WinUAE 3.3.x Beta Series Development

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 15 (03 Ottobre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 15 (64Bit) (03 Ottobre 2015)

- KS1.2 boot hack improved, now also works with KS 1.1, KS 1.0 and even with 0.7 beta!
- Added old style >2M chip RAM support back as a fallback, used when new method can't extend chip ram size.
- Fixed CAS2 instruction comparison failed case, memory operands should be written to Dc, not Du.
- Support DSKLEN writes while disk DMA is active, update only remaining DMA length without modifying DMA state (undocumented feature).
- If ROM scanner finds same ROM image multiple times, select plain file version if possible (not in archive).

Pre-KS 1.2 boot notes:
- KS 1.1 and older DOS is pure BCPL. Added separate BCPL entry point to directory filesystem handler that makes BCPL DOS happy.
- Expansion.library does not exist: MakeDosNode and AddDosNode replacements added.
- Directory filesystem automount/boot fully supported.
- Hardfiles work more or less same as with KS 1.3.
- Boot priority sorting is not supported, first drive is always boot drive. (This can change in the future, don't depend on current behavior!)
- WB 1.3 L:FastFileSystem is supported with 1.2 and older versions. (Automatically puts it inside BCPL wrapper and patches 1.2+ only CopyMem() calls)
- BCPL stuff from AROS m68k. Most of DOS BCPL was re-implemented and documented by Jason and me in AROS m68k.
- This completes one of the most pointless features ever. Until next most pointless feature.

[I can write detailed technical description of how pre-1.3 HD booting works and what kind of hacks and BCPL tricks were needed]

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 16 (14 Ottobre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 16 (64Bit) (14 Ottobre 2015)

QEMU 2.4 update: Include versioni both a 32-64 Bit (14 Ottobre 2015)

Finally feature-complete. Including 64-bit JIT and 64-bit PPC support

- Added Mediator 1200SX autoconfig data.
- Added support for 68020+ CPU floating bus data when clock chip is not connected (Not yet correctly emulated, need accurate CPU cycle sequence and more)
- SPS plugin was not searched from all supported directories.
- Don't add fake uae boot rom expansion board if "hide uae expansions" is enabled.
- FPU FPCR and FPIAR was swapped in disassembler.
- CIA-B TOD accurate cycle counting code used CIA-A "is tod on?" variable.. (2.7.x or somewhere close)
- Use official AD1848 crystal value in Toccata emulation (24.576MHz), it seems some Toccata boards have correct crystals and some not exactly correct (For example 24.582MHz). Now 48000Hz output is exactly 48000Hz. (was 48011)
- 64-bit JIT FPU rounding mode fix and other 64-bit FPU fixes. (Frode)
- 64-bit QEMU PPC plugin fixed (Frode)
- Added memory accesses only -cycle-exact mode. In this mode CPU does not internally count cycles, only external memory accesses are counted, including chipset DMA contention. (This was previously only used when 68040/060 and cycle exact was enabled). 68020+ only, at least for now. More compatible (prefetch + caches) also required.
- GUI disk eject button worked unreliably if disk was inserted and then immediately ejected.

[marmotta]

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 16 (14 Ottobre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 16 (64Bit) (14 Ottobre 2015)

QEMU 2.4 update: Include versioni both a 32-64 Bit (14 Ottobre 2015)

Finally feature-complete. Including 64-bit JIT and 64-bit PPC support

- Added Mediator 1200SX autoconfig data.
- Added support for 68020+ CPU floating bus data when clock chip is not connected (Not yet correctly emulated, need accurate CPU cycle sequence and more)
- SPS plugin was not searched from all supported directories.
- Don't add fake uae boot rom expansion board if "hide uae expansions" is enabled.
- FPU FPCR and FPIAR was swapped in disassembler.
- CIA-B TOD accurate cycle counting code used CIA-A "is tod on?" variable.. (2.7.x or somewhere close)
- Use official AD1848 crystal value in Toccata emulation (24.576MHz), it seems some Toccata boards have correct crystals and some not exactly correct (For example 24.582MHz). Now 48000Hz output is exactly 48000Hz. (was 48011)
- 64-bit JIT FPU rounding mode fix and other 64-bit FPU fixes. (Frode)
- 64-bit QEMU PPC plugin fixed (Frode)
- Added memory accesses only -cycle-exact mode. In this mode CPU does not internally count cycles, only external memory accesses are counted, including chipset DMA contention. (This was previously only used when 68040/060 and cycle exact was enabled). 68020+ only, at least for now. More compatible (prefetch + caches) also required.
- GUI disk eject button worked unreliably if disk was inserted and then immediately ejected.

