Version 1.7.3

• libnds:

  • Use custom version of swiSoftReset() instead of instruction swi #0 to prevent crashes on DSi mode, where swi #0 isn't implemented.
  • swi*() functions that don't actually use swi instructions (because of bugs in the implementation in the BIOS) have been documented.
  • nitroFSInit() now sets errno correctly if there is no NitroFS filesystem in the ROM.
  • The DSi mode checks of soundExtSetFrequencyTWL() have been moved out of twl sections so that this function can be safely called even in DS mode (even if it doesn't have any effect).
  • Calling irqSet(flags, NULL) or irqSetAUX(flags, NULL) is now safe. Previously, this would cause NULL to be used as interrupt handler instead of disabling the interrupt handler as expected.
  • The type IntFn has been deprecated in favour of VoidFn. Even the interrupts.h header didn't use IntFn, it was only used internally in interrupts.c.

• SDK:

  • Docker:

    • The Docker images are now built in a GitHub Actions pipeline in the SDK repository instead of locally in the computers of the developers.

  • Examples:

    • In the LibXM7 example that uses NitroFS, set pointer to NULL when it stops being used so that the program keeps track of whether songs are playing or not. This fixes a crash when trying to start a song after stopping a song.

  • Documentation:

    • Document the release process for new BlocksDS versions.
    • Document the existence minimal ARM7 core.
    • Remove references to scripts related to the release process used before using GitHub Actions.
    • Add link to ndslib-archive repository so that it can be used as reference to understand old NDS homebrew source code.
    • Clarify how to build examples in the setup instructions.

  • Other:

    • Use the right system header in dldipatch to fix a compiler warning.
    • PAlib is now available as a pacman package: blocksds-palib