Over on Dark AleX's website, it seems we're about to give a fond farewell to the kernel that's been a part of the homebrew scene for the longest time: the 1.50 kernel.
Alek, one of the admins of dark-alex.org, posted a recent entry detailing the means by which one could adapt what they know into the 3.xx kernel era. In his entry, he writes,
Due to the almost sure probability to abandon 1.50 kernel on future releases 'cause of better compatibility and security on 3.xx/4.xx, some new devs were asking me how to port their knowledges to 3.xx kernel, and of course also their own apps.
He advises them to visit this particular ps2dev entry by CpuWhiz (external link) in the hopes of porting what they've already done to 3.xx functionality. Furthermore, he explains,
But anyway, does this change to superior kernels is necessary? Indeed it is. It allows a greater range of thinks (sic) that can be done, plus solving tons of problems on 1.5 kernels. Therefore, having the oportunity (sic) to use this ones with the actual cfws, why not to do so? Open to debate.
It's an exciting time for the homebrew scene, seeing as there's new technology coming out and people are learning to adapt to the new ways of doing things. While most people will certainly miss what can be called "the good old days," we can certainly look forward to what homebrewers have in store for us using the newer kernels.
i think its good it forces devs to create homebrew thats 3.xx compatible which is good for slim users. also have you read D.A. blog about 4.00 he might not put in xmb recovery mode and save states O_O
maybe some devs can convert old home brew. also isnt there 3.xx home brew that lets slim uses use 1.50 home brew(like time machine & Eloader)? that could be used on fat lite and slim so youll still be able to use old home brew
i think its a good idea to make the port it and it saves space for fat users
also it would be good if the 1.50 kernel could be booted of the memory stick without pandoras battery like timemachine built into the fw so that when you load the 1.50 compatable eboot it runs of the memstick and not the flash0
would be good but i dont know how imposable that would be but i good idea never the less