C'è stato un miglioramento delle prestazioni come emulazione PPC? Mi girano sempre di piu per il limite RAM e scheda grafica...

Non vedo l'ora che aggiornano fs-uae per fare qualche test

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Il limite RAM non è dovuto a WinUAE ma al kernel di OS4, anche se in WinUAE è possibile aggiungere ulteriore 256 MB di Z3 Fast RAM, AmigaOS riconosce solo 128 MB, QUI e QUI puoi leggere le risposte di Toni Wilen su questo argomento.

[marmotta]

Il limite RAM non è dovuto a WinUAE ma al kernel di OS4, anche se in WinUAE è possibile aggiungere ulteriore 256 MB di Z3 Fast RAM, AmigaOS riconosce solo 128 MB, QUI e QUI puoi leggere le risposte di Toni Wilen su questo argomento.

Ma con la BlizzardPPC (A1200) si possono raggiungere i 256mb, non li vede anche in quel caso? (Io non ho mai provato...)

Edit: Ho provato e os4 non si avvia... si può usare solo la A4000?

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 17 (21 Ottobre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 17 (64Bit) (21 Ottobre 2015)

- Trace mode in 68000 cycle-exact was 4 cycles too long.
- 68000 cycle-exact mode STOP needs at least 8 cycles before it can wake up.
- Memory-only cycle exact crash when entering GUI.
- Memory-only cycle exact shortcut config entry cycle_exact=memory (Old false and true values have not changed)
- Only use picassoiv_rom_file config entry if it contains valid path. (Workaround for some config files that contain picassoiv_rom_file=:NOROM for some reason)
- Z3 Picasso IV was disabled if there was not enough address space even when JIT was disabled (b16).
- JIT on/off change was not delayed until it was safe to do, like other CPU option changes. uae-configuration (or similar) on the fly config changes were unreliable in this situation.
- FAT drive mounted as a directory harddrive: file's modification time was not always correct. (2.6.0, wrong date field name)
- Warp mode fps limit added, config file only: warp_limit=fps

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 18 (26 October 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 18 (64Bit) (26 October 2015)

- If dragndrop to GUI closed GUI (for example config file with show_gui=no), invalid GUI windows handle was accessed.
- Don't parse command line again when restarting emulation (for example by loading new config when emulation has already been started). Previously command line overrode new config.
- "Forget" all remembered scan line states when forcing full refresh, previously some border region scan lines were not refreshed properly when display parameters, for example centering, changed.
- Fixed named pipe unicode format buffer size calculation bug.
- If last command line parameter is a path and it looks like config file or state file: load it automatically. Adds support for dragndrop over winuae.exe shortcut with other parameters in shortcut's Target field.
- Automatically resolve all shortcut (*.lnk) paths in command line.
- D3D9 non-shader mode forgot scanline texture when switching modes.
- Fixed off by one bug in input device re-enumeration causing keyboard layout B->A or C->B change.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 19 (02 Novembre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 19 (64Bit) (02 Novembre 2015)

- Sprite in far right border feature (b1) didn't work correctly in AGA modes that require hires/shres horizontal sprite resolution support. (Alien Breed 3D garbage sprite in right border)
- AGA hires/shres horizontal scrolling feature was not fully in sync with sprites (Banshee)
- In some situations bitplane DMA emulation internal state flag got stuck in active state (Aladdin blank screen).

[marmotta]

Nuovo Fs-Uae a 64 bit:



Ho superato la X1000?

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 20 "RC3" (05 Novembre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.0 Beta 20 (64Bit) "RC3" (025 Novembre 2015)

- Map ROM feature was not JIT direct compatible (JIT update few betas ago)
- Do not initialize CD drivers twice. (scsi passthrought, ioctl, image)
- Fix compatibility with old config files (before 68000/010 32-bit addressing option was added), force 24-bit addressing if config file was saved with 2.8.1 or older.
- Another old config compatibily update, if 68000/010 with chipset extra set to Generic, use more A500-like mainboard config than bigbox-like.
- Added Kupke Golem FastSCSI/IDE combo board.
- FastLane SCSI autoconfig mapping fixed.
- ROM scanner prefer roms not in archives update (b15) had exactly opposite effect..

Kupke Golem FastSCSI/IDE:
- SCSI/IDE combo board. Whole board or only IDE can be disabled.
- Fake DMA (SCSI long word wide, usual word wide PIO IDE)
- 4.2 ROM added ("fastscsi device (romversion) V4.2 (06-FEB-95)")
- Boot ROM made in 1995 without custom filesystem support..
- Does not copy ROM code to RAM, driver code executes directly from ROM.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.1 Stable (19 Novembre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.1 Stable (64Bit) (19 Novembre 2015)


3.2.0 bugs fixed:

- Loading statefile with enabled FPU crashed.
- Custom chipset display was shifted in some rare situations.
- 64-bit version didn't load DLLs without x64, _64,... extension in name.
- RTG board was not fully disabled if configured RAM config was incompatible.

