Atmosphere CFW v0.9.2 Released

Atmosphere CFW v0.9.2 Released


SciresM has updated the Atmosphere CFW to v0.9.2 to coincide with the release of Hekate v5.0.0 & Nyx v0.8.0. This new version mainly addresses emuMMC compatibility as it's now more stable, the file based implementation has been fixed, corruption during power cycling should no longer be an issue, Micro SD Card compatibility has improved along with some other changes.

Some changes were made to the configuration file used by the emuMMC subsystem so if you were an early adopter you will need to manually change the configuration variables or just use Hekate v5.0.0 & Nyx v0.8.0 automatic touch screen responsive GUI to create and manage your emuMMC NAND images.

Atmosphere was the first and the widely used Custom Firmware solution for Nintendo Switch hybrid video gaming consoles. Vanilla Atmosphere allows you to run homebrew and access other features of the Nintendo Switch console. Atmosphere is also the base for the Kosmos SD Card package, ReiNX and is used in Xecuter's SX OS.

What's New?

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0.9.2 is Atmosphère's twentieth official release.

fusee-primary was last updated in: 0.9.2.

With thanks to the [@switchbrew](https://github.com/switchbrew) team, Atmosphère 0.9.2 is bundled with [hbl](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbloader) 2.1, and [hbmenu](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbmenu) 3.0.1.

The following was changed since the last release:

* A number of emummc bugfixes were added (all thanks to [@m4xw](https://github.com/m4xw)'s hard work). The following is a summary of emummc changes:
* Support for file-based emummc instances was fixed.
* Please note: file-based emummc is still unoptimized, and so may be much slower than partition-based.
* This speed differential should hopefully be made better in a future emummc update.
* The way emummc handles power management was completely overhauled.
* Emummc now properly handles init/de-init, and now supports low voltage mode.
* Much better support for shutdown was added, which should assuage corruption/synchronization problems.
* This should also improve support for more types of SD cards.
* A bug was fixed that caused emummc to not work on lower system versions due to missing SVC access.
* Please note: The configuration entries used for emummc have been changed.
* `emummc_` prefixes have been removed, since they are superfluous given the `emummc` category they are under.
* As an example, `emummc!emummc_enabled` is now `emummc!enabled`.
* INI configurations made by [@CTCaer](https://github.com/CTCaer)'s [tool](https://github.com/ctcaer/hekate/releases/latest) (which is the recommended way to manage emummc) should automatically work as expected/be corrected.
* If you do not wish to use the above, you will need to manually correct your configuration file.
* General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.
* Stratosphere is currently in the process of being re-written/refactored.
* Stratosphere was my (SciresM's) first C++ project, ever -- the code written for it a year ago when I was learning C++ is/was of much lower quality than code written more recently.
* Code is thus being re-written for clarity/style/to de-duplicate functionality, with much being moved into libstratosphere.
* Stratosphere will, after the rewrite, globally use the `sts::` namespace -- this should greatly enhancing libstratosphere's ability to provide functionality for system modules.
* The rewritten modules consistently have lower memory footprints, and should be easier to maintain going forwards.
* The `sm`, `boot`, `spl`, `ro`, and `loader` modules have been tackled so far.
* General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.
Credits

Atmosphère is currently being developed and maintained by SciresM, TuxSH, hexkyz, and fincs.
In no particular order, we credit the following for their invaluable contributions:

* switchbrew for the [libnx](https://github.com/switchbrew/libnx) project and the extensive [documentation, research and tool development](http://switchbrew.org) pertaining to the Nintendo Switch.
* devkitPro for the [devkitA64](https://devkitpro.org/) toolchain and libnx support.
* ReSwitched Team for additional [documentation, research and tool development](https://reswitched.team/) pertaining to the Nintendo Switch.
* ChaN for the [FatFs](http://elm-chan.org/fsw/ff/00index_e.html) module.
* Marcus Geelnard for the [bcl-1.2.0](https://sourceforge.net/projects/bcl/files/bcl/bcl-1.2.0) library.
* naehrwert and st4rk for the original [hekate](https://github.com/nwert/hekate) project and its hwinit code base.
* CTCaer for the continued [hekate](https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate) project's fork and the [minerva_tc](https://github.com/CTCaer/minerva_tc) project.
* Riley for suggesting "Atmosphere" as a Horizon OS reimplementation+customization project name.
* hedgeberg for research and hardware testing.
* lioncash for code cleanup and general improvements.
* jaames for designing and providing Atmosphère's graphical resources.
* Everyone who submitted entries for Atmosphère's [splash design contest](https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere-splashes).
* *All those who actively contribute to the Atmosphère repository.*

Changelog

0.9.2 is Atmosphère's twentieth official release.

fusee-primary was last updated in: 0.9.2.

