d2x cIOS v8 beta (r42) - News

d2x v8 beta (r42)
DATA:
- Updated ciosmaps.xml to support new bases 60/70/80 through d2x-cios-installer.
- Updated d2x-beta.bat to support new bases 60/70/80 through ModMii.
- Added a patch to ciosmaps.xml to enable USB Gecko output as soon as the kernel
starts. This feature is really useful in development when everything is fucked
up. Note that the patch is normally commented out. Also, it's currently not
supported by ModMii. You have to use the d2x-cios-installer.

LIB:
- Added support for virtual sector size on WBFS drives to bypass the 500 game limit (thanks fig2k4). The optimal sector size is 4KB, that allows up to 4084 games. Note that this feature is useful only for the loaders that don't use the fraglist for WBFS partitions, for example NeoGamma, WiiFlow and CFG.
- Added generic support for IOS patches.
- Added some debug and string utilities.
- Code optimization and minor changes.

DIP:
- IOS patches are now applied through the cios library.
- Added some debug info.

EHCI:
- Minor changes.

ES:
- IOS patches are now applied through the cios library.
- Increased 'exe' region size a bit.
- Enabled AHBPROT during the init phase.
- Minor changes.

FAT:
- Implemented relative path support for nand emulation, see below.
- Added a ioctl command to set the emu nand folder for relative paths.

FS:
- FAT files are now opened through relative path to fix issue 16 . Now Disney Universe and all the games using long paths work properly in nand emulation.
- IOS patches are now applied through the cios library.
- Minor changes and code clean up.

MLOAD:
- USB Gecko functions completely rewritten. Now it's really plug&play and the cios works even when debug mode is enabled and USB Gecko is connected only to the Wii (tnx to mini source).
- Added missing signature patch to bases 36/37/38/53/55/56/57/58/61/70/80.
- Added missing decrypt patch to bases 37/53/55/56/57/58/61/80.
- Fixed wrong modules area size.
- IOS patches are now applied through the cios library.
- Increased 'exe' region size a bit.
- Removed AHBPROT syscall invocation since it can only be called from ES.
- Minor changes and code clean up.

SDHC:
- Minor changes.

USBS:
- Minor changes.

d2x v8 beta (r41)
LIB:
- Minor changes.

ES:
- Fixed return to channel failure when the system menu is not installed on emu nand.
- Plugin moved forward in memory.
- Code clean up.

FAT:
- Disabled file sharing control to overcome a stupid issue made by developers in The Beatles Rock Band. See issue 11 .
- Minor changes.

FS:
- Fixed black screen in partial emulation when starting a game never launched
before on real nand. See issue 14 .
- Increased 'exe' region size a bit.
- Minor changes and code clean up.