Wii DVD Tool - Firmware read/write

Wii Scene Newz is reporting that a tool has been released that will allow you to read and write to the Wii's DVD drive (it's memory area which contains the DVD drive firmware) via a serial port on a linux computer.

This opens up the possibility of replacing the firmware in the Wii's DVD drive which could potentially open another way of getting homebrew to run on the Wii.

Nobody yet knows how far they have taken this already, this tool is simply a tease of what's to come. Source code has not yet been released.

Wii Hardware Hacking

Joat is busy toning out all of the leads on the Wii's motherboard. If you are looking for any of the following tech specs, Joat is your man. He took apart his Wii and it is not going back together any time soon, so if you have any info to help him, go see him on these forums

He has already posted information on the following topics:
Wii DVD Drive Specs, Information, and Pinout
RVL-RTC
Deconstructing the Wii - Step by Step instructions on taking apart the Nintendo Wii

Also, somewhat related...
We now live in a society where every time a new electronic comes out someone has to smash it and put the video out on the internet... The Nintendo Wii is out, so it must be smashed:
http://www.planetboredom.net/video.php?id=2951