Changelog for the FMCB v1.

9 series
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v1.93 - 2013/09/03
*Fixed support for the PSX (DVR unit). It will now boot properly, and se
ts the EE and CD/DVD drive into "PS2 mode".
*Changed the way arguments are passed to the OSD program. FMCB will no l
onger parse and repeat the arguments, but passes the arguments directly to the O
SD program "as-is".
*Recompiled the FMCB configurator to have the updated FMCB release versi
on number. Also, with this recompilation, the Protokernel patch within it has be
en updated (Note: This doesn't really matter because the patch from the FMCB bin
ary would have already been applied).
*The MBR program's EELOAD module had it's argument storage widened, so t
hat it can take in 16 user arguments (To avoid buffer overflows, since the code
within it was always limiting the number of accepted arguments to 16).
*Added a clone of the kernel update for the SCPH-10000 (v1.01) and SCPH-
15000.
*Fixed OSD configuration setup for the SCPH-50009. Its OSD sets its "reg
ion" field to 2 instead of 1, despite this console being in the NTSC region.
*Modified the "inner browser" setting to allow the user to specify how F
MCB/FHDB will handle booting into the OSD (Either always boot into the browser o
r not, or just let the browser have its default behaviour).
For those who wish to edit this setting by hand, the valid value
s are as follows: 0 = AUTO, 1 = force ON (always boot into the browser), 2 = for
ce OFF (always stay out of the browser). It was made this way for backward compa
tibility.
*Removed the "return to loader" option, since I had no intent on maintai
ning it. The user can put uLaunchELF basically anywhere, and uLaunchELF isn't pa
rt of FMCB anyway.
*FMCB will now no longer display the FMCB logo when software like the DV
D player quits, to match the behaviour of the OSD program.
v1.92 - 2013/08/22
*Fix for the SCPH-70000 series consoles: Added a IOP reset at the start
of FMCB, so that the IOP will contain the same modules across all console models
.
*Fixed the kernel patch (See PS2SDK updates for today and yesterday) for
the SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000.
*Removed IOP reset from the EE ELF loader, as some homebrew software dep
end on the loaded modules for file access.
*The patch for sceCdForbidDVDP() will now be specially invoked earlier o
n for the Protokernel OSD, as the bulk of the patch code is run after sceCdForbi
dDVDP() is run by the OSD. This solves DVD booting.
*Adjusted DVD video/ESR-patched disc booting code, so that a definite re
sult will result (Either a BootError or the disc boots).
*Optimized code.
*Fixed OSDSYS patch for the SCPH-10000 with boot ROM v1.00. The HDD modu
les should now be loaded when the card is inserted in slot 1.
*Added code that kills all threads but the main thread. When control is
wrenched from the hacked OSD, any thread created by the OSD is left behind and t
hat can result in weird behaviour (e.g. if the stray thread(s) reinitializes a R
PC connection with the IOP, especially during an IOP reset). This fixes ELF laun
ching on the SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000, when the OSD is reloaded.
v1.91 - 2013/08/19
*Fixed ESR support.
*Removed calls to FlushCache() before ExecPS2(). The Sony documents say
that it's a requirement because the game might be running on an unpatched Protok
ernel.
However, FMCB will patch the kernel at startup and this is not r
equired.
*Changed the splash image to a 16-bit bitmap. 30KB of space is saved...
but the overall gain (after packing) is minimal because graphics isn't a really
compressible sort of data.
*For FHDB: The HDD unit will not be powered-off when the ROM OSD is used
.
v1.90 - 2013/08/17 (Initial public release)
*Updated ATAD drivers.
*Rebuilt the FMCB configurator to use bin2o and to have slightly cleaner
code.
*Removed the incomplete support for the PSBBN since it's not possible to
ever support it without it losing some functionality.
*Removed support for the osd110 and fsck110 folders, as I've learned tha
t those aren't official directories.
*Fixed the generation of the system data (Related to the history file) i
con: The Sony OSDs have this weird bug whereby the size of the icon file is exac
tly 1776 bytes in size, despite the actual data within the icon file being far s
horter than that.
Unfortunately, not doing that meant that at least the HDDOSD wou
ld deem the icon file as being invalid. :/
*Added support for the Chinese consoles (Magicgate region 09, folder let
ter C. e.g. SCPH-50009).
*If a valid HDD OSD installation cannot be loaded, FHDB will attempt to
use the ROM OSD instead.
*Fixed the rescue mode.
*Fixed DVD player launching (DVD player selection code has been replaced
with one similar to the one used by Sony).
*Optimized core core.
*FHDB will now disable the HDD update checking feature of the ROM OSD if
the ROM OSD has to be used in place of the HDD OSD. A loop would occur if the u
ser did not enable the SkipHDD option.
*If the DVD player cannot be booted, the OSD will now be relaunched with
"BootError".
*The BootError argument is now recognized.
*If BootError, BootBrowser or BootClock is specified, any inserted disc
will no longer be fastbooted.
Closed-beta update 2:
*Items stored on a USB device can be booted from off the hacked OSD menu
, when FMCB is booted from Memory Card Slot 2.
*FMCB configurator will now load USB modules that are stored in hdd0:__s
ysconf/FMCB/.
*The system data save will now be created in two languages: Japanese, fo
r Japanese consoles. And in English for everything else.
Closed-beta update 1:
*The SkipHdd option is now re-enabled, unless when the HDD modules are i
nstalled.
*(Fast) Disc booting support fixed.
*Programs can now be launched from the hacked OSD menu.
*Programs stored on a USB device can now be launched from the hacked HDD
OSD.
*The HDD unit will now be switched off if a disc is (fast-)booted from t
he HDDOSD.
*Support for the PSBBN has been added, although it will not be modified
in any way during runtime.
*Fixed path generation by the FMCB configurator for targets stored on th
e HDD unit.
*The MBR had the path to FSCK v1.10 fixed (hdd0:__system/fsck110).