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The Utopia Project is Still Alive… Join and Contribute — Utopia Needs You!
greg | December 4, 2009
Let me ask you something… How long have you been reading these here words we write? If you date back to June 21st, ’08 you may remember The Utopia Project. If not, that link a few words back, click it. Now let me grab a coffee real quick while you catch yourself up…
The Utopia project is an open source lightweight kernel for the PSP. The kernel is planned to occupy a little more than 1MB of RAM with a 2MB maximum. Everything will be fully documented with the necessary tool base for debugging, development, etc…
Utopia is based on the reverse engineering of the 3.71 IPL. Once completed and stable the Utopia kernel will be implemented as a new operative mode in future custom firmwares.
All right… So I look at it like this… Should enough skilled developers step forward and involve themselves, the potential dopeness of Utopia is irrefutable. Utopia is targeted at peeps who’re using their PSP strictly for custom firmware and homebrew purposes. Fair enough. There is a good number of PSP-1000 and 2000 non-TA-088v3′s out there. And hey, who knows, maybe the IPL on later models will be hacked by the time Utopia is primed.
So let’s make this happen, expeditiously… If you’re a developer with some muscle to back it up — you should enrol and contribute to Utopia — read Mathieulh’s post right here.
Related Utopia Project Links:
SVN: http://svn.lan.st/utopia/ or https://svn.lan.st/utopia/
TRAC: http://trac.lan.st/utopia/ or https://trac.lan.st/utopia/
Much thanks to Aaron for the tip.
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I have no idea what it was i just read…
But go team!!!
Never heard of the Utopia Project but it sounds awesome!
Ha! I remember this when I first started here. Didn’t know it was still going down.
Nice… Sounds pretty badass…
And more then a year later I think it’s still a pretty pointless project considering it cant support anything a PSP has or does. That’s like creating a version of DOS for PC that doesn’t have keyboard support.
No, it’s giving homebrew developers more to play with. They have an OS that they can develop & make apps for rather than having to define their apps around the ever-changing PSP FW.
You really have no idea what it is, KTB.
It’s a reversed kernel.
Ah, I remember that. in fact, I had a lengthy comment post that day. Good times. Glad to see there is some development going on still.
Interesting.
reverse kernel… can som1 pm me with what this means :S?
Why can’t we just get something for psp-3000 owners that have fw above 5.03 to mod, so we CAN have cfw..I’m tired of waiting on the awesomeness that are the psp guru’s out there. ^_^ It would be a awesome x-mas present!
Wow you psp-3k owners are worse than linux users. If you want the awesomeness of the 2k users, GO FUCKING BUY A 2000! 3k isnt being hacked anytime soon because the people who hack psp’s are more focused on the GO!.
Up yours asshole. What’s wrong with Linux users. Just cause we kick ass?
I think he meant OSX users. :P
PSP 2000′s aren’t produced anymore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSP#Models
Your only option is either second hand or refurbished. And you’ll probably want it to last a year (at least) before you’re done with it (read: warranty).
Linux owns Windows :)
I don’t know what’s wrong with linux users (or lusers), but linux sukx monkeyballs.
linuxhaters.blogspot.com/
uuuuuuuuuuuhhhh i STIIIIL dont get what the hell is it :|
what is a reversed kernel exactly, and what is something really awesome going to happen?! o-o
Imagine Linux for the PSP…It’s an open-source OS for the PSP…
would that mean that any program compiled into and eboot would work with this one kernel
This probably won’t require things to be eboot.pbp. Rather, it would probably just be a binary (aka ‘programname’) and you would just launch it.
KTB, wow, what a terrible analogy! Way to be uninformed.
Anyway, I had no idea this project was still around. I had completely forgotten about it. I don’t see anything coming of this, but good luck to the devs.
wow that is cool i thought i had died. If i was a bit better with c and cpp i would help but as it is now i am much better in lua and some cpp. I am happy to hear that the projects alive GO MATH and team!!!
Well, had totally forgot about this… But now I remember reading that post back then! Nice to hear it’s still alive!
Wow way to go lets get sony and open door to participate in a secret project to hack their psp!…then they just patch it real quick… to be so smart and open this to and unknown developer I think is pretty stupid!
IPL – Initial Program Load. It means it boots the “custom OS” BEFORE the official firmware. There’s no way to patch the millions of pandora-ble PSPs out there because it’s hardware based.
Are you kidding me? I remember when I first heard about this. This thing has been going on for over a year and it hasn’t progressed anywhere….all people ever do is talk about it, I’ve never seen any work or proof of it, I doubt it will ever be done.
