Merge open-source IPL3 to trunk #617
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This commit just imports the current version of our open source IPL3 into trunk. Next commits will modify libdragon to start using it.
* Modify n64tool to insert open-source IPL3 into ROM, using a binary copy embedded into it. --header is still supported but not mandatory * Remove committed header from the repository. * Move inthandlers to its own seperate ELF sections, so that we don't need to manually relocate them at entrypoint. * Greatly simplify entrypoint. It just needs to read boot flags now, most of the setup is done by IPL3 now. * Modify rompack to search for the TOC instead of assuming a fixed position. * Update n64.mk as required
Compressed ELFs (in a custom format) are supported by the new IPL3. This tool generates such ELFs, using the same compression algorithms supported by the asset library. Compression is activated by default at level 1 in n64.mk.
Avoid removing APIs from the stable branch, even though these were hardly used by anyone.
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Closes #158 |
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This commit series finally merges the new open-source IPL3 to trunk, using it by default for all ROMs.
The IPL3 underwent large scale testing in all preview-based ROMs, on many different consoles, including iQue. It had several rounds of improvements and bug fixes. It now seems very stable. Currently there are no known bugs.
It boots normal homebrew ROMs in less than 100 ms (more than 5 times faster than Nintendo's IPL3), and support compressed code/data, using the same battle-tested algorithms of the asset library. It also has no minimum ROM size requirement, so many small examples and tests start from ~150 KiB.
Please refer to
boot/README.mdfor technical information on the new IPL3.