USB HOST/MASS STORAGE PROJECT STATUS 07/16/08

[gr8npwrfl]

Hello,

Was gone all day so not much progress today.

I have found the problem in the nethostfs has to do with endianess.

For those of you that don't know what this is, it is the way a computer stores numbers
Big to small (Big Endian) Small to big (Little Endian)

So if I store a number like 01DA5802 in memory on a little endian it would be 01DA5802
but on a big endian it would be 0258DA01 a totally different number

So I have to add a bunch of code that figures out which computer it is on and switches it automatically.

That is the status today.

Have a great day.

[thecoo1est]

your awesome man, cant wait for the xm4 mod and tutorial, lol

[gr8npwrfl]

I have the wireless nethostfs running in a single directory with no problems.

Still have some minor bugs when changing directories.

The linux development is being done on the NSLU2 editing, compiling, and linking.

If someone wants to know how to set up the programming environment on the NSLU2 let me know
and I will do a quick tutorial on that to.

Thats the status for today.

Have a great day.

[DaveBere]

Awesome work gr8npwrflOZ.                                                                                                                                                       I just purchased the NSLU2 and cannot wait to get started.     Thank you for sharing this with us.                                                                                   

[gr8npwrfl]

Thats why I am doing it this way so anyone that wants can take advantage of it.

[q123]

Can someone please explain to me this mod in newb english?
by that i mean  i have no idea what hes doing or trying to work. although im sure its sexy.
any quick explanation will do. it just feels like im reading russian or something.

[niko86]

Check here:

https://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=20825.0

But in short, PSP is a usb slave so it cant run usb devices they tell the PSP what to do with them. Like the camera and GPS unit do.

So the project aims to make a compact affordable usb master device which you plug into the PSP and use software so the PSP can run them. Right now all of this is already possible but you have to use a PC as the master. This project is using a NSLU2 network device to act as the master so it doesnt require a PC. This will be replaced by a smaller piece of hardware in about 3 month which will be alot more mobile.

[gr8npwrfl]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[q123]

yano that makes sense... so b/c the psp cant read an external hard drive it needs that extra thing right? ok ok i got it.
that was very helpful. sweet  i hope it works. 
yano, its strange, most message boards either insult or ignore some1 asking sucha question. 

[gr8npwrfl]

We are trying to share information here

[JWhiteLightning]

Just for those who dont know this, Gr8npwrfl has already released a tutorial for an external version of this using the NSLU2.

https://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=20825.0