UcLinux PSP Port – Proof of Concept
Freedom Fry has managed to get a proof of concept version of Linux running on the PSP, by making a small bootloader made with the open source PSPSDK, and porting UcLinux for the PSP.
Freedom Fry said “This is a Release for all the non believers and elitist “hackers” in the “scene”. After some weeks of hacking i made it. Yet another time the REAL breakthrough stuff comes from FRANCE!!”
The PSP port of UcLinux doesn’t actually do anything useful yet, as once it gets up to the ‘kernel panic’ stage, it hangs. Freedom Fry has also promised a release of the source code for all you hackers out there in a few days time.
It has been tested on firmware version 1.5, but will not work on 2.0+ because it requires kernel access. This does there is a chance of bricking your PSP if something goes wrong, although Freedom Fry himself has ran it many times without problems. The download is available for anybody that wants it, but I advise against it for anyone that doesn’t have a good range of expertise when it comes to these sorts of things; and remember – there’s still a slight chance of bricking. This is a proof of concept, and not a fully functional version of Linux.
Download [UcLinux PSP]
Freedom Fry has managed to get a proof of concept version of Linux running on the PSP, by making a small bootloader made with the open source PSPSDK, and porting UcLinux for the PSP.
Freedom Fry said “This is a Release for all the non believers and elitist “hackers” in the “scene”. After some weeks of hacking i made it. Yet another time the REAL breakthrough stuff comes from FRANCE!!”
The PSP port of UcLinux doesn’t actually do anything useful yet, as once it gets up to the ‘kernel panic’ stage, it hangs. Freedom Fry has also promised a release of the source code for all you hackers out there in a few days time.
It has been tested on firmware version 1.5, but will not work on 2.0+ because it requires kernel access. This does there is a chance of bricking your PSP if something goes wrong, although Freedom Fry himself has ran it many times without problems. The download is available for anybody that wants it, but I advise against it for anyone that doesn’t have a good range of expertise when it comes to these sorts of things; and remember – there’s still a slight chance of bricking. This is a proof of concept, and not a fully functional version of Linux.
Download [UcLinux PSP]
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