From 60f77c36228cc5f1dc3af0c0b400d19db43a80f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gliniak <153369+Gliniak@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:19:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [VFS] Skip treating NT Device paths root as non-directory.

This fixes cache initialization failure
---
 src/xenia/vfs/virtual_file_system.cc | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/xenia/vfs/virtual_file_system.cc b/src/xenia/vfs/virtual_file_system.cc
index 248e9a9a2..08d048faf 100644
--- a/src/xenia/vfs/virtual_file_system.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/vfs/virtual_file_system.cc
@@ -245,7 +245,11 @@ X_STATUS VirtualFileSystem::OpenFile(Entry* root_entry,
     }
 
     if (!(entry->attributes() & kFileAttributeDirectory) && is_directory) {
-      return X_STATUS_NOT_A_DIRECTORY;
+      // Device root should be treated as a directory, but because we do not
+      // emulate that correctly for now I will leave this ugly hack.
+      if (!entry->absolute_path().starts_with("\\Device")) {
+        return X_STATUS_NOT_A_DIRECTORY;
+      }
     }
 
     // If the entry does not exist on the host then remove the cached entry