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2.0 Firmware Eboot Loader v0.9

Filename	EBOOT_Loader_v09.zip
Date Posted	Dec 24, 2005
Categories	Hacks and Exploits, PSP
Tags	PSP
Downloads	3133

Description: EBOOT loader v0.9 by Fanjita<br> =============================<br><br>NOTE : THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO RUN HOMEBREW EBOOTs ON YOUR v2.0 PSP.<br> IT CANNOT LOAD EBOOT.PBPs THAT CONTAIN FIRMWARE UPDATES.<br><br>This program builds on the work done by Saotome to load homebrew EBOOT.PBPs<br>into PSPs with v2.0 firmware, using the TIFF exploit. It will not work<br>on any other firmware version - including v2.01.<br><br>It currently cannot run all known homebrew, but it uses a number of tricks<br>to get substantially further than ever before. Known limitations are:<br><br>- Can't run kernel-mode applications.<br> - That means anything that uses wi-fi or USB access, or emulates ISOs/UMDs.<br>- Some minor system calls are still unsupported.<br><br>It's also still very much in development, so you should expect a few bugs,<br>and for not every EBOOT to run perfectly. A common problem is a load buzzing <br>noise when starting up some emulators, so you may want to play with your PSP<br>volume turned down.<br><br><br>To use:<br>-------<br><br>- Extract all the files into the root folder (e.g. "F:") of your memory<br> stick. You need these files to be in the right place:<br> PSPPHOTOEBOOT Loader 09RUN_L09.TIF<br> PSPPHOTOEBOOT Loader 09AAA.GIF<br> PSPPHOTOWIFIBACKGROUND.PNG<br> PSPPHOTOWIFI LoaderREADY.PNG<br> PSPPHOTOWIFI LoaderLOADER2.TIFF<br> UTILSEBOOT_SIGNATURE.EXE<br> PSPGAMELOADER09.CFG<br> PSPGAMELOADMENU09.PBP<br> PSPGAMELOADMENU.TGA<br> L_09.BIN<br> A.BIN<br> TSR.BIN<br><br>- Copy the homebrew you want to run to your memory stick. Usually, this <br> means unzipping a directory that contains an EBOOT.PBP file to somewhere <br> under PSPGAME. The exact location and folder name usually doesn't matter,<br> but for best compatibility you should try to use the same names as <br> originally shown in the homebrew ZIP file.<br><br> If the instructions with the homebrew contain separate steps for v1.0 and<br> v1.5 firmwares, then usually you'll get best results by following the <br> v1.0 instructions.<br><br> NOTE: If the homebrew is written in LUA, you need to copy it to a subdirectory<br> under the PSPGAMEUSER_LUAAPPLICATIONS folder.<br><br>- Make sure you have a custom wallpaper set. Any image will do.<br><br>- Use the PSP's built-in photo viewer to open the "EBOOT loader 09" folder,<br> this will cause the loader to start. If your PSP hangs at this point,<br> then try the following:<br> - check your firmware version. This loader is for v2.0 ONLY.<br> - check that you have the loader files in the correct place (see above)<br> - turn your PSP completely off, then back on again. The loader works<br> best on a freshly-rebooted PSP.<br> - try setting a custom background - some people have reported that it<br> works better if you use a custom wallpaper (any image).<br> - try 'touching' the TIF image file : see 'fixing up the file times'<br> below.<br><br>- The loader displays a list of files in PSPGAME. Use the up and down<br> buttons to change the current selection (highlighted in red), and X to<br> open an EBOOT.PBP file or browse into a folder.<br><br> NOTE: To load LUA applications, you need to run the EBOOT.PBP that is in<br> the PSPGAMEUSER_LUA folder, which will launch Lowser and let you <br> browse to open the application.<br><br>- Once you select an EBOOT.PBP to load, after a few moments, the loader<br> will either display an error message, or give you the option to run<br> the application.<br><br>- To exit the application, you need to reboot your PSP. <br> The loader contains in-built support for rebooting, by holding the<br> Left Trigger, Right Trigger and START buttons together for 1 second.<br> If this doesn't work, then you can also reboot by removing the battery, <br> or holding the power switch for at least 10 seconds.<br> Note that sometimes after a software reboot, the loader will hang if you<br> try to run it again. This seems to be much rarer if you enter USB mode<br> briefly, before running the loader again.