Re: [ps2hacking-devel] Who is running this show?

[John T. <jth...@ha...>]

>I'm not much of a political person in that respect.  I don't think
>politicians make good hackers, emotions get too muddled up, and it seems
>like your "issues" with Sony are more politically motivated rather than
hacker
>motivated.  That's not really my thing :P.  Too bad you aren't in this for
>the fun of hacking the PS2.

I hear you, I'm not a preacher. I don't think anyone who wants to have linux
on their ps2 is not in it for the fun of hacking. I am no different. :)

>Nope, I don't have a kit.  I'm still heavily active in Dreamcast
>homebrew/Linux stuff, so I haven't dedicated myself to PS2/Linux projects
>yet.  I do believe it's possible (using the homebrew boot methods and/or
>USB loaders available) to get a PS2/Linux kernel booting on a US PS2.

I have seen the Dreamcast kernel. When you installed linux on your
dreamcast, you have a mod chip and boot it with a CDRW correct? What do you
use for a storage medium or have you no got that far yet?

Sadly I do not have a Dreamcast just a PS2, however I have gotten a few
links from people to get started. I just would like to start a discussion on
this list about the steps needed to cheat the release.

>The main problem I see is that a huge chunk of PS2 kernel code is binary
>only, Sony uses a bootloader mechanism called "SBIOS" from their kernel
>source, and this provides functionality for sound, CD/DVD, joypads,
>memcards, etc.  I've started reversing this (mostly just RPC calls back to
>the IOP), but I haven't made a whole lot of progress.
>
>My main goal is to get a fully open-sourced version of Linux that's
>compatible with all PS2's.

>M. R.

Give me a few to read up on some of the info. M. R. you just made yourself a
new friend.

Anyone else out there?

John Thornton  -  jth...@ha...
Editor in Chief
Hackers Digest -  www.hackersdigest.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "M. R. Brown" <mr...@0x...>
To: "John Thornton" <jth...@ha...>
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Subject: Re: [ps2hacking-devel] Who is running this show?