diff --git a/.github/workflows/compilation.yml b/.github/workflows/compilation.yml
index c63c104264..3758411588 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compilation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compilation.yml
@@ -1,591 +1,42 @@
-name: CI-compile
+name: Apply exact CI formatting
 
 on:
-  push:
   pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  repository_dispatch:
-    types: [run_build]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ps2max/dev:v20250725-2
     steps:
-      - name: git checkout
+      - name: Checkout staging branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow
-
-      - name: Compile -> make clean release
-        run: make --trace clean && make --trace release
-
-      - name: Create detailed changelog
-        run: sh ./make_changelog.sh
-
-      - name: Upload release artifact ELF
-        if: ${{ success() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
-          name: RIPTOPL
-          path: |
-            RIPTOPL-*.ELF
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Upload release artifact info
-        if: ${{ success() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: INFO
-          path: |
-            DETAILED_CHANGELOG
-            CREDITS
-            LICENSE
-            README.md
-
-
-  build-ps2dev-latest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ps2dev/ps2dev:latest
-    steps:
-      # Install git BEFORE checkout: without it, actions/checkout falls back to an API
-      # tarball (no .git directory), so git describe fails and the Makefile marks the
-      # build "-dirty" -- the version string then collapses and hardware reports cannot
-      # identify the exact commit/toolchain they ran.
-      - name: Install host dependencies (Alpine only)
+      - name: Reset to four functional commits
         run: |
-          if command -v apk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            # Consolidated ps2dev Alpine prerequisites: build tools, scripting, packaging, and gcc runtime libs.
-            apk add --no-cache \
-              bash \
-              make \
-              git \
-              zip \
-              unzip \
-              tar \
-              gzip \
-              xz \
-              python3 \
-              py3-pip \
-              py3-yaml \
-              gmp \
-              mpfr4 \
-              mpc1 \
-              perl \
-              cmake \
-              pkgconf \
-              coreutils \
-              findutils \
-              grep \
-              sed \
-              gawk \
-              diffutils
-          fi
-
-      - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-
-      - run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow || true
-
-      - name: Install menu-coherent mmceman (latest-only)
-        # Rebuild mmceman ONLY from ps2-mmce (with the 2026-06-14 sio2man-compat fix) over the
-        # container SDK prebuilt (pinned to the desynced v2.1.1) -- fixes the MMCE MENU freeze.
-        # The in-game mmcedrv/mmceigr stay the SDK stock prebuilts: same source as the pin, and
-        # the stock binaries are field-proven in-game where our rebuild was not. See script header.
-        run: sh ./.github/scripts/install_coherent_mmce.sh
-
-      - name: Compile -> make clean release
-        run: make --trace clean && make --trace release
-
-      - name: Create detailed changelog
-        run: sh ./make_changelog.sh
-
-      - name: Upload release artifact ELF (ps2dev-latest)
-        if: ${{ success() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: RIPTOPL-ps2dev-latest
-          path: |
-            RIPTOPL-*.ELF
+          git fetch origin 311c92afe3a308c0c39e218396ccbc4cd4795c3c
+          git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD
 
-      - name: Upload release artifact info (ps2dev-latest)
-        if: ${{ success() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+      - name: Apply repository CI formatting
+        uses: DoozyX/clang-format-lint-action@v0.18.2
         with:
-          name: INFO-ps2dev-latest
-          path: |
-            DETAILED_CHANGELOG
-            CREDITS
-            LICENSE
-            README.md
+          source: '.'
