CFW 4.89.3 Evilnat Cobra (8.4) (CEX/DEX/PEX)

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everfang said:
Is it safe to install over 3.10 OFW (or anything older than 3.55?)
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Can be installed [directly] over 3.55 OFW [or lower.]

For OFW 3.56 and higher, you need to patch the flash memory to allow CFW installation.

If you're already on CFW, it can be installed from any CFW version equal or lower.
If QA flags were enabled, it can any CFW version: equal, lower or higher.
 
The petitboot is not working for me for some reason, when i set otheros flag it just shows nothing making me have to turn off my PS3 edit: nvm apparently the usb has to be in the far left which is usb 0001. However i can't go to bash without exception handled error
 
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@haxxxen If you boot your PS3 with cellUsb000_mount_symbol from PS3 controller, can you sync it at first attempt? I need to shutdown it pressing PS button for 10 seconds and press it again to sync

I don't know if it is possible to force sync through Cobra, I will take a look
 
Evilnat said:
@haxxxen If you boot your PS3 with cellUsb000_mount_symbol from PS3 controller, can you sync it at first attempt? I need to shutdown it pressing PS button for 10 seconds and press it again to sync

I don't know if it is possible to force sync through Cobra, I will take a look
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Have you tried to mutex the process while performing the cellUsb000_mount_symbol? I think it takes too much time to mount and other background processes don't respond on time.
 
Hi @Evilnat. Can we have an option to disable the xai_plugin log file please. I think the easiest way to do this is simply do not log if cfw_settings.txt doesn't exist, and create the file to re-enable logging again. This method would require very little effort to implement, and wouldn't require an .ini (or other) to save the setting.
 
CFW-Us3r said:
Hi @Evilnat. Can we have an option to disable the xai_plugin log file please. I think the easiest way to do this is simply do not log if cfw_settings.txt doesn't exist, and create the file to re-enable logging again. This method would require very little effort to implement, and wouldn't require an .ini (or other) to save the setting.
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Why disable the logs as it doesn't use any extra process, i mean it only logs when a function is called, it just write some few lines on it.
 
LuanTeles said:
Why disable the logs as it doesn't use any extra process, i mean it only logs when a function is called, it just write some few lines on it.
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Because the average user doesn't need it, plus the tmp folder can get extremely cluttered as it is (with various mod menus, and it being the dump location for many different homebrews) — anything to reduce this can't be a bad thing. An option to disable it would make everyone happy, since the user could then choose whether they want the logging or not.
 
aldostools said:
Have you tried to mutex the process while performing the cellUsb000_mount_symbol? I think it takes too much time to mount and other background processes don't respond on time.
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It doesn't work, crashes the PS3

CFW-Us3r said:
Because the average user doesn't need it, plus the tmp folder can get extremely cluttered as it is (with various mod menus, and it being the dump location for many different homebrews) — anything to reduce this can't be a bad thing. An option to disable it would make everyone happy, since the user could then choose whether they want the logging or not.
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I will take a look, ;)
 
CFW-Us3r said:
Because the average user doesn't need it, plus the tmp folder can get extremely cluttered as it is (with various mod menus, and it being the dump location for many different homebrews) — anything to reduce this can't be a bad thing. An option to disable it would make everyone happy, since the user could then choose whether they want the logging or not.
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I think that the purpose of a log file, is to retrieve it after a crash or something, connecting your hard drive to your computer. If it crashes and the log file is disabled, makes no sense
 
SpyroMancer said:
I think that the purpose of a log file, is to retrieve it after a crash or something, connecting your hard drive to your computer. If it crashes and the log file is disabled, makes no sense
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While I agree with you, xai_plugin is no longer in the POC stages and is stable, so it's not as important anymore. I think it should stay for the purposes of debugging and for users that just like it. But as I already mentioned, there's plenty of reasons to disable it as well — that's why (imo) an option to enable/disable logging provides the best of both worlds.
 
Evilnat said:
It doesn't work, crashes the PS3
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It's weird. In theory it should let pause the other processes, mount the usb device then continue.

Maybe stage0 should be updated to load stage2 like nocfw_kern_plugin payload does, which loads the kernel plugin from a hook to cellFsUtilMount_symbol. That's how Mamba is mounted on boot and the controller isn't unsynchronized.
 
CFW-Us3r said:
While I agree with you, xai_plugin is no longer in the POC stages and is stable, so it's not as important anymore. I think it should stay for the purposes of debugging and for users that just like it. But as I already mentioned, there's plenty of reasons to disable it as well — that's why (imo) an option to enable/disable logging provides the best of both worlds.
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For me it's important because a lot of things I use use the extended xai plugin and I often need to check the logs to see what's going on, but yes, if nat implements a feature to disable it, users who don't like or don't need it can disable it.
 
Evilnat said:
@haxxxen If you boot your PS3 with cellUsb000_mount_symbol from PS3 controller, can you sync it at first attempt? I need to shutdown it pressing PS button for 10 seconds and press it again to sync

I don't know if it is possible to force sync through Cobra, I will take a look
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Nat, r u sure the sync problem is caused by cellUsb000_mount_symbol ? because i'm having the same issue in all my ds3 controllers for months and OFC i'm don't have it in my Cobra.
 
aldostools said:
It's weird. In theory it should let pause the other processes, mount the usb device then continue.

Maybe stage0 should be updated to load stage2 like nocfw_kern_plugin payload does, which loads the kernel plugin from a hook to cellFsUtilMount_symbol. That's how Mamba is mounted on boot and the controller isn't unsynchronized.
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I saw in IDA that lv2_kernel does a do() while() to mount /dev_usb000. Tries to mount it while r30 != 0, code will look like this:
Code: 
int r30 = 0x10;
do
{
    int result = cellFsUtilMount("CELL_FS_IOS:USB_MASS_STORAGE000", "CELL_FS_FAT", "/dev_usb000", 0, 0, 0, 0);
    if(result != 0x8001002B)
        break
....
}
while(r30-- != 0)

If I NOP that while the PS3 can't mount dev_usb000 to load external plugins/stage2 and loads faster like normal OFW. I will try to reproduce that mount manually in stage0 and see if it works with mutex
LuanTeles said:
Nat, r u sure the sync problem is caused by cellUsb000_mount_symbol ? because i'm having the same issue in all my ds3 controllers for months and OFC i'm don't have it in my Cobra.
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Yep, if I remove cellUsb000_mount_symbol the PS3 loads faster and the controller can sync at time
 
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Evilnat said:
I saw in IDA that lv2_kernel does a do() while() to mount /dev_usb000. Tries to mount it while r30 != 0, code will look like this:
Code: 
int r30 = 0x10;
do
{
    int result = cellFsUtilMount("CELL_FS_IOS:USB_MASS_STORAGE000", "CELL_FS_FAT", "/dev_usb000", 0, 0, 0, 0);
    if(result != 0x8001002B)
        break
....
}
while(r30-- != 0)

If I NOP that while the PS3 can't mount dev_usb000 and loads faster like normal OFW. I will try to reproduce that mount manually in stage0 and see if it works with mutex

Yep, if I remove cellUsb000_mount_symbol the PS3 loads faster and the controller can sync at time
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I PMed you btw
 
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