Wii-linux Proof of Concept v3

[wraggster]

The GC linux team (http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page) have released a new version of Wii-linux heres the release details:


Thanks to the bits of information collected and made public by the wiibrew.org and libogc communities we have been able to write a block driver to use SD cards through the Nintendo Wii front SD card slot. The driver provides read /write support and performance is fine (2.1 MB/s reads on my normal SD cards) compared to the classic SD card adapter driver. As in the last posts, we have released a new version of the wii-linux Proof of Concept (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gc-linux/wii-linux-PoC-0.3.tar.gz) to show our progress in the kernel side. Now the door is open for more promising stuff...

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[retro fan]

Great news, I think!

Anyone care to layout in English what the implications of this are?

[watupgroupie]

Yes! I'm pretty sure this means they got linux working with the new twilight hack (the old one doesn't work with it) and this should open a few more doors. Looks like it was driver, read and write problems. Off to test...

[vicious1988]

You will have a linux build to run on your Wii. Install a WINE build for it and you can play Counter-Strike :D . Of course that wouldn't come for a long time, if ever. And CS tends to crash after about 20 min on WINE.

[watupgroupie]

Okay this deffintaly works. When you run it you should get a bunch of info of what it does, like the kernel and stuff. Then your wii remote should turn off showing that they now have control over the remote and the blue light should turn off on your wii shoing they have control over that. Maybe we can get some homebrew with the wii remote now :thumbup:

[TheLazy1]

You will have a linux build to run on your Wii. Install a WINE build for it and you can play Counter-Strike :D . Of course that wouldn't come for a long time, if ever. And CS tends to crash after about 20 min on WINE.

Wine Is not an emulator :D

[____anders____]

or you can use cedega:) it gives better FPS than on windows :D

i tried using unreal tournament -99, with cedega and it is WAY better than on windows, but it's not free :(
unless you make it free ;)..

[oligore]

Windows runs on x86 processor architecture
Wii = Power PC
It would need an emulator and

Wine Is not an emulator :D
and generally emulators are extremely slow so I don't think there is much hope

[TheLazy1]

The best thing would be for someone to write a PPC recompiler for Dosbox.
That would give pretty good performance for some things on the wii and other PowerPC based ports will benefit as well.

[oligore]

If mac OS X could be installed there might be some hope in getting commercial games running but it might have to be a cut back version due to the lack of space.

[vapblack]

OSX Takes a lot of resourses. MAYBE OS 10 could run but that wouldn't accomplish anything...

[watupgroupie]

The mac operating system is a suped up, not free anymore version of linux. Your better off to get linux running because its more flexible.