Hacking TCPGecko for Wii?

HackingNewbie · Apr 13, 2020

The Wii U instead of using a USB-Gecko-like device used TCPGecko. Which begs the question, why did no-one ever make something like TCPGecko for Wii? Was there something about the Wii that made it impossible? It strikes me as a lot more practical than using a USBGecko - so why was this never done, especially since the USBGecko has been discontinued for ages?

nitr8 · Apr 13, 2020

You can actually debug on a Wii using Eclipse and GDB for PPC-EABI via LAN connection.

HackingNewbie · Apr 13, 2020

Hmm, I didn't know that, thanks. But I just find it baffling why they would go down the route of a physical device in the first place when they could just use TCP

Cyan · Apr 13, 2020

there are TCPgecko, but you need to include it in your project, it's not an externally apps that you run like on WiiU.
Also, you can only log once the network is initialized, which means you can't see or debug your app launch or shutdown process. I sometime enable it inside USBLoaderGX for users to help me live debug (without having to generate log on a file, exit the loader, copy the log) without an USBGecko.

If you need that, I can point to source and debugger I'm using.

USBGecko uses a gamecube bus which is always active, right from the boot of the console.
no need to wait for network init is done in your project.

MichiS97 · Apr 13, 2020

nitr8 said:
You can actually debug on a Wii using Eclipse and GDB for PPC-EABI via LAN connection.

I had no idea that was possible, thank you!

nitr8 · Apr 13, 2020

MichiS97 said:
I had no idea that was possible, thank you!

Inititalize libOGC's debugger library using the network debugging code.
I usually do this for debugging my apps.

I don't know if they have the WIFI stuff already included as i had to add it for myself manually but it works the way i need it to...

MichiS97 · Apr 13, 2020

nitr8 said:
Inititalize libOGC's debugger library using the network debugging code.
I usually do this for debugging my apps.

I don't know if they have the WIFI stuff already included as i had to add it for myself manually but it works the way i need it to...

Aaah I see, so I'm guessing it doesn't work with games?

nitr8 · Apr 13, 2020

MichiS97 said:
Aaah I see, so I'm guessing it doesn't work with games?

I usually port games to the Wii and i can debug them pretty fine.

MichiS97 · Apr 13, 2020

nitr8 said:
I usually port games to the Wii and i can debug them pretty fine.

I'm talking about retail games that you'd launch via a USB Loader

nitr8 · Apr 13, 2020

MichiS97 said:
I'm talking about retail games that you'd launch via a USB Loader

LOL, forget about that...

MichiS97 · Apr 13, 2020

nitr8 said:
LOL, forget about that...

Aye, that's what I thought

Thanks anyway!

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