And even if it is done, who the hell cares? ooooo a new kernel for the PSP….big whoop. The PSP died out years ago. In my opinion the PSP has become just a boring paperweight since the “slim” series.
And before people go bashing me, remember who I am? I have been in the PSP hacking scene since 2005. I have wrote countless tutorials on this site as well as psp-mods (in fact my guide for making a pandora’s battery (hard modded) is still the top pandora’s battery guide on that site if I do believe) so I am not some n00b who just posts out his ass.
No your some self-important douche who gets a tired arm for all the back patting you do. Is it lonely up there… on the high pedestal you put yourself on.
Dont bash me because i wrote some tutorials on this site, big woop. You did it because you wanted attention.
Go sit on a fence post.
Thank you, exactly what I was going to say. But may I add, “If you think the PSP is a paperweight then what are you doing reading articles on psp-hacks.com?”
yes it gets quite lonely up here considering nobody is above me. But it is fun looking down on idiots like you and mavrick.
I was on dashhacks not psp-hacks, psp-hacks just happens to be the first thing it displays and I read the title so i came here to post that.
Didn’t mean to offend your low end fan boy asses playing or your little gaming system marketed towards kids. Shouldn’t you be learning cursive writing or something?
Grow the fuck up lol
I probably should just let this post die but whatever lol. Anyhow, until you’ve done more than write tutorials, you don’t really have too much to say. Also, putting yourself at such a high place on the internet… oh ya, I forgot, children with low self-esteem tend to do that. So either you haven’t grown up yet or you’re a 12-y-o child who hasn’t realized in real life, nobody cares how popular you are on the internet.
wait, isnt there already something like this? Basilisk II?
Not even close. That’s an mac emulator (or something close to that?) I used it once.
i remember this !
but i really dont kno a lot about it tho.
all i no is is that some homebrew wont work because its a custom kernel.
someone please explain EVERYTHING to me about this such as the pros and cons, & why this is worth using rather then sticking to regular SONY made kernels.
it sounds kool
a new kernel for the psp can open alot more doors then what we have.it would be removing the limitations of a psp imagine multi threading support so a better linux port can be done. and homebrew devs should be looking at webkit 2.0 to port to the psp so it has a real broswer and yes webkit is opensource.
This could be huge. This is like a open source OS for the psp. Perfect for homebrew. No more updating brew and plugins for every new CFW (if there is any newer ones to ever come out) Will be easier to code brew for. Can have better ports and apps. I have a slim and phat. i would deff load this on my fat and OFW on my slim.
Yea because we all know that homebrew is the only reason why people hack a psp.
It depends on what you classify as homebrew. If you consider anything on a PSP that isn’t an ISO, homebrew; then yeah that’s the main reason why people hack it. Since most people who hack their PSP do it for emulation.
Exactly. And if the naysayers are right and no new CFW’s come out. And sony figures out a way to stop games from being decrypted. Well your not going to be playing games on your CFW any way.
If I remember correctly, this kernel never was intended to run psp games any way.
I have 2 psp’s and a couple computers. I play games on my windows comp but my linux comp is my real work horse. Same will be for my phat and slim.
This may not be for every one But for me it’s great news!
Just to clear up a slight misconception being tossed around these comments:
A reverse engineered kernel is not, in and of itself, an operating system. A kernel is the central component of an operating system that manages interaction between software and hardware.
The aim of Utopia is for developers to have an open platform upon which to develop software for use with the PSP. This kernel could be included in future CFWs to allow use of Utopia compatible software along other software supported on CFWs. At the same time, a shell could be built on top of the kernel and used, in essence, as a complete replacement for Sony’s operating system. However in this case, only Utopia-compatible software would be supported, games and current PSP homebrew would not. However, having the options available opens up a whole new world to PSP developers.
That’s how I see it, anyway.
Uh, ok, once any psp project like the snes emulator and other useful apps get more then one built in 2 years maybe a single geek who will need a “better” kernel will emerge.
(the key word is geek)
Haha wow I remember this joint they were talking about how you can basically maybe leave the actual psp firmware alone or something like that and have this whole other part of the psp where it will be easier to make homebrew and what not, if I’m remember correctly !
I thought this project was scraped..
Good to read that it’s still being worked on.
@Midian: Nope….. never heard of ya ;) lol
@Greg: Just a tip – The IPL can actually be dumped from a 88v3 or 3k, its actually the *pre-IPL* that hasn’t been hacked yet. And even then, the pre-IPL would need to be exploited :)
n00b81
I would love to see this project to its full capability
i remember this.. this is the bs that briked my psp.. i had to pandorize it :)