DLDI

This is both an archive and a development repository for Nintendo DS flash cartridge DLDI drivers.

List of recommended DLDI drivers:

• ace3ds_sd: Ace3DS+ based on r4tfv2
  • By R4DS team, Chishm and lifehackerhansol, maintained by DS-Homebrew
• acek: Acekard+
• ak2_sd: Acekard 2/2.1/2i and related clones
  • By R4iDSN team, Yellow Wood Goblin and lifehackerhansol, maintained by DS-Homebrew
  • Supports all known Acekard 2 clones, notably R4iTT 3DS, R4(i) Ultra and all r4ids.cn carts
  • GPL 3.0
• CEVO_CycloDS_iEvolution_v1.0: CycloDS iEvolution
  • Dumped from memory. DDMEM is incorrect as a result.
  • Source code is not provided
• CycloEvo: CycloDS Evolution
  • Source code is not provided
• cyds: CycloDS Mini/Micro
• default: Default DLDI in libnds
  • This is based on outdated libnds
• dldi: DLDI template
  • Use this to create a new DLDI driver
• dlms4: DSLink microSD v4
  • By Amadeus
  • Fixes issues in v3.
• dstwo: SuperCard DSTWO
  • Source unknown
  • Source code is not provided
• dsx: DS-Xtreme.
• EDGEv1.0: EDGE DS (and probably iEDGE)
  • Source code is not provided
• ewsd: Ewin2 SD card
• ez5h: EZ-Flash V / EZ-Flash V SDHC v2
  • By Cory1942, ps2aich and Taiju Yamada, maintained by DS-Homebrew
  • Driver is bigger than original DLDI due to containing a CCITT lookup table
• EZ5iV3: EZ-Flash Vi
  • Taken from kernel 3.0 OB8
  • Does not initialize the SD card, thus you must boot homebrew from the firmware first
  • Source code is not provided
• ezsd: EZ-Flash 4 SD card
• G003: M3i Zero (GMP-Z003)
  • Taken from Sakura 1.49a
  • Initial comparison seems similar to r4tfv2
  • Source is not provided
• g6fl: G6 Flash
  • By virusweb
• g6real: G6 DS
• gmtf: Datel Games 'n' Music
  • By Chishm
  • Slower DLDI but more compatible
• gmtf2: Datel Games 'n' Music v2
  • By Chishm
  • Faster DLDI but requires an SDHC card
• iPlayer: iPlayer
  • Source is unknown
• m3cf: M3 Adapter Compact Flash
  • By Chishm
  • Fails read alignment
  • Supposedly a built-in driver exists, but not yet in this repository
• m3r4_m3ds: M3 DS Real v2
  • By R4DS team, Chishm, and Taiju Yamada
  • Supposedly slower than official DLDI, but initial testing seems to have no issues
• m3sd: M3 Adapter SD card
  • By Chishm
• m3sd_alt: M3 Adapter SD card
  • By agentq
• mati: iSmart Premium v2
  • By Cory1942, ps2aich and Taiju Yamada, maintained by DS-Homebrew
  • Driver is bigger than original DLDI due to containing a CCITT lookup table
• mmcf: Datel Max Media Dock Compact Flash
  • By Chishm
• mpcf: GBA Movie Player Compact Flash
  • By Chishm
• mpsd: GBA Movie Player SD card
  • By ps2aich, maintained by DS-Homebrew
• nmmc: NEO Flash MK2/MK3 SD card
• mk5n: NEO Flash MK5 NAND
• nsd2v2: NEO2 SD card v2
  • By Chishm and NEO Flash team
  • Faster reads than the original driver
• njsd: Ninja DS SD card
• ninjapassx9: Ninjapass X9 v2
  • By CJ Bell and Coto
  • Much faster drive access
• r4idsn_sd: R4iDSN
  • By R4iDSN team and Yellow Wood Goblin
  • GPL 3.0
• r4tfv2: Original R4 / M3 Simply v2
  • By R4DS team and Chishm
  • Fixes ARM7 support from v1
  • Use with original R4 / M3 Simply cards
• m3r4_r4tf: Original R4 / M3 Simply v3
  • By R4DS team, Chishm, and Taiju Yamada, maintained by DS-Homebrew
  • Supports SDHC based original R4 clones
  • Use with aforementioned SDHC based clone flashcarts
• rpg_nand: Acekard RPG NAND
  • By Acekard and Yellow Wood Goblin
  • BSS is too large and cannot fit in 16KB DLDI, cannot be used for homebrew
  • TODO: see if shrinking the BSS doesn't break anything
  • GPL 3.0
• rpg_sd: Acekard RPG SD card
  • By Acekard and Yellow Wood Goblin
  • GPL 3.0
• sccf: SuperCard Compact Flash
  • By Chishm
• DSONESDSC: SuperCard DSONE (non-SDHC) official
  • Taken from DSONE_EOS_sp6_20130129
  • Source code is not provided
• scds: SuperCard DSONE (non-SDHC) v1
  • By SuperCard team and Lick
  • Unknown if writes work properly
• scds1: SuperCard DSONE (non-SDHC) v2
  • By cluny
• scds2: SuperCard DSONE (non-SDHC) v3
  • By Barni
  • Source code is not provided
• scsd: SuperCard SD card v1
  • By Chishm
  • Try this DLDI first before using the Moonshell version
• scsd_moon: SuperCard SD card v2
  • By Moonlight
  • Works on newer SuperCards that may fail with other DLDIs
  • Does not initialize the SD card, thus you must boot homebrew from the firmware first
• sclt: SuperCard Lite SD card
  • By brisssou
• scrb: SuperCard Rumble SD card
  • By Barni
  • Source code is not provided
• scdssdhc2 (ttio): DSONE SDHC v3 (DSTT v3)
  • Authors:
    • R4DS team, Chishm (framework)
    • SuperCard, cluny: initial DSONE SDHC driver code
    • lifehackerhansol: port to r4tfv2, DSTT SDHC check
  • ttio has working SD/SDHC check (needs FIX_BSS unset in DLDI header)

