SYSCALLS, what they mean for you and for multiMAN.

[condorstrike]

PLEASE ALL READ CAREFULLY and educate yourself.

Let's put thing straight (as of Jan 26th 2011):

Firmware 3.41:

* PS3Jailbreak/PSGroove/PSFreedom (initial versions) = SYSCALL36
* Later sticks/payload revisions = SYSCALL6 + SYSCALL7 (Peek/Poke)
* Later payload revisions = SYSCALL8 (Hermes 4)
* Later payload revisions = SYSCALL35 (PL3)

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Firmware 3.55:

* CFW GH: installing signed PKG files
* CFW Wutang: SYSCALL6 + SYSCALL7 (Peek/Poke) + signed PKG
* CFW Kmeaw: SYSCALL6 + SYSCALL7 (Peek/Poke) + signed + fake_signed PKG
* CFW WNK: SYSCALL6 + SYSCALL7 + signed PKG + SYSCALL36 + smth else

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Now for 3.41 with original PSGroove/PSfreedom you get:

* SYSCALL36 (Enable BD-Emulator to run games with disc in tray)
* nothing else

Later PSG/PSF revisions:

* SYSCALL6 (peek: read values from lv2 (gameos) memory)
* SYSCALL7 (poke: write values to lv2 (gameos) memory)
* SYSCALL36 (Enable BD-Emulator to run games with disc in tray)
* nothing else

Later Hermes (1,2,3)

* SYSCALL6 (peek: read values from lv2 (gameos) memory)
* SYSCALL7 (poke: write values to lv2 (gameos) memory)
* SYSCALL36 (Enable BD-Emulator to run games with disc in tray)
* SYSCALL36 (also re-maps /app_home)


Now for 3.41 with Hermes4 you get:

* SYSCALL6 (peek: read values from lv2 (gameos) memory)
* SYSCALL7 (poke: write values to lv2 (gameos) memory)
* SYSCALL8 (allow redirections of any paths, including /dev_usb for AVCHD HDD)
* SYSCALL36 (allow redirection of /dev_bdvd to enable BD Emulator)
* SYSCALL36 (also re-maps /app_home)

For 3.41 with PL3 (regular) you get:

* SYSCALL35 (allow redirections of any paths, including /dev_usb for AVCHD HDD)
* SYSCALL36 (allow redirection of /dev_bdvd to enable BD Emulator)
* SYSCALL36 (also re-maps /app_home)

For 3.41 with PL3 DEV you get:

* SYSCALL6 (peek: read values from lv2 (gameos) memory)
* SYSCALL7 (poke: write values to lv2 (gameos) memory)
* SYSCALL35 (allow redirections of any paths, including /dev_usb for AVCHD HDD)
* SYSCALL36 (allow redirection of /dev_bdvd to enable BD Emulator)
* SYSCALL36 (also re-maps /app_home)

As you can see from the list, Hermes4 and PL3 DEV support ALL one may need and this is yet NOT PROVIDED for FW 3.55.

Have in mind that multiMAN supports and works with ANY of these listed modes/payloads/syscalls/firmwares. You must understand that it is a challenge to support so many variations and keep all stable, yet multiMAN does support them and is stable as of ver 01.14.00 both for 3.41 and 3.55 (+ older firmwares 3.10-3.30, which many of you forget about).

Now the differences in 3.55:

3.55: GH: provides a way to install signed packages, period!
3.55: WNK/WTNG/KMEAW: enable SYSCALL6 + SYSCALL7 for peek+poke + signed (or not) PKG files

As you can see: no syscall8, syscall35 or syscall36 in 3.55 firmwares (excl WNK).

Now, we are at the point where user must decide what to do:

* Use lv2 patcher and get:
- PL3 type of payload with a lot of freeze problems but with SYSCALL35+SYSCALL36+APP_HOME
- Start multiMAN (which will recognize PL3/syscall35) and be able to play AVCHD from internal HDD

* Use multiMAN 01.16.00+ to get:
- No payload of any kind included in the distribution
- Support for "Black screen games" using external USB HDD

* BDEMU.BIN or external payload required to enable following functionality:
- Support for AVCHD/BDMV structures saved on internal HDD (AVCHD HDD)
- Path redirections for /dev_bdvd and /app_home
- BDEMU.BIN is not distributed with install packages

I hope this brief info helps you to understand some basics.

Dean

[tyrant]

thanks good to know!