# FriiDump — Project Frankenstein Branch
-## Candidate21 Linux Xbox DMI boundary correction
+## FriiDump 0.5.3.16-pf1 Linux Xbox DMI boundary correction
Candidate20 proved the complete Linux GDR-8050L Xbox command and data path:
direct SG_IO challenge delivery, both game-view transitions, XDVDFS metadata,
drive-captured game lead-in, partial GAME-XDVDFS output, controlled
cancellation, hashes, native reporting, and STOP UNIT.
-Candidate21 preserves that exact Windows-sequence control flow and SG_IO
-handshake. It corrects one remaining MMC boundary: standard READ DVD STRUCTURE
-uses CDB byte 7 for the Format field. Candidate20 incorrectly wrote the format
-to byte 11 (Control), so DMI format `0x04` was not captured and the media ID
-remained empty.
+FriiDump 0.5.3.16-pf1 preserves that exact Windows-sequence control flow and
+SG_IO handshake. It corrects one remaining MMC boundary: standard READ DVD
+STRUCTURE uses CDB byte 7 for the Format field. Candidate20 incorrectly wrote
+the format to byte 11 (Control), so DMI format `0x04` was not captured and the
+media ID remained empty.
-Candidate21 also adds persistent PFI/DMI capture diagnostics and a source
+The release also adds persistent PFI/DMI capture diagnostics and a source
contract that compares the portable request against the proven copied Windows
`GetMediaID()` request.
See [`docs/LINUX.md`](docs/LINUX.md) before Linux hardware use.
-## Candidate11 Linux Xbox parity baseline
+## Exact-release Linux hardware validation
+
+The exact FriiDump 0.5.3.16-pf1 Linux executable was validated on two
+GameCube paths after release publication:
+
+- an `HL-DT-ST CDRW/DVD GCC4244 B101` completed profile selection, all 20 seed
+ blocks, a controlled partial read, cancellation, native reporting, profile
+ reporting, and STOP UNIT;
+- a physical GDR-8163B cross-flashed with modified GDR-8050L `0012` firmware
+ completed the modified `0xE7` path, all 20 seed blocks, a controlled partial
+ read, cancellation, native reporting, profile reporting, and FriiDump's
+ internal STOP UNIT.
+
+The validated cross-flashed unit had to start with a readable Video DVD before
+it identified as `HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8050L 0012`. The drive stayed powered and
+connected while the disc was changed to Sonic Mega Collection (US). Linux host
+media probing was temporarily quarantined for that run because earlier
+background reads had blocked the USB/SCSI path.
+
+See
+[`docs/reports/FRIIDUMP_LINUX_EXACT_RELEASE_HARDWARE_VALIDATION_0.5.3.16-pf1.md`](docs/reports/FRIIDUMP_LINUX_EXACT_RELEASE_HARDWARE_VALIDATION_0.5.3.16-pf1.md)
+for the exact evidence identities and validation limits.
+## Candidate11 Linux Xbox parity baseline
Candidate11 begins the Linux parity campaign without replacing the validated
Windows/MSVC GDR-8050L path. The Windows copied-reference implementation remains
unchanged for challenge drives. Linux now uses the existing portable MMC/Xbox
FriiDump is a command-line optical-disc dumping tool for Nintendo GameCube,
Nintendo Wii, standard DVD-ROM, and selected Original Xbox/XGD workflows. This
-repository preserves the Project Frankenstein development branch based on
-FriiDump **0.5.3.5**.
+repository preserves the Project Frankenstein release line through
+FriiDump **0.5.3.16-pf1**.
The branch extends the original FriiDump code with:
## Repository status
-This is the active canonical Project Frankenstein FriiDump repository. Authority
-was accepted at annotated tag `v0.5.3.5-pf1`. The imported baseline is
-intentionally conservative: source and
-maintained documentation were preserved, while disc images, live logs, compiled
-binaries, build directories, result archives, and unrelated reverse-engineering
-work were excluded.
+This is the active canonical Project Frankenstein FriiDump repository.
+FriiDump 0.5.3.16-pf1 incorporates the accepted native-reporting campaign,
+Linux raw-I/O authorization boundary, GameCube/Linux parity work, and the
+GDR-8050L Linux Xbox DMI correction.
-The baseline source came from:
+Release authority is the annotated tag `v0.5.3.16-pf1`. Verify its live tag
+object, peeled commit, and tree before treating a checkout or archive as
+canonical.
-```text
-D:\vscode-workspace\friidump
-```
-
-No firmware binaries or disc images belong in this Git repository.
+Disc images, live logs, compiled binaries, build directories, result archives,
+and unrelated reverse-engineering work remain outside this repository.
Authority surfaces:
```text
repository: /srv/project-frankenstein/repos/friidump.git
authority marker: /srv/project-frankenstein/catalog/authority/friidump.json
-canonical tag: v0.5.3.5-pf1
+canonical tag: v0.5.3.16-pf1
```
## Build
-
### Windows — validated MSVC 32-bit path
The maintained Windows helper invokes the Visual Studio 2019 Build Tools
later. See [`COPYING`](COPYING). Existing source-file copyright notices and
authors are preserved.
-## Candidate21 Xbox Linux scope
+## FriiDump 0.5.3.16-pf1 Xbox Linux scope
Candidate21 preserves Candidate20's successful SG_IO Xbox handshake and
Windows state-machine order. The only functional correction is the standard
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