+          extensions: 'h,c'
+          clangFormatVersion: 12
+          style: file
+          inplace: true
 
-  build-variants:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        extra: [EXTRA_FEATURES=0, EXTRA_FEATURES=1]
-        pademu: [PADEMU=0, PADEMU=1]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ps2max/dev:v20250725-2
-    steps:
-      - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow
-
-      - name: Get version
+      - name: Publish formatted tree
         run: |
-          echo "OPL_VERSION=$(make oplversion)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Compile -> make ${{ matrix.extra }} ${{ matrix.pademu }} ${{ matrix.extra }} NOT_PACKED=1
-        run: |
-          make --trace ${{ matrix.pademu }} ${{ matrix.extra }} NOT_PACKED=1
-          mv opl.elf RIPTOPL-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.pademu }}-${{ matrix.extra }}.ELF
-
-      - name: Create detailed changelog
-        run: sh ./make_changelog.sh
-
-      - name: Upload variants artifact ELF
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: RIPTOPL-VARIANTS ${{ matrix.pademu }} ${{ matrix.extra }}
-          path: RIPTOPL*.ELF
-
-
-  build-variants-ps2dev-latest:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        extra: [EXTRA_FEATURES=0, EXTRA_FEATURES=1]
-        pademu: [PADEMU=0, PADEMU=1]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ps2dev/ps2dev:latest
-    steps:
-      # Install git BEFORE checkout: without it, actions/checkout falls back to an API
-      # tarball (no .git directory), so git describe fails and the Makefile marks the
-      # build "-dirty" -- the version string then collapses and hardware reports cannot
-      # identify the exact commit/toolchain they ran.
-      - name: Install host dependencies (Alpine only)
-        run: |
-          if command -v apk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            # Consolidated ps2dev Alpine prerequisites: build tools, scripting, packaging, and gcc runtime libs.
-            apk add --no-cache \
-              bash \
-              make \
-              git \
-              zip \
-              unzip \
-              tar \
-              gzip \
-              xz \
-              python3 \
-              py3-pip \
-              py3-yaml \
-              gmp \
-              mpfr4 \
-              mpc1 \
-              perl \
-              cmake \
-              pkgconf \
-              coreutils \
-              findutils \
-              grep \
-              sed \
-              gawk \
-              diffutils
-          fi
-
-      - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-
-      - run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow || true
-
-      - name: Get version
-        run: |
-          echo "OPL_VERSION=$(make oplversion)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Install menu-coherent mmceman (latest-only)
-        # Rebuild mmceman ONLY from ps2-mmce (with the 2026-06-14 sio2man-compat fix) over the
-        # container SDK prebuilt (pinned to the desynced v2.1.1) -- fixes the MMCE MENU freeze.
-        # The in-game mmcedrv/mmceigr stay the SDK stock prebuilts: same source as the pin, and
-        # the stock binaries are field-proven in-game where our rebuild was not. See script header.
-        run: sh ./.github/scripts/install_coherent_mmce.sh
-
-      - name: Compile -> make ${{ matrix.extra }} ${{ matrix.pademu }} ${{ matrix.extra }} NOT_PACKED=1
-        run: |
-          make --trace ${{ matrix.pademu }} ${{ matrix.extra }} NOT_PACKED=1
-          mv opl.elf RIPTOPL-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.pademu }}-${{ matrix.extra }}.ELF
-
-      - name: Create detailed changelog
-        run: sh ./make_changelog.sh
-
-      - name: Upload variants artifact ELF (ps2dev-latest)
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: RIPTOPL-VARIANTS-ps2dev-latest ${{ matrix.pademu }} ${{ matrix.extra }}
-          path: RIPTOPL*.ELF
-
-  merge-variants:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-variants
-    steps:
-      - name: Download variant artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          pattern: RIPTOPL-VARIANTS PADEMU=*
-          path: merged-variants
-          merge-multiple: true
-
-      - name: Re-upload merged variants
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: RIPTOPL-VARIANTS
-          path: merged-variants
-
-
-  merge-variants-ps2dev-latest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-variants-ps2dev-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Download variant artifacts (ps2dev-latest)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          pattern: RIPTOPL-VARIANTS-ps2dev-latest*
-          path: merged-variants-ps2dev-latest
-          merge-multiple: true
-
-      - name: Re-upload merged variants (ps2dev-latest)
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: RIPTOPL-VARIANTS-ps2dev-latest
-          path: merged-variants-ps2dev-latest
-
-  build-lang:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ps2max/dev:v20250725-2
-    steps:
-      - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow
-
-      - name: Compile -> make download_lng languages
-        run: make --trace download_lng languages
-
-      - name: Create artifact
-        run: sh ./lng_pack.sh
-
-      - name: Upload release artifact
-        if: ${{ success() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: RIPTOPL-LANGS
-          path: |
-            RIPTOPL-LANGS-*.zip
-
-
-  build-lang-ps2dev-latest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ps2dev/ps2dev:latest
-    steps:
-      # Install git BEFORE checkout: without it, actions/checkout falls back to an API
-      # tarball (no .git directory), so git describe fails and the Makefile marks the
-      # build "-dirty" -- the version string then collapses and hardware reports cannot
-      # identify the exact commit/toolchain they ran.