<br><br><br>Using multiple versions of EBOOT loader<br>---------------------------------------<br><br>Occasionally, some EBOOTs work better with older versions of the loader.<br>In v0.8.5, it looks like TerraIncognita is broken, but this works fine on 0.7.<br>Also, LUA can be very unpredictable, working in some loader versions for some<br>people, and other versions for others.<br><br>From 0.8 onwards, the loader uses version numbers in the filenames, so that<br>you can run multiple versions side-by-side.<br><br>After installing v0.9, you can continue to use any previously-installed <br>versions of the loader, if you have problems with your favourite EBOOTs.<br><br><br>Using the EBOOT loader to run wifi applications<br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>Because Wifi applications normally need kernel-mode to operate, you need to use<br>a special workaround to load them with the EBOOT loader. You need to have<br>set up a working wifi connection in the usual way before you can use wifi<br>homebrew - if you can use the v2.0 web browser, then you're set.<br><br>- Go to the PHOTO menu on your PSP, open the 'wifibackground.png' file, and<br> set it as your PSP's wallpaper.<br><br>- Completely reboot your PSP, by holding the power button for 10 seconds<br> until it powers off. Then switch it back on again.<br><br>- Go straight to the PHOTO menu, and open the 'Wifi Loader' folder.<br><br>- You'll see an image that says 'wifi loader ready', plus another that says<br> 'Corrupted Data'. If your PSP hasn't frozen at this point, then the <br> wifi loader has been successfully started, as a background process.<br><br>- Now exit the PHOTO menu, and go all the way to the left, and then the <br> bottom, to the 'Network Settings' menu.<br><br>- Select this menu to get a choice of 'Ad Hoc' or 'Infrastructure'. Choose<br> 'Infrastructure'.<br><br>- Select the connection to use. Note that you won't be able to select a<br> different connection within the homebrew (any change of connection is <br> ignored by the EBOOT loader), so highlight the appropriate one now.<br><br>- Press Triangle for connection options, and select 'Test Connection'<br><br>- The wifi light should come on, and your PSP connects to the network.<br><br>- Once the statistics for the connection are shown, the connection is <br> stable and ready to use. Now press and hold LTrigger+RTrigger+SELECT <br> for a few seconds. The screen will flicker for a moment, and then the <br> EBOOT loader menu will start. <br><br>- Now the EBOOT loader is ready to use, with full wi-fi support.<br><br><br>Using a different menu<br>----------------------<br><br>v0.9 of the loader ships with 2 alternative menus:<br><br> - loadmenu09.pbp is like the menu in previous versions, but with the <br> addition of support for program icons.<br><br> - loadmenu09sort.pbp is similar, but displays the list of programs in an<br> alphabetically-sorted, single list.<br><br>You can also download a third optional menu, called 'Choice', from this location: <br><br> http://www.xart.co.uk/downloads/choice.php<br> <br>The loader will use the loadmenu09.pbp menu by default. If you want to use<br>one of the alternatives, then edit the loadmenu09.cfg file (with Notepad, or<br>any other text editor), and change the following line:<br><br> menu=ms0:/psp/game/loadmenu09.pbp<br><br>to <br><br> menu=ms0:/psp/game/loadmenu09sort.pbp<br><br>or <br><br> menu=ms0:/psp/photo/choice/choice.pbp (or wherever you placed Choice, if<br> it is in a different location).<br><br><br>Troubleshooting<br>---------------<br><br>If you have problems with an individual EBOOT getting to the "Press X to<br>launch the program" screen, but crashing immediately after, here are a <br>few things to try:<br><br>- Check whether it is already on the list of non-working EBOOTs below.<br>- Make sure you are trying to run it as the first thing you do after a<br> clean reboot of your PSP<br>- Use v1.0 EBOOTs in preference to v1.5.<br>- Make sure that you read any README supplied with the homebrew, and followed<br> the installation instructions (for v1.0, preferably) carefully.<br>- Make sure that any support files (e.g. WAV files, graphics files) <br> contained in the ZIP file are copied into the same place on the memory stick,<br> relative to the EBOOT file.