just a huge thx to Oopo for making the install doable for mere humans.

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ooPo · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:44 am Post subject:

The real hard toolchain work is done by people other than me... I just make a fancy package. :)

Energy · Joined: 26 Mar 2005 Posts: 133 Location: uk/beds/flitwick

ooPo managed to get the script to run
*looks embarrased*
I forgot to include b2zip.

Anyway - for when my cygwin starts up can I have it so that the startup code is in a seperate file like 'psp_dev.sh' then in the bash_profile can I just put ./psp_dev.sh ?

Soz just want to check :)