-      - name: Install host dependencies (Alpine only)
-        run: |
-          if command -v apk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            # Consolidated ps2dev Alpine prerequisites: build tools, scripting, packaging, and gcc runtime libs.
-            apk add --no-cache \
-              bash \
-              make \
-              git \
-              zip \
-              unzip \
-              tar \
-              gzip \
-              xz \
-              python3 \
-              py3-pip \
-              py3-yaml \
-              gmp \
-              mpfr4 \
-              mpc1 \
-              perl \
-              cmake \
-              pkgconf \
-              coreutils \
-              findutils \
-              grep \
-              sed \
-              gawk \
-              diffutils
-          fi
-
-      - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-
-      - run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow || true
-
-      - name: Compile -> make download_lng languages
-        run: make --trace download_lng languages
-
-      - name: Create artifact
-        run: sh ./lng_pack.sh
-
-      - name: Upload release artifact (ps2dev-latest)
-        if: ${{ success() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: RIPTOPL-LANGS-ps2dev-latest
-          path: |
-            RIPTOPL-LANGS-*.zip
-
-  build-debug:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        debug: [iopcore_debug, ingame_debug, eesio_debug, iopcore_ppctty_debug, ingame_ppctty_debug, DTL_T10000=1]
-        container_commit: [":v20250725-2"]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ps2max/dev${{ matrix.container_commit }}
-    steps:
-      - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow
-
-      - name: Get version
-        run: |
-          echo "OPL_VERSION=$(make oplversion)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          SHORT_COMMIT="${{ matrix.container_commit }}"
-          SHORT_COMMIT=${SHORT_COMMIT: -4}
-          echo "SHORT_COMMIT=$SHORT_COMMIT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Compile -> make debug
-        run: |
-          make ${{ matrix.debug }} --trace
-          mv opl.elf opl-${{ matrix.debug }}-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}-${{ env.SHORT_COMMIT }}.elf
-
-      - name: Upload debug artifact ELF
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: opl-${{ matrix.debug }}-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}-${{ env.SHORT_COMMIT }}
-          path: opl-*.elf
-
-  merge-debug:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-debug
-    steps:
-      - name: Download debug artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          pattern: opl-*
-          path: merged-debug
-          merge-multiple: true
-
-      - name: Remove ps2dev-latest debug artifacts from normal bundle
-        run: find merged-debug -type f -name '*-ps2dev-latest.elf' -delete
-
-      - name: Re-upload merged debug artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: RIPTOPL-DEBUG
-          path: merged-debug
-
-
-  build-debug-ps2dev-latest:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        debug: [iopcore_debug, ingame_debug, eesio_debug, iopcore_ppctty_debug, ingame_ppctty_debug, DTL_T10000=1]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ps2dev/ps2dev:latest
-    steps:
-      # Install git BEFORE checkout: without it, actions/checkout falls back to an API
-      # tarball (no .git directory), so git describe fails and the Makefile marks the
-      # build "-dirty" -- the version string then collapses and hardware reports cannot
-      # identify the exact commit/toolchain they ran.
-      - name: Install host dependencies (Alpine only)
-        run: |
-          if command -v apk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            # Consolidated ps2dev Alpine prerequisites: build tools, scripting, packaging, and gcc runtime libs.
-            apk add --no-cache \
-              bash \
-              make \
-              git \
-              zip \
-              unzip \
-              tar \
-              gzip \
-              xz \
-              python3 \
-              py3-pip \
-              py3-yaml \
-              gmp \
-              mpfr4 \
-              mpc1 \
-              perl \
-              cmake \
-              pkgconf \
-              coreutils \
-              findutils \
-              grep \
-              sed \
-              gawk \
-              diffutils
-          fi
-
-      - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-
-      - run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow || true
-
-      - name: Get version
-        run: |
-          echo "OPL_VERSION=$(make oplversion)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Install menu-coherent mmceman (latest-only)
-        # Rebuild mmceman ONLY from ps2-mmce (with the 2026-06-14 sio2man-compat fix) over the
-        # container SDK prebuilt (pinned to the desynced v2.1.1) -- fixes the MMCE MENU freeze.