<br>- Experiment with the launcher options in the configuration file. (see below)<br>- Check the forums at pspupdates.com - someone might already have found a <br> way to make this EBOOT work.<br>- When starting the EBOOT loader, try pressing the "down" button very quickly<br> immediately after pressing "X" to open the 'EBOOT loader' photo folder.<br> This can help the stability of some apps.<br>- If you see a message during the loading process, saying <br> "Found suspicious hard path", then this means the loader detected that<br> the application depends upon being in a specific location on the <br> memory stick. Usually the path will mention a specific file - try moving the<br> application folder so that the file is in the place shown.<br><br>If you find that one of these steps helps, then please send me details<br>on what you did to make the EBOOT work - I can build the workarounds<br>automatically into the next version of the loader.<br><br>NOTE: If the EBOOT loader aborted the process before reaching the "press X"<br>screen, then don't bother trying these steps - there's no way that EBOOT <br>will currently work, but please remember to send the details of the error<br>message to me, so that I can attempt to change the code to make it work.<br><br><br>Fixing up the file times:<br>-------------------------<br><br>If you have problems with the PSP freezing as soon as you open the PHOTO<br>folder, or even if it just starts the EBOOT loader as soon as you open the<br>PHOTO folder, and you want to be able to view photos normally, then you can<br>use the enclosed TOUCH.EXE file to help out:<br><br>- Copy touch.exe to the pspphoto folder on your memory stick.<br><br>- Open a windows command prompt (click "Start", "Run...", and enter "cmd"<br>in the box that comes up).<br><br>- In the command prompt, enter these commands:<br> > F: (replace 'F' with the drive letter of your memory stick)<br> > cd "pspphotoeboot loader"<br> > ..touch run_l.tif<br> > cd "pspphotoeboot loader 03"<br> > ..touch run_lalt.tif<br><br><br>Configuration File:<br>-------------------<br>v0.8.5 and beyond of the loader support configuration via a file, LOADER09.CFG.<br>See inside the file for basic details on what the various options do. For most <br>purposes, the defaults should be sufficient.<br><br>If you want to try to tweak the options for a specific EBOOT, here are some<br>pointers:<br><br>- Each EBOOT has a special signature that identifies it to the EBOOT loader.<br> To find out the signature, use the bundled Windows program <br> "EBOOT_SIGNATURE.EXE". This will tell you the name you need to use for the<br> config file section header for the EBOOT.<br><br>- The following options are the most common ones to change to make a specific <br> EBOOT work. Often, changing one of these (more-or-less at random) will fix <br> the more sensitive EBOOTs such as USER_LUA. Try changing these one at a time,<br> in this order, for best results.<br><br> - passparameters : this is the same as the old 'press Square for<br> alternate parameters' option.<br> - confirm <br> - callinit : this is the same as the old 'press L-Trigger' option<br> - clearscreen<br> - initbssfull<br> - initbsspartial<br><br>- If you want to suppress screen-spam during loading of a known-good EBOOT,<br> you can try changing these options. You may find that the EBOOT stops <br> working after changing an option - if so, just change it back.<br><br> - confirm : displays the 'press X to start' menu<br> - unknownNIDwarning : warns you if some system calls requested by the<br> EBOOT couldn't be identified.<br> - patchkernelwarning : warns you if the EBOOT is kernel-mode. For some<br> EBOOTs, this doesn't matter.<br> - ignorefixedpath : warns you if the EBOOT contains a suspicious-<br> looking filename, that implies it might need to be<br> run from a fixed location on the memory stick.<br><br><br><br><br>Future plans:<br>-------------<br><br>- Improve compatibility <br>- Add wi-fi support - this seems to be possible without kernel-mode.<br>- Allow loading of EBOOTs from ZIPs<br><br><br>Compatibility Status:<br>---------------------<br><br>The list of known working applications is now kept up-to-date online, at<br>http://www.fanjita.org/psp_working.html.