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=Device Mapper=
=Device Mapper=
* A really cool feature of Linux 2.6/3.
* The device mapper is stackable.


==dm-bswap16==
==dm-bswap16==

Revision as of 20:55, 3 September 2012

Introduction

  • The goal is to mount PS3 HDD on PC Linux and make changes to it.
  • Use device mapper for transparent encryption/decryption.

Device Mapper

  • A really cool feature of Linux 2.6/3.
  • The device mapper is stackable.

dm-bswap16

  • Swaps bytes in each 16-bit word.
  • It is necessray for HDD/VFLASH encryption/decryption.

GIT repo: http://gitorious.ps3dev.net/ps3linux/dm-bswap16

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