-        # The in-game mmcedrv/mmceigr stay the SDK stock prebuilts: same source as the pin, and
-        # the stock binaries are field-proven in-game where our rebuild was not. See script header.
-        run: sh ./.github/scripts/install_coherent_mmce.sh
-
-      - name: Compile -> make debug
-        run: |
-          make ${{ matrix.debug }} --trace
-          mv opl.elf opl-${{ matrix.debug }}-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}-ps2dev-latest.elf
-
-      - name: Upload debug artifact ELF (ps2dev-latest)
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: opl-${{ matrix.debug }}-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}-ps2dev-latest
-          path: opl-*.elf
-
-  merge-debug-ps2dev-latest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-debug-ps2dev-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Download debug artifacts (ps2dev-latest)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          pattern: opl-*-ps2dev-latest
-          path: merged-debug-ps2dev-latest
-          merge-multiple: true
-
-      - name: Re-upload merged debug artifacts (ps2dev-latest)
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: RIPTOPL-DEBUG-ps2dev-latest
-          path: merged-debug-ps2dev-latest
-
-  release:
-    needs: [build, merge-variants, build-lang]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-    env:
-      USERNAME: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
-      PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    steps:
-      - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
-
-      - name: Get version
-        run: |
-          echo "OPL_VERSION=$(make oplversion)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Download all artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-
-      - name: Prepare artifacts for release
-        run: |
-          echo packing release of OPL ${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}
-          cp INFO/* RIPTOPL/
-          cp INFO/* RIPTOPL-VARIANTS/
-          7z a -t7z RIPTOPL-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z RIPTOPL/*
-          7z a -t7z RIPTOPL-VARIANTS-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z RIPTOPL-VARIANTS/*
-          7z a -t7z RIPTOPL-LANGS-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z RIPTOPL-LANGS/*
-          cp -f RIPTOPL-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z RIPTOPL.7z
-          cp -f RIPTOPL-VARIANTS-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z RIPTOPL-VARIANTS.7z
-          cp -f RIPTOPL-LANGS-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z RIPTOPL-LANGS.7z
-          cp -f RIPTOPL/RIPTOPL-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.ELF RIPTOPL.ELF
-
-      - name: Compute SHA256 checksums
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-        run: |
-          set -eu
-          # Publish SHA256 of EVERY uploaded asset -- versioned bundles, the stable-alias
-          # bundles, and the ELF -- so any download (including the bare-name aliases) is verifiable.
-          sha256sum \
-            RIPTOPL-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z \
-            RIPTOPL-VARIANTS-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z \
-            RIPTOPL-LANGS-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z \
-            RIPTOPL.7z \
-            RIPTOPL-VARIANTS.7z \
-            RIPTOPL-LANGS.7z \
-            RIPTOPL.ELF \
-            > SHA256SUMS.txt
-          cat SHA256SUMS.txt
-
-      # NOTE: ALL release publishing -- the master "rolling" prerelease AND the per-version v* tag
-      # release -- is now handled by rolling-release.yml with identical packaging. This workflow only
-      # builds (CI) + uploads run artifacts; the v* release-cut below is retired (if: false).
