Linux Wireless Multiboot
A common method of download homebrew software to the Nintendo DS has always been 'wifime'. This uses wireless to send a ROM file to the Nintendo DS using the standard 'DS Download Play' option on the Nintendo DS.
Unfortunately WifiMe was never open sourced and was Windows only. The site is now closed, although the files are still available for download. Recently another option has become available. That is a version of the 'Wireless Multiboot' software that runs under Linux and is open source.
A tutorial on how to get things going is avaialble at the WMB setup page at the DS Wiki.
I followed the tutorial using Ubuntu Linux and it worked fine. Once all the steps were followed I was able to successfully send homebrew code to my Nintendo DS from within Linux. The tutorial makes use of libnifi which is an open source library for the wireless protocol that the Nintendo DS uses.
The only thing holding me back from being able to use Linux completely for developed Nintendo DS programs is lack of Linux software for my Gameboy Advance flash card. I might look into getting a GBA Movie Player or some other alternative mechanism for running homebrew.
With the Linux based wireless multiboot solution it's possible to do everything without a flash card of course. But it does limit the size of the data that can be stored for the program to access.
Categories: linux, wireless, nintendods
Unfortunately WifiMe was never open sourced and was Windows only. The site is now closed, although the files are still available for download. Recently another option has become available. That is a version of the 'Wireless Multiboot' software that runs under Linux and is open source.
A tutorial on how to get things going is avaialble at the WMB setup page at the DS Wiki.
I followed the tutorial using Ubuntu Linux and it worked fine. Once all the steps were followed I was able to successfully send homebrew code to my Nintendo DS from within Linux. The tutorial makes use of libnifi which is an open source library for the wireless protocol that the Nintendo DS uses.
The only thing holding me back from being able to use Linux completely for developed Nintendo DS programs is lack of Linux software for my Gameboy Advance flash card. I might look into getting a GBA Movie Player or some other alternative mechanism for running homebrew.
With the Linux based wireless multiboot solution it's possible to do everything without a flash card of course. But it does limit the size of the data that can be stored for the program to access.
Categories: linux, wireless, nintendods
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