Homebrew Clarification Thread - What is going on?

[bi388]

Oh okay. So if I have either of those CFW installed then I can play a game I get online, like for example Hyrule Warriors Legends? I could have that on my home menu?

yes

 

[Shubshub]

I suppose 2015 was good for something after all =P its December 31st here

 

[hobbledehoy899]

I suppose 2015 was good for something after all

I presume you didn't have a very good year, did you?

 

[Deleted User]

Again...

WTF does "Pack KTimer struct" mean? Stevice10 just put in a new commit. (found it by chance not spam)

After like 7 hours it should be at least some progress, right? (not trying to be an ass)

Sorry, it should say: "Does anyone have an idea on what "Pack KTimer struct" mean?

 

[Shubshub]

I presume you didn't have a very good year, did you?

My year was alright, But in terms of Interesting things happening on the internet they were a bit lackluster .-.


*Passed first year of software engineering degree if that's worth mentioning*

 

[hobbledehoy899]

My year was alright, But in terms of Interesting things happening on the internet they were a bit lackluster .-.

Yeah...

*Passed first year of software engineering degree if that's worth mentioning*

Good for you!

 

[Mythrandir]

mmm having to format my SD card? Gonna have to read more if i can copy back my data after cuz it would suck losing all my saves

so when this is released ..We downgrade to 9.2 (I assume this is the themable one ?) but the link that is noob friendly is for N3DS @.@ oh lord I hope when this is all said and done that there is one thread with everything perfectly laid out .....this is harder and more confusing then mailbombing back when I owned the first Wii @.@

There are plenty of friendly members who frequent the 3DS NOOB PARADISE thread (https://gbatemp.net/threads/3ds-noob-paradise-ask-questions-here.359035/) willing to assist and guide gw/cfw newbies. I'd recommend bookmarking the thread for future use.

 

[Santaros]

Again...


Sorry, it should say: "Does anyone have an idea on what "Pack KTimer struct" mean?

Essentially that commit give him more control over the timing of the exploit, the first change [line in green] explains what he is talking about.

 

[Deleted User]

Oh, thanks!

 

[Stack3r]

What just happened to the site?

 

[WeedZ]

What just happened to the site?

Too much traffic?

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

What just happened to the site?

I don't know, im making a thread rn about it, follow me.

 

[Stack3r]

Too much traffic?

I don't know, im making a thread rn about it, follow me.

Lol for a minute I got excited and thought something happened

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/whats-been-happening-to-the-site.407436/

 

[vlaridus]

steveice commited a bit if anyone cares

 

[Selver]

(what) does "Pack KTimer struct" mean? Stevice10 just put in a new commit. (found it by chance not spam)

A compiler may choose to align a structure for faster access. For example, on a 64-bit machine, the compiler may choose to align a pointer on a 64-bit boundary, even if that causes "extra space" in the structure. I believe (but am not certain) that the commit you are referring to was his ensuring that the compiler would not add any space to his structure for alignment purposes.

struct {
byte bRandomVal;
// Most compilers will insert padding here
// to ensure that pSomethingElse is aligned
// on a pointer-sized memory address. Thus:
// For 16-bit pointers, add 1 byte padding
// For 32-bit pointers, add 3 bytes padding
// For 64-bit pointers, add 7 bytes padding
void* pSomethingElse;
}

But, I've been wrong before.

 

[Deleted User]

A compiler may choose to align a structure for faster access. For example, on a 64-bit machine, the compiler may choose to align a pointer on a 64-bit boundary, even if that causes "extra space" in the structure. I believe (but am not certain) that the commit you are referring to was his ensuring that the compiler would not add any space to his structure for alignment purposes.

But, I've been wrong before.

Correct. It was adding extra space to my KTimer structure, throwing off field offsets.

 

[Pandaxclone2]

Correct. It was adding extra space to my KTimer structure, throwing off field offsets.

Probably going to be said ten times over but good job on this and good luck.

 

[WeedZ]

Correct. It was adding extra space to my KTimer structure, throwing off field offsets.

Probably going to be said ten times over but good job on this and good luck.

Agreed. We're all looking forward to your work. But how could you not tell. Great work dude. Good luck.

 

[kudofan]

Agreed. We're all looking forward to your work. But how could you not tell. Great work dude. Good luck.

Yeah, I think he's probably noticed. LOL