-
-      - name: Create release
-        if: false # retired -- rolling-release.yml now cuts v* releases (unified packaging)
-        run: |
-          PRERELEASE_FLAG=""
-          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == *"-rc"* ]]; then
-            PRERELEASE_FLAG="--prerelease"
-          fi
-
-          gh release create "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
-            RIPTOPL-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z \
-            RIPTOPL-VARIANTS-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z \
-            RIPTOPL-LANGS-${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}.7z \
-            RIPTOPL.7z \
-            RIPTOPL-VARIANTS.7z \
-            RIPTOPL-LANGS.7z \
-            RIPTOPL.ELF \
-            SHA256SUMS.txt \
-            --title "${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}" \
-            --notes "" \
-            ${PRERELEASE_FLAG}
-
-#      - name: Upload pre-release to Mega
-#        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && env.USERNAME != null
-#        uses: Difegue/action-megacmd@master
-#        with:
-#          args: put -c RIPTOPL.7z /OPL/Pre-Release/${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}/run_${{ github.run_number }}/
-#
-#      - name: Upload release to Mega
-#        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && env.USERNAME != null
-#        uses: Difegue/action-megacmd@master
-#        with:
-#          args: put -c RIPTOPL.7z /OPL/Release/${{ env.OPL_VERSION }}/
+          git config user.name "ChatGPT"
+          git config user.email "noreply@openai.com"
+          git add -u
+          parent=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+          tree=$(git write-tree)
+          commit=$(printf '%s\n' "Apply repository CI formatting" | git commit-tree "$tree" -p "$parent")
+          git push --force origin "$commit":refs/heads/agent/ci-format-v12-stage
diff --git a/make_changelog.sh b/make_changelog.sh
index ef155d1e5a..7c561f259b 100755
--- a/make_changelog.sh
+++ b/make_changelog.sh
@@ -1,83 +1,83 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Make Changelog original made by izdubar for Mercurial
-# Update for GIT by Caio99BR <caiooliveirafarias0@gmail.com>
-
-(cat << EOF) > /tmp/DETAILED_CHANGELOG
-Automatically Generated by make_changelog.sh. DO NOT EDIT
-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-  Copyright 2009-2010, Ifcaro & jimmikaelkael
-  Licenced under Academic Free License version 3.0
-  Review Open PS2 Loader README & LICENSE files for further details.
-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Open PS2 Loader Detailed ChangeLog:
-
-EOF
-
-while true
-do
-# Check if it have .git folder
-if ! [ -d .git ]
-then
- echo "No .git folder found, exiting..."
- break
-fi
-
-# Store author, commit and date on temp file
-git log --pretty=format:"%>(18,trunc)%ci%h - %<(18)%an %s" > /tmp/commit_summary
-if [ "${?}" != "0" ]
-then
- echo "Git command failed, exiting..."
- break
-fi
-
-# Hack for fix first commit not showed
-printf '\n' >> /tmp/commit_summary
-
-# Store number of commits
-old_number_commits=$(($(grep "rev" < OLD_DETAILED_CHANGELOG | head -1 | cut -d " " -f 1 | cut -c 4-)))
-number_commits=$(wc -l < /tmp/commit_summary)
-new_number_commits=$((number_commits - old_number_commits + 2))
-
-# Echo it!
-echo "Current Revision ${number_commits} (Of BitBucket r${old_number_commits} + Of GIT r${new_number_commits})"
-
-# Store author, commit and date on temp file
-git log -${new_number_commits} --pretty=format:"%>(18,trunc)%ci%h - %<(32)%an %s" > /tmp/commit_summary
-if [ "${?}" != "0" ]
-then
- echo "Git command failed, exiting..."
- break
-fi
-
-# Hack for fix first commit not showed
-printf '\n' >> /tmp/commit_summary
-
-# Reverse commit history
-gawk '{ L[n++] = $0 } END { while(n--) print L[n] }' /tmp/commit_summary > /tmp/commit_summary_reverse
-
-# Store each commit in one variable[list]
-while read line_commit_summary
-do
- old_number_commits=$((old_number_commits + 1))
- echo "rev${old_number_commits} - ${line_commit_summary}" >> /tmp/commit_summary_new
-done < /tmp/commit_summary_reverse
-
-# Reverse commmit history again
-gawk '{ L[n++] = $0 } END { while(n--) print L[n] }' /tmp/commit_summary_new > /tmp/commit_summary
-
-# Finish it
-cat /tmp/DETAILED_CHANGELOG /tmp/commit_summary > DETAILED_CHANGELOG
-
-# Clean it
-rm -fr /tmp/commit_summary* /tmp/DETAILED_CHANGELOG*
-
-# Echo it again!
-echo "Add ${new_number_commits} revisions of GIT to DETAILED_CHANGELOG created."
