DevkitPPC
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| Type | Library, Build Tools |
| License | GPL |
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devkitPro is a project that produces toolchains for homebrew development which target several popular consoles including Game Boy Advance, DS, and GP32 (devkitARM); PlayStation Portable (PSP) (devkitPSP); and GameCube and Wii (devkitPPC). Instructions for setting up the system are available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Additional information and download links can be found at the devkitPro website.
Contents
The following components distributed by devkitPro are used for GameCube/Wii development:
devkitPPC
This is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and includes a C (gcc) and C++ compiler (g++), a debugger (gdb) and associated utilities, with the architecture "powerpc-gekko". It also includes standard C libraries based on newlib, which is specifically designed for embedded systems. Compilers and libraries are also included for the MN10200, the Matsushita (Panasonic) chip used in the Wii DVD controller.
For Windows users it comes with the MSYS environment, which is a minimal set of GNU tools such as a shell.
libogc
libogc is a collection of libraries for the GameCube and Wii. This collection of libraries was originally written by shagkur for the GameCube and has been developed over the past 6 years.
It includes the following low-level wii/gamecube specific sub-systems:
- ARAM
- AUDIO
- EXI - Support routines for the system bus which connects many internal devices to the CPU
- IRQ - Hardware Interrupts
- DSP
- DVD
- GX
- VIDEO
- Cache
- Memory Card
- Console
- Threads
- Messages
- Mutexes
- Semaphores
- Condition Variables
Information on many of these sub-systems can be found in YAGCD.
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Tools
The following tools are included as well:
- doltool - a tool for converting to and from .dol executable files and examining their contents
- gcdspsuite - an assembler for the gamecube DSP chip written by duddie.
- wiiload - a utility for uploading code to the wii written by Dhewg.
- gxtexconv - a utility for texture conversion written by Shagkur.