PS2LINK 1.46 & Rad Host Client 1.7 Released

Source - PS2Dev

Rad Host Client 1.7 Released

Radad has release a new version of Rad Host Client. It is a GUI tool to provide the pc side of the ps2 host filesystem protocol. It has been written to make it easier to use than the ps2client for people who simply want to use it with ps2 software such as uLaunchELF and SMS.

PS2LINK 1.46 Released

Major changes since last release:
Builtin IRXs is now default build behavior
Some cleanup of the build process / makefiles
PS2Link 1.41 now has Cached Config support; config information is cached and is no longer loaded on each reset (requires builtin irxs to be enabled as well)
Extra Config support is currently disabled
The reason extra config support is currently disabled is that it is not compatible with Cached config support. So far it seems few people are using extra config support, so assuming no major complaints arise (trolls ignored) this will probably be how future official releases will be setup. Keep in mind, extra config support is not removed from ps2link, it is just disabled if config caching is enabled. If you need extra conf support you just have to checkout from SVN and change the build options in the makefile.

So what is this Cached Config? well, here are some of the new features of a cached config enabled PS2Link:

No longer needs to access boot device after initial boot
Can (theoretically, as it hasn't been tested yet) boot from anywhere (including loading ipconfig data) a loader can launch it from, including one of the menu loaders launching it from hdd or usb!
Consistent environment no matter what boot method used (no longer loads extra modules when booting from MC)
No longer spins up cdrom to read on reset, which means faster resets from cdrom, less wear and tear, and no need to keep ps2link cdrom inserted
Can now debug programs that require XSIO2MAN (such as mtap enabled programs) even if booting from memcard