R4TF

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These drivers work for both the R4 DS, M3 Simply and M3 DS Real (the last one read only) Slot-1 cards.

[edit] R4TF

DLDI file Source Author Last update Read Write
r4tf.dldi r4tf.zip R4DS 2006-12-25 Works Works



[edit] R4TF v2

DLDI file Source Author Last update Read Write
r4tf_v2.dldi r4tf_v2.zip R4DS, modified by Chishm 2007-12-27 Works Works


Version 1 of the driver doesn't work on the ARM7. This will affect a few applications that use the ARM7 to read data from the card. Use version 2 if you are having trouble. You'll need to disable auto-patching in the R4 firmware (currently not possible) or use DLDI No-AutoPatch to stop it being re-patched.

[edit] Caveats

The R4 boot menu puts the R4 hardware into a state where this driver works. If you eject the R4 and reinsert it, the hardware will lose this state, and this driver will stop working until the DS is power cycled.[1] This means that save backup tools such as eepinator and RAC, which copy saved data from the EEPROM or flash on a DS Game Card to an SD card, cannot work with R4.

Recent (1.10 and newer) versions of R4 firmware automatically patch the .nds file. If you will be using the R4 to start a program, but you want the program to read its files from a card in SLOT-2, you need to use a patcher that will destroy the DLDI signature so that the firmware doesn't try to re-patch it. See DLDI No-AutoPatch.

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