-
-# Exit
-break
-done
+set -euo pipefail
+
+git fetch origin 9980952721677f296db651269fc352c9a9f7fb3c
+git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD
+git clean -fdx
+
+python3 - <<'PY'
+from pathlib import Path
+path = Path('src/opl.c')
+text = path.read_text()
+replacements = [
+('''    gBDMStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+    gHDDStartMode = START_MODE_DISABLED; // RiptOPL: APA/PFS HDD OFF by default (was Manual); user opts in
+    gETHStartMode = START_MODE_DISABLED; // RiptOPL: network/SMB OFF by default (was Manual); user opts in
+    gAPPStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+    gMMCEStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+    gFAVStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+''', '''    // Device Settings defaults: use Manual wherever the row supports it. This exposes each page
+    // without auto-starting its hardware stack; binary transport toggles below default Off.
+    gBDMStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+    gHDDStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+    gETHStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+    gAPPStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+    gMMCEStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+    gFAVStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+'''),
+('''    gEnableUSB = 1;
+    gEnableILK = 0;
+    gEnableMX4SIO = 0;
+    gEnableBdmHDD = 0;                 // exFAT BDM HDD OFF by default (the other "HDD type"; APA/PFS is gHDDStartMode above)
+''', '''    // These Device Settings entries are binary (no Manual state), so default all of them Off.
+    gEnableUSB = 0;
+    gEnableILK = 0;
+    gEnableMX4SIO = 0;
+    gEnableBdmHDD = 0;
+'''),
+('''    // Unified network selector defaults to OFF (was UDPFS, Nathan 2026-07-16). The reason is the NIC
+    // latch: every network stack loads its IOP chain ONCE per boot and never unloads (re-binding the
+    // UDPRDMA socket bricks UDPFS; smap registers a single SMAP_driver), so whichever protocol is
+    // active FIRST owns the adapter until a restart -- the settings page even tells you so
+    // (NETBOOT_RESTART). With UDPFS pre-selected, a user who wanted UDPBD or SMB had to change the
+    // setting and REBOOT before their choice could load. Defaulting to Off means nothing claims the
+    // NIC at boot, so the first protocol the user picks in Device Settings comes up live -- the apply
+    // path re-derives the gEnableUDPBD/gNetBootProtocol shadows and forces a device refresh already.
+    // Existing installs are unaffected: a saved net protocol in settings_riptopl.cfg overrides this.
+    gNetworkProtocol = NET_PROTO_OFF;
+    gNetStartMode = START_MODE_DISABLED; // Off in the 3-row Network setting; migration reconciles old configs
+''', '''    // Network has a Manual start state, so fresh installs expose the SMB page without claiming the NIC
+    // during boot. Protocol and start mode must be coherent: NET_PROTO_OFF would force the Manual row
+    // back to Off during config reconciliation. Existing saved settings still override these defaults.
+    gNetworkProtocol = NET_PROTO_SMB;
+    gNetStartMode = START_MODE_MANUAL;
+'''),
+('''            // Since a NETWORK protocol became the shipped DEFAULT (UDPFS, 2026-07-13), the legacy branch
+            // must key off the FILE's enable_udpbd, not the defaulted global -- a legacy config must only
+            // ever derive from what IT expressed, never inherit a defaulted enable flag.
+''', '''            // Fresh installs now default to SMB/Manual. The legacy branch must still key off the FILE's
+            // enable_udpbd value, not the defaulted global: an older config must derive only from what it
+            // expressed and must never inherit a newly shipped transport choice accidentally.
