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https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/tree/master/include/drivers https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/tree/master/include/drive... Now that these drivers have been

by evv 9y ago

https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/tree/master/include/drivers https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/tree/master/include/drive... Now that these drivers have been leaked, would it be possible to run Linux on old iPhones? From my understanding, the main reason it couldn't be done is because nobody had access to the driver source code, and now..

dsl 9y ago
It looks like just the headers, not the actual source code. Also iBoot is basically the "BIOS" of the phone. Just enough to get it up and running and then load iOS into memory and kick it off, so it wouldn't have drivers for things like the touch screen or accelerometer for example.
- deleted 9y ago
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- kyrra 9y ago
  https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/blob/master/platform/s5l8945x/pmgr/pmgr.c#L360 https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/blob/master/platform/s5l8... I'd disagree, this includes source code.
  - revelation 9y ago
    For power management and sequencing chips. Like a BIOS would. There are no interesting drivers there.
  - dsl 9y ago
    I was referring to the directory the grand-parent referred to. Of course there is source in other places.
- maddyboo 9y ago
  There's also a /drivers directory which seems to contain source files for many of the /include/drivers header files.
dvfjsdhgfv 9y ago
Practically speaking, yes. But these drivers would never be merged into the mainline kernel as the source code was obtained illegally. Writing a Linux driver from scratch on the basis if this code would still mean huge legal problems for the Linux kernel.
- pythonaut_16 9y ago
  Surely this code would be useful to a clean room design though? I.E. someone looks at the leaked code and writes a specification, then posts/shares that spec, and another person or team uses the spec to write a compatible driver without having looked at the leaked source code.
  - notriddle 9y ago
    I don't think so. The only thing you're allowed to do is stuff like Wireshark, where you observe the behavior and not the actual code.
    - phyzome 9y ago
      Pretty sure that's not true -- I believe you just have to make sure that only a spec gets "thrown over the wall", and no descriptions of implementation or architecture.
joshumax 9y ago
We've been able to run Linux on old iPhones for quite a while now, as can be noted from the defunct iDroid project, which managed to successfully port the Linux kernel and Android userspace to the iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS, and 4 using OpeniBoot. However, this is quite a nice advancement for those of us in the emulation community. Disclaimer: I'm working with some other team members on the revival of the iEmu iPhone emulator.
- bobcallme 9y ago
  > However, this is quite a nice advancement for those of us in the emulation community. It won't be if you taint what you are working on. Just looking at this will cause lots of legal problems down the road.
  - HugoDaniel 9y ago
    Don't Touch. Don't Look. Don't Think. Don't Breathe. That will keep you safe.
akerro 9y ago
Hijacking your post to add link to the repo that's not DMCAd https://0xacab.org/sizeofcat/iBoot/ https://0xacab.org/sizeofcat/iBoot/

by evv 9y ago

dsl 9y ago

It looks like just the headers, not the actual source code. Also iBoot is basically the "BIOS" of the phone. Just enough to get it up and running and then load iOS into memory and kick it off, so it wouldn't have drivers for things like the touch screen or accelerometer for example.

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kyrra 9y ago
https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/blob/master/platform/s5l8945x/pmgr/pmgr.c#L360 https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/blob/master/platform/s5l8... I'd disagree, this includes source code.
- revelation 9y ago
  For power management and sequencing chips. Like a BIOS would. There are no interesting drivers there.
- dsl 9y ago
  I was referring to the directory the grand-parent referred to. Of course there is source in other places.
maddyboo 9y ago
There's also a /drivers directory which seems to contain source files for many of the /include/drivers header files.

dvfjsdhgfv 9y ago

Practically speaking, yes. But these drivers would never be merged into the mainline kernel as the source code was obtained illegally. Writing a Linux driver from scratch on the basis if this code would still mean huge legal problems for the Linux kernel.

pythonaut_16 9y ago
Surely this code would be useful to a clean room design though? I.E. someone looks at the leaked code and writes a specification, then posts/shares that spec, and another person or team uses the spec to write a compatible driver without having looked at the leaked source code.
- notriddle 9y ago
  I don't think so. The only thing you're allowed to do is stuff like Wireshark, where you observe the behavior and not the actual code.
  - phyzome 9y ago
    Pretty sure that's not true -- I believe you just have to make sure that only a spec gets "thrown over the wall", and no descriptions of implementation or architecture.

joshumax 9y ago

We've been able to run Linux on old iPhones for quite a while now, as can be noted from the defunct iDroid project, which managed to successfully port the Linux kernel and Android userspace to the iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS, and 4 using OpeniBoot. However, this is quite a nice advancement for those of us in the emulation community. Disclaimer: I'm working with some other team members on the revival of the iEmu iPhone emulator.

bobcallme 9y ago
> However, this is quite a nice advancement for those of us in the emulation community. It won't be if you taint what you are working on. Just looking at this will cause lots of legal problems down the road.
- HugoDaniel 9y ago
  Don't Touch. Don't Look. Don't Think. Don't Breathe. That will keep you safe.

akerro 9y ago

Hijacking your post to add link to the repo that's not DMCAd https://0xacab.org/sizeofcat/iBoot/ https://0xacab.org/sizeofcat/iBoot/