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hekate - CTCaer mod

Image of Hekate

Custom Nintendo Switch bootloader, firmware patcher, and more.

Bootloader folders and files

Folder/File Description
bootloader Main folder.
|__ bootlogo.bmp It is used when custom is on and no logopath found. Can be skipped.
|__ hekate_ipl.ini Main bootloader configuration and boot entries.
|__ update.bin If newer, it is loaded at boot. For modchips. Can be skipped.
bootloader/ini/ For individual inis. 'More configs...' menu. Autoboot is supported.
bootloader/sys/ For system modules.
|__ libsys_lp0.bso LP0 (sleep mode) module. Important!
bootloader/payloads/ For payloads. 'Payloads...' menu. Autoboot only supported by including them into an ini. All CFW bootloaders, tools, Linux payloads are supported.
bootloader/libtools/ Future reserved

Bootloader configuration

The bootloader can be configured via 'bootloader/hekate_ipl.ini' (if it is present on the SD card). Each ini section represents a boot entry, except for the special section 'config' that controls the global configuration.

There are four possible type of entries. "[ ]": Boot entry, "{ }": Caption, "#": Comment, "newline": .ini cosmetic newline.

Configuration keys/values when boot entry is config:

Config option Description
autoboot=0 0: Disable, #: Boot entry number to auto boot.
bootwait=3 0: Disable (Having VOL- pressed since injection goes to menu. It also disables bootlogo.), #: Time to wait for VOL- to enter menu.
customlogo=0 0: Use default hekate bootlogo, 1: Use bootlogo.bmp.
verification=2 0: Disable Backup/Restore verification, 1: Sparse (block based, fast and not 100% reliable), 2: Full (sha256 based, slow and 100% reliable).

Possible boot entry key/value combinations:

Config option Description
logopath={SD path} If global customlogo is 1 and logopath empty, bootlogo.bmp will be used. If logopath exists, it will load the specified bitmap.
warmboot={SD path} Replaces the warmboot binary
secmon={SD path} Replaces the security monitor binary
kernel={SD path} Replaces the kernel binary
kip1={SD path} Replaces/Adds kernel initial process. Multiple can be set.
kip1patch=patchname Enables a kip1 patch. Specify with multiple lines and/or as CSV. Implemented patches right now are nosigchk,nogc
fullsvcperm=1 Disables SVC verification
debugmode=1 Enables Debug mode
atmosphere=1 Enables Atmosphère patching
payload={SD path} Payload launching. Tools, Linux, CFW bootloaders, etc.

You can find a template Here

hekate     (C) 2018 naehrwert, st4rk
CTCaer mod (C) 2018 CTCaer.

Thanks to: derrek, nedwill, plutoo, shuffle2, smea, thexyz, yellows8.
Greetings to: fincs, hexkyz, SciresM, Shiny Quagsire, WinterMute.

Open source and free packages used:
 - FatFs R0.13a, Copyright (C) 2017, ChaN
 - bcl-1.2.0, Copyright (C) 2003-2006, Marcus Geelnard
 - Atmosphère (SE sha256, prc id kernel patches), Copyright (C) 2018, Atmosphère-NX
 - elfload, Copyright (C) 2014 Owen Shepherd, Copyright (C) 2018 M4xw

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