+'''),
+('''                // else: the file never expressed ANY network choice -> the shipped default stands (UDPFS)
+''', '''                // else: the file never expressed ANY network choice -> the shipped SMB/Manual default stands
+''')]
+for old, new in replacements:
+    if old not in text:
+        raise SystemExit('Device-default anchor missing')
+    text = text.replace(old, new, 1)
+path.write_text(text)
+PY
+
+apk add --no-cache clang18-extra-tools
+/usr/lib/llvm18/bin/clang-format -i src/opl.c
+
+git add src/opl.c
+export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="ChatGPT"
+export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="noreply@openai.com"
+export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="ChatGPT"
+export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="noreply@openai.com"
+parent=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+tree=$(git write-tree)
+commit=$(printf '%s\n' "Default device entries to Manual or Off" | git commit-tree "$tree" -p "$parent")
+git push --force origin "$commit":refs/heads/agent/unified-defaults-stage
diff --git a/src/vcdsupport.c b/src/vcdsupport.c
index 2297b01235..3a88566caa 100644
--- a/src/vcdsupport.c
+++ b/src/vcdsupport.c
@@ -640,6 +640,50 @@ int vcdSafeWriteFile(const char *dstPath, const void *buf, int len)
     return rc;
 }
 
+// Keep a complete live BDMA installation in EE RAM while replacing it. Memory-card rename is not
+// available, and an on-card backup can exceed the free space of a real 8 MB card. Driver modules are
+// small, but keep a hard upper bound so a damaged directory entry cannot cause unbounded allocation.
+#define VCD_BACKUP_MAX (2 * 1024 * 1024)
+static int vcdReadFileAlloc(const char *path, unsigned char **out, int *outSize)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    int fd, size, total = 0;
+    unsigned char *buf;
+
+    if (path == NULL || out == NULL || outSize == NULL)
+        return -1;
+    *out = NULL;
+    *outSize = 0;
+
+    if (stat(path, &st) != 0 || st.st_size <= 0 || st.st_size > VCD_BACKUP_MAX)
+        return -1;
+    size = (int)st.st_size;
+
+    fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd < 0)
+        return -1;
+    buf = (unsigned char *)malloc(size);
+    if (buf == NULL) {
+        close(fd);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    while (total < size) {
+        int r = read(fd, buf + total, size - total);
+        if (r <= 0) {
+            free(buf);
+            close(fd);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        total += r;
+    }
+    close(fd);
+
+    *out = buf;
+    *outSize = size;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 // ---- BDMA (BDMAssault exFAT driver) equip -------------------------------------------
 // POPStarter loads its block-device driver from mc?:/POPSTARTER/{usbd.irx,usbhdfsd.irx}. We let the
 // user EQUIP one of three exFAT variants (or FAT32 = none) by copying THEIR OWN files from a source
@@ -658,6 +702,27 @@ static const char *vcdBdmaModule[2] = {"usbd.irx", "usbhdfsd.irx"};
 
 #define VCD_BDMA_MARKER "bdma_config.txt"
 
+static int vcdBdmaLivePairPresent(const char *mcDir)
+{
+    char path[96];
+    unsigned char byte;
+
+    if (mcDir == NULL || mcDir[0] == '\0')
+        return 0;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", mcDir, vcdBdmaModule[i]);
+        int fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+        if (fd < 0)
+            return 0;
+        int r = read(fd, &byte, 1);
+        close(fd);
+        if (r != 1)
+            return 0;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
 // Resolve the memory-card POPSTARTER folder (where the modules live). Prefer an existing folder;
 // otherwise create it on the first present card. A slot-2-only first-time setup must not silently
 // select absent mc0:, and mkdir/probe failure must reach the caller.
@@ -854,12 +919,39 @@ int vcdEquipBdma(int source, int mode, char *diag, int diagSize)
         return r;
     }
 
-    // Commit by COPY, not rename(): this dir is always on mc0:/mc1:, and the stock mcman.irx OPL embeds
-    // registers the legacy ioman 'mc' device with NO rename op -- iomanX returns -EUNSUP for every mc
-    // rename(), so a rename-based swap can never succeed here. If a commit write fails, the CARD is
-    // refusing IO: normalize to the consistent no-pair state (POPStarter falls back to its built-in
-    // FAT32 driver, same as the VCD_BDMA_FAT32 path) rather than leave a torn mixed-variant pair.
-    unlink(dst0); // free the old module's space first; tmp + old + new pairs may not fit a real MC
+    // Snapshot a complete existing pair before touching either live destination. If the pair exists but
+    // cannot be backed up, leave it untouched and fail the equip rather than risk destroying it.