With thanks to the [@switchbrew](https://github.com/switchbrew) team, Atmosphère 0.9.2 is bundled with [hbl](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbloader) 2.1, and [hbmenu](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbmenu) 3.0.1.

The following was changed since the last release:

* A number of emummc bugfixes were added (all thanks to [@m4xw](https://github.com/m4xw)'s hard work). The following is a summary of emummc changes:
* Support for file-based emummc instances was fixed.
* Please note: file-based emummc is still unoptimized, and so may be much slower than partition-based.
* This speed differential should hopefully be made better in a future emummc update.
* The way emummc handles power management was completely overhauled.
* Emummc now properly handles init/de-init, and now supports low voltage mode.
* Much better support for shutdown was added, which should assuage corruption/synchronization problems.
* This should also improve support for more types of SD cards.
* A bug was fixed that caused emummc to not work on lower system versions due to missing SVC access.
* Please note: The configuration entries used for emummc have been changed.
* `emummc_` prefixes have been removed, since they are superfluous given the `emummc` category they are under.
* As an example, `emummc!emummc_enabled` is now `emummc!enabled`.
* INI configurations made by [@CTCaer](https://github.com/CTCaer)'s [tool](https://github.com/ctcaer/hekate/releases/latest) (which is the recommended way to manage emummc) should automatically work as expected/be corrected.
* If you do not wish to use the above, you will need to manually correct your configuration file.
* General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.
* Stratosphere is currently in the process of being re-written/refactored.
* Stratosphere was my (SciresM's) first C++ project, ever -- the code written for it a year ago when I was learning C++ is/was of much lower quality than code written more recently.
* Code is thus being re-written for clarity/style/to de-duplicate functionality, with much being moved into libstratosphere.
* Stratosphere will, after the rewrite, globally use the `sts::` namespace -- this should greatly enhancing libstratosphere's ability to provide functionality for system modules.
* The rewritten modules consistently have lower memory footprints, and should be easier to maintain going forwards.
* The `sm`, `boot`, `spl`, `ro`, and `loader` modules have been tackled so far.
* General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.

0.9.1 is Atmosphère's nineteenth official release.

fusee-primary was last updated in: 0.9.1.

With thanks to the [@switchbrew](https://github.com/switchbrew) team, Atmosphère 0.9.1 is bundled with [hbl](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbloader) 2.1, and [hbmenu](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbmenu) 3.0.1.

The following was changed since the last release:

* Support was added for 8.1.0.
* Please note, emummc is still considered beta/experimental -- this is not the inevitable bugfix update for it, although some number of bugs have been fixed. :)
* General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.

0.9.0 is Atmosphère's eighteenth official release.

fusee-primary was last updated in: 0.9.0.

With thanks to the [@switchbrew](https://github.com/switchbrew) team, Atmosphère 0.9.0 is bundled with [hbl](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbloader) 2.1, and [hbmenu](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbmenu) 3.0.1.

The following was changed since the last release:

* Creport output was improved significantly.
* Thread names are now dumped on crash in addition to 0x100 of TLS from each thread.
* This significantly aids debugging efforts for crashes.
* Support was added for 32-bit stackframes, so reports can now be generated for 32-bit games.
* `dmnt`'s Cheat VM was extended to add a new debug opcode.
* With thanks to/collaboration with [@m4xw](https://github.com/m4xw) and [@CTCaer](https://github.com/CTCaer), support was added for redirecting NAND to the SD card (emummc).
* Please note, this support is very much beta/experimental.
* It is quite likely we have not identified all bugs -- those will be fixed as they are reported over the next few days/weeks.
* In addition, some niceties (e.g. having a separate Atmosphere folder per emummc instance) still need some thought put in before they can be implemented in a way that makes everyone happy.
* If you are not an advanced user, you may wish to think about waiting for the inevitable 0.9.1 bugfix update before using emummc as your default boot option.
* You may especially wish to consider waitin
g if you are using Atmosphere on a unit with the RCM bug patched.
* Emummc is managed by editing the emummc section of "emummc/emummc.ini".
* To enable emummc, set `emummc!emummc_enabled` = 1.
* Support is included for redirecting NAND to a partition on the SD card.
* This can be done by setting `emummc!emummc_sector` to the start sector of your partition (e.g., `emummc_sector = 0x1A010000`).
* Support is also included for redirecting NAND to a collection of loose files on the SD card.
* This can be done by setting `emummc!emummc_path` to the folder (with archive bit set) containing the NAND boot partitions' files "boot0" and "boot1", and the raw NAND image files "00", "01", "02", etc. (single "00" file with the whole NAND image requires exFAT mode while multipart NAND can be used in both exFAT and FAT32 modes).
* The `Nintendo` contents directory can be redirected arbitrarily.
* By default, it will be redirected to `emummc/Nintendo_XXXX`, where `XXXX` is the hexadecimal representation of the emummc's ID.
* The current emummc ID may be selected by changing `emummc!emummc_id` in emummc.ini.
* This can be set to any arbitrary directory by setting `emummc!emummc_nintendo_path`.
* To create a backup usable for emummc, users may use tools provided by the [hekate](https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate) project.
* If, when using emummc, you encounter a bug, *please be sure to report it* -- that's the only way we can fix it. :)
* General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.


0.8.10 is Atmosphère's seventeenth official release.

fusee-primary was last updated in: 0.8.10.

With thanks to the [@switchbrew](https://github.com/switchbrew) team, Atmosphère 0.8.10 is bundled with [hbl](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbloader) 2.1, and [hbmenu](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbmenu) 3.0.1.

The following was changed since the last release:

* A bug was fixed that could cause incorrect system memory allocation on 5.0.0.
* 5.0.0 should now correctly have an additional 12 MiB allocated for sysmodules.
* Atmosphère features which check button presses now consider all controllers, instead of just P1.
* Support was added for configuring language/region on a per-game basis.
* This is managed by editing `atmosphere/titles/[title id]/config.ini` for the game.
* To edit title language, edit `override_config!override_language`.
* The languages supported are `ja`, `en-US`, `fr`, `de`, `it`, `es`, `zh-CN`, `ko`, `nl`, `pt`, `ru`, `zh-TW`, `en-GB`, `fr-CA`, `es-419`, `zh-Hans`, `zh-Hant`.
* To edit title region, edit `override_config!override_region`.
* The regions supported are `jpn`, `usa`, `eur`, `aus`, `chn`, `kor`, `twn`.
* Atmosphère now provides a reimplementation of the `boot` system module.
* `boot` is responsible for performing hardware initialization, showing the Nintendo logo, and repairing NAND on system update failure.
* Atmosphère's `boot` implementation preserves AutoRCM during NAND repair.
* NAND repair occurs when an unexpected shutdown or error happens during a system update.
* This fixes a final edge case where AutoRCM might be removed by HOS, which could cause a user to burn fuses.
* General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.

0.8.9 is Atmosphère's sixteenth official release.

fusee-primary was last updated in: 0.8.9.

With thanks to the [@switchbrew](https://github.com/switchbrew) team, Atmosphère 0.8.9 is bundled with [hbl](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbloader) 2.1, and [hbmenu](https://github.com/switchbrew/nx-hbmenu) 3.0.1.

The following was changed since the last release:

* A number of bugs were fixed, including:
* A data abort was fixed when mounting certain partitions on NAND.
* All Stratosphère system modules now only maintain a connection to `sm` when actively using it.
* This helps mitigate the scenario where sm hits the limit of 64 active connections and crashes.
* This sometimes caused crashes when custom non-Atmosphère sysmodules were active and the user played certain games (ex: Smash's Stage Builder).
* fatal now uses the 8.0.0+ clkrst API, instead of silently failing to adjust clock rates on that firmware version.
* A wait loop is now performed when trying to get a session to `sm`, in the case where `sm:` is not yet registered.
* This fixes a race condition that could cause a failure to boot under certain circumstances.
* libstratosphere's handling of domain object closing has been improved.
* Previously, this code could cause crashes/extremely odd behavior (misinterpreting what object a service is) under certain circumstances.
* An optional automatic reboot timer was added to fatal.
* By setting the system setting `atmosphere!fatal_auto_reboot_interval` to a non-zero u64 valalue, fatal can be made to automatically reboot after a certain number of milliseconds.
Links & Downloads
https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/releases/tag/0.9.2

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