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Title: Progress from Nikon Hacker guys
Post by: a1ex on October 14, 2013, 09:15:46 PM
Their emulator is light years ahead our QEMU attempt (http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=2864).

http://nikonhacker.com/viewtopic.php?t=989
http://nikonhacker.com/viewtopic.php?t=948



Title: Re: Progress from Nikon Hacker guys
Post by: SimeonPilgrim on October 15, 2013, 01:00:23 AM
Cheers for the props a1ex, Vicne & Coderat have been banging it out.

There is still much to understand (currently trying to  find/identify the SD card chipset etc), but it's pretty exciting to see it come together.

Title: Re: Progress from Nikon Hacker guys
Post by: 1% on October 15, 2013, 01:22:26 AM
Lol, wish we had an emulator like that.
Title: Re: Progress from Nikon Hacker guys
Post by: SimeonPilgrim on October 22, 2013, 10:04:15 AM
I wish we have soft memory patching... (vs full system reflash)
Title: Re: Progress from Nikon Hacker guys
Post by: g3gg0 on October 22, 2013, 10:34:42 AM
yeah, really nice progress :)
i guess the difference is that we want the whole OS to start up, not just the GUI related tasks.
Title: Re: Progress from Nikon Hacker guys
Post by: 1% on October 22, 2013, 05:47:14 PM
Its arm? You probably can do cache hacks... but if there is no mechanism to load something like autoexec. bin then I can see it being a big issue.
Title: Re: Progress from Nikon Hacker guys
Post by: a1ex on October 22, 2013, 07:57:19 PM
I'm not sure how well they understand the file I/O side, but if they can do a one-time flash with a custom-made bootloader, it may be a good option.

For file I/O we just use the high-level routines, but g3gg0 did some very nice research on low-level CF commands.
Title: Re: Progress from Nikon Hacker guys
Post by: hjfilmspeed on October 23, 2013, 01:29:36 AM
If I were to comment right now this is how I would feel http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130122025611/starwars/images/a/ac/High_Council_Chamber.png
....so this is how i now feel
Title: Re: Progress from Nikon Hacker guys
Post by: SimeonPilgrim on November 12, 2013, 04:24:42 AM
Quote from: 1% on October 22, 2013, 05:47:14 PM
Its arm? You probably can do cache hacks... but if there is no mechanism to load something like autoexec. bin then I can see it being a big issue.

Only the newest camera's are ARM, the older (aka non D5300 or D7100) camera's are Fujitsu FR based.