<br><br>New Working applications in this release:<br> - File Assistant v0.4 (was broken in releases 0.8 - 0.8.5)<br> - Terra Incognita (working again, was broken from 0.8 - 0.8.5)<br> - PSPPet's Wifi Sample .03<br> - Peldet 0.7<br> - LUA Player 0.14<br> - 2ch Browser Test 0.13<br> - PSPPOP v0.6<br> - Future wifi apps using the new PSPSDK wifi support should work fine<br><br>EBOOTs known to have gone from working to broken with this release, compared <br> to v0.7:<br> - CNReader 2.0 may be broken<br><br>EBOOTs with partial progress made in this release:<br> - Various kernel mode apps<br> - Various wifi apps:<br> PVNC<br> PSPRadio<br> Wifi Jukebox<br> PSP Weather<br><br><br>Please let me know if you test and can confirm compatibility of other EBOOTs.<br><br>If you find an EBOOT that doesn't work, then please email me at<br><br> fanjita@fanjita.org<br> <br> with details of:<br> - the name of the EBOOT that failed, and where to get it from<br> - the last message that was displayed on the PSP screen<br> - your firmware version, and PSP region (US, EU, JP).<br><br>NOTE: Kernel-mode support is currently not possible on v2.0 firmware, until<br>someone finds a way to access the kernel memory space.<br><br><br>Acknowledgements:<br>-----------------<br> <br> Note that<br>you can change the artwork by replacing /psp/game/loadmenu.tga with another<br>24-bit uncompressed TGA file, resolution 480x272 pixels.<br><br> Thanks also to the many beta testers for their hard work beta testing, as<br>well as many other individual email contributions with information on which<br>EBOOTs are working.<br><br> To be able to work effectively on it, I need to <br>buy a second PSP (to understand the v1.5 environment more fully) and more <br>memory stick storage for testing. As little as a donation would be<br>enormously helpful. Thanks.<br><br>Change history:<br>---------------<br> v0.9 : Wifi support, stability<br> - Added wifi support! Now the loader auto-detects if the wifi libraries<br> are loaded (via the wifi load method above) and offers them to homebrew<br> for use.<br> - Added call to application exit callback, to allow RIN etc. to save state<br> when L+R+START reset is used.<br> - Added memory reset after running the menu. This should make things <br> much less sensitive to whatever has been run before them. Can be <br> turned off in config.<br> - Added memory reset on exit - this might make it easier to restart the<br> loader.<br> - Added config option to fake success code from unknown functions<br> - Added clock-speed option to the config file, to allow automatic<br> overclocking / underclocking of applications.<br><br> v0.8.5 : Flexibility, compatibility<br> - Introduce configuration file, to allow tweaking of EBOOTs by end-users.<br> See loader085.cfg for details.<br> - Improved kernel-mode override patching logic.<br> - Attempt to kill surplus system threads, for stability.<br> - Run loader from reserved memory for increased stability.<br> - Tidied up some memory reuse in ELF section header handling<br> - Bundled graphical menu now filters to only display the names of <br> EBOOTs for selection - all the surplus fluff is hidden. Also now<br> handles v1.5 homebrew directory structure.<br> - Added option to allow L+R+START reset to go back to loader menu,<br> rather than main menu<br><br> v0.8 : Usability, compatibility<br> - Added capability to reboot the PSP without holding the power button.<br> During any EBOOT, just hold Left Trigger, Right Trigger and START <br> buttons for 1 second to exit the loader and reboot back to the PSP<br> menu.<br> - Separated menu binary from loader binary, to allow custom menu creation.<br> Included custom menu by Calum.<br> - Added kernel-mode override facility - allows the loader to attempt<br> to load apps marked as kernel-mode, that don't really require<br> kernel access. This doesn't enable a huge number of apps, but it <br> does enable a few - e.g. ScummVM 0.5, PSPChess, Nethack. Expect more<br> progress in the future.<br> - Relax requirement to resolve all NIDs. Now you can choose to ignore<br> failed NIDs in the hope that they aren't required.<br> - Improved USER_LUA stability (by incorporating the 0.7 USER_LUA patch)<br> - Added PowerTick() call to prevent display dimming during play<br> - Skip calling .init code by default<br> - Allow easier co-existence of multiple loader versions.<br> - Improve memory and thread manager semaphoring.