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If you look at the main.cpp in Basilisk II PSP, you'll see that parts of the PSP init junk has to be wrapped in extern "C" { } to work correctly... like the callback setup junk. You simply cannot change the main from C to C++ and have it work.

Look at some of the PSP C++ apps out.

This is the clearest example of making a kernel mode PRX for a user mode application. If you can't figure it out from this, you aren't ready to work on this yourself.

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Okay, here's archives for my latest gendev toolchain and "SDK". The SDK is the source for bin2c, libheap, libmd, libromfs, and zasm. The binaries are all in the toolchain archive in the proper place. Note that this arc, unlike previous ones, is entirely 32 bit. Most 64 bit linux distros ca...

Cool - thanks for posting the solution.

You still need some way to provide people who HAVE to use those email services with a way to register... maybe an email address posted in a thread like this telling them where to make a personal appeal.

Let's face it - with the registration method used now, I couldn't register here.

Look at the SDK/toolchain source code. That's generally the only "documentation" you'll ever find.

PSPGL uses the vfpu. Add THREAD_ATTR_VFPU to the thread attributes.

I know up through SE (v5.7) they made a Mac version. I'm not sure if it was 68K or PPC or FAT-Binary... but if it was 68K or Fat, you might be able to run it on Basilisk II on the PSP.

@J.F.: PRXs are not standard ELF neither they have standard MIPS relocation entries. What I'm asking is PRX specific (thus PSP specific), no other ELFs have those entries. Try a Google search about PRX and please tell me if you find something. I didn't, except YAPSPD, which is outdated and sometime...

There's lots of info out there on ELF files, including MIPS specific ELF. There's no reason for use to answer when a quick google will turn up the info. As stated many times before, we don't give beginner lessons here.

There's TONS of info on the CBE out there... manuals, programming guides, environments... you ain't looking if you claim you can't find anything. :P The Cell is Big-Endian, like all other PPCs. Some model PPCs can be set for little-endian operation, but that was never used outside of the old Windows...

You could set your seek flag to the value you wish it to seek to. That would eliminate an extra variable.

You can't really swizzle the texture because that would complicate (thus slowing) the emulator screen drawing. The slicing is the best you can do there. You might look into how the screen is updated and speed it up. One thing I've always found that helps - make screen buffers uncached. Cacheable scr...

vertices[0].u = 0; vertices[0].v = 0; vertices[0].x = 85; vertices[0].y = 0; vertices[0].z = 0; vertices[1].u = 256; vertices[1].v = 256; //vertices[1].x = 480; vertices&a...

The PSP stick goes from 0 to 255, with the "center" being (theoretically) 128. So 128,128 is the nominal center when the stick isn't being pushed. This varies GREATLY by the PSP and how old it is and how much the user has used the stick. I've found a slop of plus or minus 32 is barely enou...

He is saying the button masks above 0x8000 (ie. the volume up/down, note, screen, etc. buttons) can only be read in kernel mode. Only the the normal keypad buttons (of which are masked to values under 0x8000) are readable when under user mode. It has nothing to do with memory addresses. What he sai...

m0skit0 wrote:Or you can just use an object-oriented-like method, like

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int my_global;

int return_my_global()
{
    return my_global;
}

I mentioned that earlier in the thread. ;)

-S -c would be part of CFLAGS used by gcc/CC in the makefile. The combination tells gcc to output .s files and then stop. Just add them to wherever you set other flags, like -O2 or -Wall.

Call a function that returns a structure full of pointers to the variables you wish to access. Something like struct myPointers { int * var1; int * var2; char * var3; }; When the prx function returns a pointer to the struct, you then have pointers to all the stuff in the PRX you want. You'd do somet...

I will just had to add this !(pad.Buttons & ...) to all the buttons. Btw, why isnt this working: int pad_ = 0x100000; if(pad.Buttons & pad_) {...} The inside of the brackets isnt being processed. I know this uses a bit mask, but they say Buttons is unsigned int. So the problem here could be...

Use -S -c to get the .s file.

You have -lm BEFORE -lode instead of after it. Remember, put dependencies AFTER the dependent library.

Torch wrote:For exporting variables, use pointers for user->user or kernel->kernel exports. You'll have to use an accessor function for kernel->user variable exports.

Yeah, that's right. I was thinking of kernel prxs as that's what I've worked on. :)

Add network support... maybe using udp tunneling like CIPE, OpenVPN or other protocol that suport tunneling and bridging. It's got UDP tunneling... for AppleTalk networking. You'd need a special server app on a PC to provide internet via UDP tunneling, and I haven't the gumption to put that much wo...

Sony seems to be always far behind when it comes to innovative decisions, but far ahead if it comes to annoy customers :( I think they're ahead on both. :) They make innovative decisions, like making OTHEROS available, then piss everyone off by removing it later. They did the same thing with regard...

You have to define exported function. Check the SDK example about PRXs. Also remember that while functions can be exported, the SDK doesn't allow you to access exported variables. If you wish to use variables from the main app, you have to pass them (or a pointer) in to the function, and if you wis...

mrbrown wrote:The default alignment for PSP newlib malloc() is 16 bytes, or 128 bits.

That's good to know. As long as it stays that way, a malloc or new is fine.

thanks for you reply. so i must understand that i always have to use memalign(16, whatever) instead of new/malloc? Yes. If I remember correctly, the most you can count on for newlib is the largest natural type the CPU handles - for most CPUs, that's double, but on the PSP, it's just long/single. So...

I know that malloc allocates memory aligned on 16 bytes boundary, so maybe new does too. That's not guaranteed! It depends on the implementation, and many allocate on 8 or 4 byte boundaries. Some are 16-byte boundary + 4 (allocate to a 16 byte boundary, then push a long, then return the result). Th...

Coding drivers too expensive? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/sony_ps3_slim_linux_install_loss/ Considering that most Sony engineers are on salary and probably spend most of their time playing minesweeper, the "cost" of drivers is just another excuse. Particularly when you realize...