Homebrew [Release] Linux for the 3DS

[ParzivalWolfram]

2.16MiB/s

That's actually within "slow but usable" range, if we don't use swap!

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

Not to alarm anyone but I got a rootfs to successfully compile. It hangs on boot, but it compiled. God, i'm SO CLOSE!
(It had been updated to use the newest kernel and had the untested SD support. It also had weston removed because weston was being a dick to buildroot.)

 

[Itzumi]

Not to alarm anyone but I got a rootfs to successfully compile. It hangs on boot, but it compiled. God, i'm SO CLOSE!
(It had been updated to use the newest kernel and had the untested SD support. It also had weston removed because weston was being a dick to buildroot.)

What does weston do anyway

 

[uyjulian]

What does weston do anyway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server_protocol)#Weston

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

So it turns out it's actually a 50/50 split between the current crash being Linux's fault or my 3DS' fault. It fails when looking at my 3DS' NAND to determine what its version and whatnot are, so I need a few others to try builds to see if they boot.

 

[Itzumi]

So it turns out it's actually a 50/50 split between the current crash being Linux's fault or my 3DS' fault. It fails when looking at my 3DS' NAND to determine what its version and whatnot are, so I need a few others to try builds to see if they boot.

I can test on N2dsXL

 

[Nemos59]

So it turns out it's actually a 50/50 split between the current crash being Linux's fault or my 3DS' fault. It fails when looking at my 3DS' NAND to determine what its version and whatnot are, so I need a few others to try builds to see if they boot.

I can also test it on my N3DS XL

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

I can test on N2dsXL

I can also test it on my N3DS XL

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wvqLuPXpeOlFGXh7Kzv-zGmA8IVxGM4x

Device Tree boot is enabled, it should enable the proper features for each model. Send me a shot of where it hangs, if it does. Thanks, guys!

 

[ghjfdtg]

FBI is not a good benchmark. It gives you approximately half of the real write speed since it has to read the CIA file while writing to files on the same SD card.

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

FBI is not a good benchmark. It gives you approximately half of the real write speed since it has to read the CIA file while writing to files on the same SD card.

I know that, and I took that into account. It is a good benchmark for what we're doing, since we'll be reading and executing from SD while writing to swap on SD as well.

 

[Itzumi]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wvqLuPXpeOlFGXh7Kzv-zGmA8IVxGM4x

Device Tree boot is enabled, it should enable the proper features for each model. Send me a shot of where it hangs, if it does. Thanks, guys!

EDIT: Never mind about the loader firm question. Running it now on New 2DS XL I'm stuck here just after "[11.176000] nintendo3ds_mmc: major: 254" with just a blinking line.

 

[Nemos59]

EDIT: Never mind about the loader firm question. Running it now on New 2DS XL I'm stuck here just after "[11.176000] nintendo3ds_mmc: major: 254" with just a blinking line.

Same for me.

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

Yeah, that's what I'm experiencing. It's a driver issue, then. I'll get to work.

 

[Itzumi]

Yeah, that's what I'm experiencing. It's a driver issue, then. I'll get to work.

I can test anything else you want me to test if your okay with it

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

I can test anything else you want me to test if your okay with it

I'll post tester12 builds here occasionally, so anyone wanting to try them can and can report back freely. I appreciate it!

Speaking of, here's a new build: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nRDD6Lcr1xJFIAxvVWlgWfGDB6RytsHS
It works long enough to login on my 3DS, but I've seemingly broken the network loopback, so there's a new error.

 

[Nemos59]

I'll post tester12 builds here occasionally, so anyone wanting to try them can and can report back freely. I appreciate it!

Speaking of, here's a new build: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nRDD6Lcr1xJFIAxvVWlgWfGDB6RytsHS
It works long enough to login on my 3DS, but I've seemingly broken the network loopback, so there's a new error.

I think I have the error but I can login.

Spoiler: The error

Starting network: ip: can't find device 'lo'
FAIL

 

[Itzumi]

Im doing a backup of my sd that's long overdue, I'll edit this post with my results soon

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

I think I have the error but I can login.

Spoiler: The error

Starting network: ip: can't find device 'lo'
FAIL

Yeah, that's the one I broke. It also seems I've managed to bypass the NAND error by breaking the SD/MMC driver ENTIRELY.

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

Im doing a backup of my sd that's long overdue, I'll edit this post with my results soon

It'd be a good idea to do a full SysNAND backup too, as the driver handles interfacing with that too.

 

[Itzumi]

Yeah, that's the one I broke. It also seems I've managed to bypass the NAND error by breaking the SD/MMC driver ENTIRELY.

Ouch. I'll do a nand backup as well

 

[Itzumi]

"starting network: ip: can't find device 'lo'"
can log in though, so that's a thing.

 

[ghjfdtg]

I know that, and I took that into account. It is a good benchmark for what we're doing, since we'll be reading and executing from SD while writing to swap on SD as well.

I would be careful using the SD card as swap. The Raspberry Pi is a great example of what can happen. It apparently smokes brand new (micro)SD cards within months.

 

[uyjulian]

On the o3DS, n3DS, and n3DSXL, the SD card reader is on a separate PCB. Possible eMMC replacement?
As long as programs with more than 128/256MB are not run, the RAM situation should be fine. Did you know that Linux ran on the PS2 which the retail models had just 32MB of RAM?