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1 | \r |
2 | GINGE - Ginge Is Not GP2X Emulator\r |
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3 | release 3\r |
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4 | \r |
5 | (C) notaz, 2010\r |
6 | http://notaz.gp2x.de/\r |
7 | \r |
8 | \r |
9 | About\r |
10 | -----\r |
11 | \r |
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12 | Ginge is an application that can run many GP2X F100/F200, Wiz games and\r |
13 | programs on other ARM Linux platforms, which currently includes Pandora\r |
14 | and Wiz itself. It is not a full hardware emulator like MAME, PicoDrive or\r |
15 | similar, it does not emulate the CPU. It can be considered as compatibility\r |
16 | layer similar to Wine on PC Linux, however it does emulate small portion of\r |
17 | MMSP2 and Pollux system-on-chips. It operates by hooking certain system calls\r |
18 | and using realtime patching of code that accesses memory mapped hardware\r |
19 | directly.\r |
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20 | \r |
21 | \r |
22 | Usage\r |
23 | -----\r |
24 | \r |
25 | Ginge comes with a launcher that is started when you run Ginge. The launcher\r |
26 | can then be used to start GP2X software, which will either run if it's\r |
27 | compatible, or just return back to the menu if it is not. In some cases it\r |
28 | might hang though.\r |
29 | \r |
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30 | Keys are mapped to corresponding keys on both pandora and Wiz, except:\r |
31 | \r |
32 | Key Pandora Wiz\r |
33 | Stick Push 1 unmapped\r |
34 | Volume up/down '.', ',' Volume up/down\r |
35 | \r |
36 | On pandora pressing 'q' will exit the menu or try to kill current application.\r |
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38 | \r |
39 | Structure\r |
40 | ---------\r |
41 | \r |
42 | Ginge actually consists of 4 independent executables and a few scripts:\r |
43 | \r |
44 | + ginge_sloader - loader of static executables\r |
45 | + ginge_dyn - dynamic executable handler\r |
46 | + ginge_prep - .gpe parser that selects the right handler from above\r |
47 | + gp2xmenu - the launcher/menu program\r |
48 | + ginge_dyn.sh - environment setup script for ginge_dyn\r |
49 | + ginge.sh/gpe - menu launcher script\r |
50 | \r |
51 | The menu is optional and can be replaced or bypassed completely. The only thing\r |
52 | it does is running ginge_prep on GP2X .gpe program, ginge_prep handles the rest.\r |
53 | \r |
54 | \r |
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55 | Changelog\r |
56 | ---------\r |
57 | \r |
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58 | r3\r |
59 | * improved exec handling, mostly for gpecomp.\r |
60 | + added preliminary Wiz support, pcsx4all works.\r |
61 | * Wiz: since some stuff is written to /tmp, mount tmpfs there when starting\r |
62 | to avoid wearing down flash.\r |
63 | \r |
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64 | r2\r |
65 | * improved exit handling\r |
66 | * Wiz: should now return to Wiz menu after gp2xmenu exit\r |
67 | \r |
68 | r1 - initial release\r |
69 | + icons provided by Inder\r |
70 | \r |
71 | \r |
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72 | License\r |
73 | -------\r |
74 | \r |
75 | gp2xmenu is based on GPH GPL source (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).\r |
76 | Source is available at http://notaz.gp2x.de/releases/ginge/gp2xmenu.tar.bz2\r |
77 | \r |
78 | Ginge may come with some libraries. Those libraries are unmodified copies\r |
79 | of ones found in root filesystems in GP2X and Wiz and are included to more\r |
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80 | accurately reproduce environment found on GP2X. Their source code may or may\r |
81 | not be available, I did not I use it, but whatever I found is mirrored here:\r |
82 | http://notaz.gp2x.de/downloads/gp2x/src/410_all/\r |
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83 | \r |
84 | Remaining portion is released under custom closed source license. It is not\r |
85 | derived from gp2xmenu and is completely standalone, the menu is only included\r |
86 | for user's convenience.\r |
87 | \r |
88 | Redistribution and use of program's binaries and helper scripts, with or without\r |
89 | modification, is permitted provided that the following conditions are met:\r |
90 | * This readme is included in unmodified form.\r |
91 | * The program in any of it's forms is not sold or used as part of any\r |
92 | commercial package, including pre-installed or included in any kind of\r |
93 | portable device.\r |
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94 | * It is not bundled and distributed with any GP2X program without respective\r |
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95 | program's author's permission.\r |
96 | \r |
97 | THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND\r |
98 | ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED\r |
99 | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE\r |
100 | DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY\r |
101 | DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES\r |
102 | (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;\r |
103 | LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND\r |
104 | ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT\r |
105 | (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS\r |
106 | SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.\r |
107 | \r |