Team M33 To Ditch 1.50 Firmware Support

Alek one of Dark Alexs inner circle posted this news:

Bye bye, 1.50!


Due to the almost sure probability to abandon 1.50 kernel on future releases 'cause of better compatibility and security on 3.xx/4.xx, some new devs were asking me how to port their knowledges to 3.xx kernel, and of course also their own apps.

I did all of them redirect to this post on ps2dev, a little tuto from CpuWhiz that explains the way to do so :)

Even though changing it to 4.xx kernel it will change some things on this tuto, it's a very easy and direct way of doing this process. Hope it helps, credits go for the one who made it.

But anyway, does this change to superior kernels is necessary? Indeed it is. It allows a greater range of thinks that can be done, plus solving tons of problems on 1.5 kernels. Therefore, having the oportunity to use this ones with the actual cfws, why not to do so? Open to debate.

Does the loss of 1.50 support bother you ?

Yes, it bother me...
Except if someone port PCEP to kernel 3.xx.

this really bothers me. I don't know how to use any other kernel. how do you run programs on 3.xx 4.xx kernel? i have been using the k xploit method since 2.0. never had any problems. anyone got any suggestions?

yeah, just update your firmware with a CFW from DAX.

I think it would be a good decision to drop the 1.50 kernel. All it's really used for now is homebrew that has been abandoned by its programmers. If you're that concerned about still using 1.50 homebrew, you can either refrain from updating to the latest custom firmware or, better yet, use Time Machine.

This does bother me. All my favorite homebrews are 1.50

I think developers will now concentrate on 4.xx homebrew

Honestly I dont care coz of i got 2 psps but if i only had one I would Stick with 3.xx

If the latter firmwares provide more options for developers then it really should be embraced. Let's face it, the PSP is getting stale - especially on the homebrew front - and anything that helps inject a little more life into this unit is worth the investment of time.

Just like we all didn't sit on Windows 95 forever, it's time to move on and explore the possibilities the latter firmwares have on offer.

I'm quite happy to take it on face value that if the top end devs for the homebrew scene feel there's more to be gained by updating, then so be it.

Devs can now spend time porting the older 1.5 kernal based brews to the new format, a perfect way for them to get a feel for the newer environments!

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Originally Posted by Saracchini

Yes, it bother me...
Except if someone port PCEP to kernel 3.xx.

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I agree. This is one emu that won't be updated (theres no source about) so it's never gonna work and be ported to 3xx. :(

I'm not really bothered with any new games on the psp so maybe for the first time I wont bother updating firmware seeing as the 1.5 is being dropped. :(

Why wouldn't this bother someone? There are far too many applications that require the 1.50 kernel. Most of which do not have a released source code, and therefore will become dead. I support the porting of homebrew games, but completely removing 1.50 kernel will really damage the scene.