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| 2 | GINGE - Ginge Is Not GP2X Emulator |
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| 4 | (C) notaz, 2010 |
| 5 | http://notaz.gp2x.de/ |
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| 7 | |
| 8 | About |
| 9 | ----- |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Ginge is an application that can run many GP2X F100/F200 games on other ARM |
| 12 | Linux platforms, which currently includes Wiz. It is not a full hardware |
| 13 | emulator like MAME, PicoDrive or similar, it does not emulate the CPU. It can |
| 14 | be considered as compatibility layer similar to Wine on PC Linux, however it |
| 15 | does emulate small portion of MMSP2 system-on-chip. It operates by hooking |
| 16 | certain system calls and using realtime patching of code that accesses memory |
| 17 | mapped hardware directly. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Usage |
| 21 | ----- |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Ginge comes with a launcher that is started when you run Ginge. The launcher |
| 24 | can then be used to start GP2X software, which will either run if it's |
| 25 | compatible, or just return back to the menu if it is not. In some cases it |
| 26 | might hang though. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Structure |
| 30 | --------- |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Ginge actually consists of 4 independent executables and a few scripts: |
| 33 | |
| 34 | + ginge_sloader - loader of static executables |
| 35 | + ginge_dyn - dynamic executable handler |
| 36 | + ginge_prep - .gpe parser that selects the right handler from above |
| 37 | + gp2xmenu - the launcher/menu program |
| 38 | + ginge_dyn.sh - environment setup script for ginge_dyn |
| 39 | + ginge.sh/gpe - menu launcher script |
| 40 | |
| 41 | The menu is optional and can be replaced or bypassed completely. The only thing |
| 42 | it does is running ginge_prep on GP2X .gpe program, ginge_prep handles the rest. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | |
| 45 | License |
| 46 | ------- |
| 47 | |
| 48 | gp2xmenu is based on GPH GPL source (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html). |
| 49 | Source is available at |
| 50 | |
| 51 | Remaining portion is released under custom closed source license. It is not |
| 52 | derived from gp2xmenu and is completely standalone, the menu is only included |
| 53 | for user's convenience. |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Redistribution and use of program's binaries and helper scripts, with or without |
| 56 | modification, is permitted provided that the following conditions are met: |
| 57 | * This readme is included in unmodified form. |
| 58 | * The program in any of it's forms is not sold or used as part of any |
| 59 | commercial package, including pre-installed or included in any kind of |
| 60 | portable device. |
| 61 | * It is not bundled or distributed with any GP2X program without respective |
| 62 | program's author's permission. |
| 63 | |
| 64 | THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND |
| 65 | ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED |
| 66 | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE |
| 67 | DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY |
| 68 | DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES |
| 69 | (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; |
| 70 | LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND |
| 71 | ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT |
| 72 | (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS |
| 73 | SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. |
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