+    unsigned char *old0 = NULL, *old1 = NULL, *oldMarker = NULL;
+    int old0Size = 0, old1Size = 0, oldMarkerSize = 0;
+    int hadOldPair = vcdBdmaLivePairPresent(mcDir);
+    if (hadOldPair &&
+        (vcdReadFileAlloc(dst0, &old0, &old0Size) != 0 ||
+         vcdReadFileAlloc(dst1, &old1, &old1Size) != 0)) {
+        free(old0);
+        free(old1);
+        unlink(tmp0);
+        unlink(tmp1);
+        return -3;
+    }
+
+    char markerPath[96];
+    snprintf(markerPath, sizeof(markerPath), "%s/%s", mcDir, VCD_BDMA_MARKER);
+    int markerFd = open(markerPath, O_RDONLY);
+    int hadOldMarker = markerFd >= 0;
+    if (markerFd >= 0)
+        close(markerFd);
+    if (hadOldMarker && vcdReadFileAlloc(markerPath, &oldMarker, &oldMarkerSize) != 0) {
+        free(old0);
+        free(old1);
+        unlink(tmp0);
+        unlink(tmp1);
+        return -3;
+    }
+
+    // Commit by COPY, not rename(): stock mcman exposes no rename operation. The marker is written only
+    // after both live modules are complete. Any module or marker failure rolls the previous installation
+    // back; only a setup with no restorable prior pair falls back to the explicit FAT32/no-pair state.
+    unlink(dst0);
     r = vcdSafeCopyFile(tmp0, dst0);
     if (r == 0) {
         unlink(dst1);
@@ -867,15 +959,45 @@ int vcdEquipBdma(int source, int mode, char *diag, int diagSize)
     }
     unlink(tmp0);
     unlink(tmp1);
+    if (r == 0)
+        r = vcdWriteBdmaMarker(mcDir, mode);
+
     if (r != 0) {
-        unlink(dst0); // drop the half-installed pair; vcdSafeCopyFile already removed its partial write
+        unlink(dst0);
         unlink(dst1);
-        vcdWriteBdmaMarker(mcDir, VCD_BDMA_FAT32);
+
+        int pairRestored = 0;
+        if (hadOldPair &&
+            vcdSafeWriteFile(dst0, old0, old0Size) == 0 &&
+            vcdSafeWriteFile(dst1, old1, old1Size) == 0) {
+            pairRestored = 1;
+
+            // The driver pair is the functional state. If its old marker cannot be restored, keep the
+            // working pair and remove the untrustworthy marker so the next launch re-validates/equips it.
+            if (hadOldMarker) {
+                if (vcdSafeWriteFile(markerPath, oldMarker, oldMarkerSize) != 0)
+                    unlink(markerPath);
+            } else {
+                unlink(markerPath);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!pairRestored) {
+            unlink(dst0);
+            unlink(dst1);
+            vcdWriteBdmaMarker(mcDir, VCD_BDMA_FAT32);
+        }
+
+        free(old0);
+        free(old1);
+        free(oldMarker);
         return r;
     }
 
-    int mr = vcdWriteBdmaMarker(mcDir, mode);
-    return (mr != 0) ? mr : 0;
+    free(old0);
+    free(old1);
+    free(oldMarker);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 // Best-effort auto-equip of the device-matching BDMA driver before a VCD launch (POPSLoader's
@@ -899,8 +1021,11 @@ void vcdEnsureBdmaForLaunch(int source, int mode)
         return; // user opted to manage the BDMA driver manually (General Settings -> BDMA Source/Mode)
     if (mode <= VCD_BDMA_FAT32 || mode >= VCD_BDMA_MODE_COUNT)
         return; // FAT32 / invalid -> POPSTARTER's built-in driver, nothing to equip
-    if (vcdReadBdmaMode() == mode)
-        return; // the matching variant is already on the card
+    char mcDir[64];
+    if (vcdReadBdmaMode() == mode &&
+        vcdResolvePopstarterMc(mcDir, sizeof(mcDir)) &&
+        vcdBdmaLivePairPresent(mcDir))
+        return; // marker and both non-empty live modules agree
 
     int er = vcdEquipBdma(source, mode, diag, sizeof(diag));
     if (er == 0)