<br> - Added all remaining VSH-mode NIDs, thanks to Vampyre's work.<br> - Moved working EBOOT list to new web-page.<br> - Filled in some missing opcodes from the disassembler<br> - Added syscall dereferencing to disassembler<br> - Added hook to sceKernelCreateThread, to improve thread monitoring<br> - Reduced screen spam during loading, by moving it to debug-only build<br> - Attempt to load more of the ELF sections into RAM if appropriate<br> - Retired hokey malloc implementation during file load, use proper <br> memory blocks now.<br><br> v0.7 : Compatibility, usability<br> - Implement simple internal memory manager, hooked onto firmware memory<br> management, to boost memory pool available to applications.<br> - Hook thread allocation and exit, to allow for clean return to the <br> loader from applications that support an Exit option.<br> - Improve code signature algorithm to distinguish between similar EBOOTs<br> (fixes mis-identification of Casino Addict as SMS emulator).<br> - Added overclocking option : use left and right trigger buttons when<br> choosing file to change CPU speed.<br> - Add NID resolution for Sircs function : enables PSP IR Remote function.<br> - Add USB stubs to user-mode LUA, and better debug info in case of script<br> errors.<br> - Added left and right DPAD support in file-chooser, to go to the start<br> and end of the list<br> - Now supports more than 20 files in a directory<br> - Found pathname hack to run PSP Rhythm Composer.<br> - Improved cache flushing, should improve reliability<br> - Added safeguard to prevent PSPSet from being run and bricking 2.0.<br><br> v0.6 : Compatibility and stability<br> - bundle user-mode LUA player.<br> - only process stringtable section header and .reginfo, all others are unused.<br> - setup $gp register from .reginfo<br> - change folder thumbnail to smaller image, improves launch stability.<br> - added scan for EBOOTs with hard-coded paths.<br> - clear display RAM before starting some EBOOTs, to clear up some<br> graphical anomalies.<br> - added direct seek to ELF header - much much faster file loading.<br><br> v0.5 : More compatibility enhancements, bug fixes<br> - Better argc/argv handling, prevents a common cause of startup<br> crashes (e.g. PSP Schedule).<br> - Made the 'return to chooser' function more stable. It now shouldn't <br> affect how well the next EBOOT loads.<br> - Improved file scanning speed - large EBOOTs should load much faster.<br> - Added 'alternate startup parameters', use this to run Sega Master System<br> emulator which was broken in v0.4.<br> - Introduced 'EBOOT signatures' : known workarounds for specific <br> EBOOTs should now be turned on automatically, and install<br> location can be automatically checked if a specific path is<br> required.<br> - Added support for .init sections, should help avoid a few more<br> startup crashes.<br> - Added option to return to EBOOT chooser on final confirmation menu.<br> - Version number shown on screen fixed.<br> - Lots more info in readme file.<br> - Various minor bugfixes.<br><br> v0.4 : Usability & reliability enhancements<br> - Return to menu if possible after failed load. NOTE : this is <br> a bit flaky, and mainly designed for quick checks for kernel-mode<br> apps, etc. If something crashes after you ran through a few EBOOTs<br> that wouldn't load, it's worth retrying it immediately after a <br> reboot.<br> - Experimented with exception handlers for extra diagnostics, but this<br> is not possible in user-mode (and anyway the appropriate syscall code is <br> unknown for v2.0).<br> - Fixed overflow with more than 19 directory entries - now apps that <br> failed just after EBOOT selection will get further.<br> - Added set up of argv, argc to supply path arguments - helps for <br> Ghost In The Matrix, possibly others.<br> - Changed load address to 0x0860000, to allow more headroom for increased<br> loader complexity. Also begun integrating Abu's loader code with the <br> TIF file.<br><br> v0.3 : Compatibility enhancements<br> - Allow browsing of multiple EBOOTs<br> - Change directory to selected EBOOT location<br> (adds sounds to Attack of the Mutants)<br> - Restore screen mode before running EBOOT<br> (improves reliability)<br> - Allow multiple text segments in ELF<br><br>
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