List of archived DLDI drivers:

These drivers have working updated versions in the above list. Consider those instead.

• amaze3ds: Amaze3DS
  • Known Acekard 2 clone
  • Use ak2_sd instead
• ak2_sd_AKAIO190: Acekard 2, 2.1, 2i
  • By Acekard and AKAIO team
  • Taken from AKAIO 1.9.0
  • Source code is not provided
• DEMONIOLibrary: DLDI from timebombed cartridges
  • Dumped from memory. DDMEM is incorrect as a result.
  • Use ttio from scdssdhc2 instead
• dlms: DSLink microSD v1
  • By Rudolph / Lick
  • Doesn't seem to work.
• dlms_moon: DSLink microSD v2
  • By Moonlight
  • No idea on whether it is working
• dlms3: DSLink microSD v3
  • By Diddl
  • Because of a swiDelay call, it doesn't work in DSLinux.
  • Writes are unstable
• ez5s: EZ-Flash V v1
  • By Cory1942 / ps2aich
  • As of 2022 the source code does not produce a working driver
• ez5sdhc: EZ-Flash V SDHC v2
  • By Cory1942 / ps2aich
  • DLDI doesn't initialize the SD card and thus cannot be used as an autoboot
• EZ5V2: EZ-Flash V / EZ-Flash V SDHC
  • Taken from kernel 2.0 RC20
  • Initial comparison seems similar to the ez5sdhc driver
  • Source code is not provided
• iTouchDS: iTouchDS / iTouch2
  • Taken from kernel 3.9a
  • Clone of the M3 DS Real
  • Use m3r4_m3ds instead
• Mat: iSmart Premium v1
  • Source is unknown
  • Open source version is mati
• nsd2: NEO2 SD card v1
• r4ds_pro: R4 DS Pro
  • Known Acekard 2 clone
  • Use ak2_sd instead
• r4idsn_sd_r4ig: r4ids.cn carts
  • By r4ids.cn
  • Use ak2_sd instead
• r4itt: R4iTT 3DS
  • By R4iTT
  • Source code is not provided
  • Use ak2_sd instead
• DSONESlot-1: SuperCard DSONE SDHC official
  • Taken from DSONE_SDHC_EOS_sp6_20121206
  • Source code is not provided, and initial comparison looks different from scdssdhc
• scdssdhc: SuperCard DSONE SDHC
  • By SuperCard
• scdssdhc1: SuperCard DSONE SDHC v1
  • By SuperCard and cluny
  • Source code was cleaned up
• TTCARDIOLibrary: DSTT v1
  • Taken from TTMenu 1.18
  • Due to how DSTT functions, using this as an autoboot will break SDHC support
  • DSTTDLDIboyakkeyver is recommended, but that driver has the opposite problem
• ttio_fwdump: DSTT firmware dump
  • Taken from a certain DSTT's flash
  • Seems to be the same as TTCARDIOLibrary, and only here as a reference
• DSTTDLDIboyakkeyver: DSTT v2
  • By boyakkey
  • Appears to be based on scdssdhc
  • Source code is not provided
  • Due to how DSTT functions, using this as an autoboot will break non-SDHC support
    • TTCARDIOLibrary has the opposite problem, but since this driver supports SDHC this is the recommended driver
• tt_sd: DSTT Wood4TT version
  • Taken from Wood4TT 1.25
  • Unknown how different this driver actually is
  • ttio from scdssdhc2 is a reimplementation of this driver
• tt_sd (fixed name): DSTT Wood4TT version with correct DLDI friendlyName
  • Hex edited to show TTCARD IO Library instead of R4(DS)
• x9sd6: Ninjapass X9 v1
  • By CJ Bell
  • ninjapassx9 is an updated version of this driver

List of drivers being tested (in dev):

• g003: M3i Zero GMP-Z003
  • By R4DS team, Chishm and lifehackerhansol