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→RomFS Override: new section
[[User:WinterMute|WinterMute]] ([[User talk:WinterMute|talk]]) 04:26, 19 June 2018 (CDT)
[[User:WinterMute|WinterMute]] ([[User talk:WinterMute|talk]]) 04:26, 19 June 2018 (CDT)
== RomFS Override ==
The current strategy for providing RomFS to homebrew applications depends on the application being able to find and open its own NRO file via argv[0] and load RomFS from ASET. This is not practical for several use cases that I am encountering:
- The NRO file is not persisted to the SD card.
- The NRO file is not stored somewhere that the homebrew library knows how to access.
- The application does not exist as an NRO file at all.
I'd like to propose a new HBABI key to allow homebrew applications to access RomFS without needing to open their own NRO file via argv[0].
==== RomFSOverride ====
This is used to override an application's RomFS. If this key is passed and recognized, the application shall make no attempt to open itself via fopen(argv[0]).
* '''Key:''' 15
* '''Value[0]:''' Handle to a session implementing [[Filesystem_services#IFileSystem]] for the application's RomFS.
* '''Value[1]:''' Ignored.
The application may only expect that IFileSystem#GetEntryType, IFileSystem#OpenFile, and IFileSystem#OpenDirectory are implemented for the given handle.
Possible alternatives include instead passing IFile/IStorage for the RomFS section, or IFile/IStorage for the entire ASET section.
Concerns include ownership of the session handle. Should the application be required to close the handle or leave it open? Personally, I'm inclined to require that the application borrow the session from the loader and leave it open in case closing the handle is not something desirable. This also simplifies the logic in the loader, since if the handle needs to be closed, the loader can always just close it instead of having to figure out whether it was recognized or not. Possible alternatives to this ownership scheme include either adding flags to HBABI entries for which words contain handles that should be closed if not recognized, or a flag that the application sets on each entry it recognizes so that the loader can take care of closing the handle if the application did not recognize it.
--[[User:Misson20000|Misson20000]] ([[User talk:Misson20000|talk]]) 00:36, 6 November 2018 (UTC)