Comments on: ZX-81’s PSP Development Kit for Linux

By: theb1rdm4n

theb1rdm4n — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:44:09 +0000

What emulator do you use to run your psp homebrew under linux?

By: zx-81

zx-81 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:52:37 +0000

you need not to have fedora core distrib, any recent linux distro is good enough. It has been compiled for x86 (32 bits) so it should work for everyone.

Btw, it’s only latest libs from ps2dev i’ve compiled on my PC nothing less, nothing more …

By: SabinSD

SabinSD — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:41:11 +0000

Linux > windows for any kind of development, period. Visual studio is a horrible environment for coding anything… and cygwin barely passes when it comes to emulating a proper unix command line… But yeah, if you plan on developing anything ever, you should try out a linux distro. Once you get used to it, it is a much more comfortable and friendly environment for coders.

By: Acid)1

Acid)1 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:44:38 +0000

Thank you very much. I have been waiting for this. I didn’t feel like installing Windows just so I could bug around using a psp dev kit.

By: MK2k

MK2k — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:53:55 +0000

You can compile your PSP homebrew with cygwin stuff.
I like to use Visual Studio IDE for coding, compiling is done on a Virtual Machine running Linux, testing and debugging via PSPLink :)

By: TroyVoy88

TroyVoy88 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:34:42 +0000

For->Kilogold

Well windows can handle elf files; well it can but dont even bother! Personaly i use linux because I can emulate the PSP and run my Homebrew in Software emulation instead of Hardware and linux Interface for running elfs is much friendlier. Is all personal pref. At my college compus the PSP SDK and PS3 SDK are all ran in Windows simply becuase of VS2008

By: melior

melior — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:27:41 +0000

You shouldn’t have to be running Fedora Core, but we DO need to know what architecture his computer is. Whether it’s 32-bit x86, 64-bit x86_64, PPC, or one of the other less popular architectures, you will have to have the same one to use it.

About Linux vs. Windows…the toolchain was built in Linux, which is why the preferred way to use it in Windows is through Cygwin (a Linux emulator). That doesn’t really mean Linux is better than Windows for development.

By: TroyVoy88

TroyVoy88 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:22:38 +0000

Worked like a charm! Was capable to make a module to increase the cache to 2.5mb but when it gets filled my psp crashes!

For->RM2kdev: The file can contain any “.” extention aslong as the reading rutine can read what with in the file. kind da like using zlib u can make a have the extention to “.dll”. Hope that helps easy to understand hard to explain!!^^

By: Rm2kdev

Rm2kdev — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:14:05 +0000

Im not 100% sure about this but im pretty sure when u compile anything in visual studio it links it to a “.dll” file which contains microsoft api’s for =/ windows type thingys lol :P and im pretty sure the psp doesnt do anything with windows dll files XD

correct me if im wrong tho :P im not psp developer hehe

By: Kilogold

Kilogold — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:46:38 +0000

Do you like have to have linux to be a 1337 homebrew master? Is using Windows for PSP dev not as good? I know it can be done because I code in my Visual Studio, but why linux? No smart ass answers please. Take it seriously…