Other bug fixes:

- 68040+ CPU mode statefile save buffer overflow.
- Unaligned supervisor stack was not allowed in 68020+ modes.

Updates:

- Reduce RAM size and try again if Blizzard RAM allocation fails.
- Switch off triple buffering if windowed mode with DWM active.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.2 Beta 1 (10 Dicembre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.2 Beta 1 (64Bit) (10 Dicembre 2015)

Main rule: Before reporting, make sure bug is NOT in previous offical version. (If it is -> post in separate thread). No feature requests.

More information: http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=861456&postcount=1.

- 68020+ BFFFO instruction's result value must be calculated from full offset (was offset AND 31), even when effective address is data register.
- When loading config with joystick that is not available, switch to keyboard layout that was previously selected or none, not layout A. Set layout A in default.uae if you want old behavior.
- If IPL rises during interrupt exception processing, new interrupt exception should start immediately when previous one was about to execute first instruction. Previously one instruction was always executed before new instruction exception processing started.
- Per-monitor high DPI update still caused repeated GUI window closing/opening.
- Slirp code had undefined C (unsigned <= 0 comparisons, in WinUAE only), probably accidentally worked when using older compiler. Caused slirp thread to use 100% CPU time continuously.
- Keyboard names are now listed in Input panel device list. (Replaces "HID Keyboard Device" or similar generic name)
- AGA FMODE register was reset to original value if state was restored and then display parameters changed (for example window was resized) and program didn't update FMODE for example in copper list. (3.1.0b10)
- AGA subpixel bitplane delay emulation rewritten. (Fire and Ice CD32 config screen jitter, Banshee flickering vertical line)
- Fixed wrong free call in function that creates zipped debugging log files.
- Renamed log file zip file name. includes now 64-bit identifier and version number.
- Added Windows build number to log version string.
- Filter reserved USB HID usage IDs, not just vendor reserved IDs.
- Changed HID RawInput handling, never unregister raw input, use rawinput device change events to detect device insertions/removals instead of generic change support that also includes other types of media changes. This update also works around odd Windows 10 (10586 only?) rawinput side-effect where device handle can change after RegisterRawInputDevices() call. Raw input device change notification support is Vista or later only.
- Updated built-in HRTmon to 2.36
- Clip out of bounds RTG coordinates instead of rejecting graphics operation completely.
- SSE2 rounding mode should match FPU rounding mode. (3.2.0b16)

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.2 Beta 2 (13 Dicembre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.2 Beta 2 (64Bit) (13 Dicembre 2015)

- SASI/SASI (CHS) options were not visible in GUI when listing SASI controllers.
- No MIDI out devices detected, 64-bit only.
- AVIOutput with "capture before filtering": width is now always divisible by 16 and height is divisible by two.
- Added config file only optional AVIOutput position and offset parameters: recording_width and recording_height, (resolution of video) and recording_x and recording_y, offset from top/left of Amiga display. If offsets are not set or negative, Amiga display is automatically centered. Only available in "capture before filtering" mode. GUI setting may be added later.
- Windowed mode bottom bar CPU state didn't show PPC state if x86 and PPC CPU expansion was active at the same time.
- Phoenix Board SCSI emulation added.

Phoenix Board SCSI:
- Autoconfig, 5380 SCSI chip.
- Very simple design, PIO SCSI, software handshake. (No "fake DMA").
- Boot ROM version J added, pbscsi.device 3.1. ("Phoenix Board SCSI J 29/7/92")

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.2 Beta 3 (16 Dicembre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.2 Beta 3 (64Bit) (16 Dicembre 2015)

(Possibly also final)

- Debugger thought slow ram was IO region if ECS Agnus.
- CDTV-CR mode CD led didn't flash when reading data, only when playing audio.
- Fixed linestate array buffer underrun if mode was interlaced. Most common side-effect was blanked screen in interlaced modes, especially in fields or fields+ mode, if build was full optimized.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

WinUAE 3.2.2 Beta 4 (20 Dicembre 2015)

WinUAE 3.2.2 Beta 4 (64Bit) (20 Dicembre 2015)

(Final tomorrow if nothing too bad reported)

- Serial emulation didn't flush transmit buffer, it was possible last few characters remained in buffer. (This was the last remaining bug I wanted to fix, was difficult to duplicate)
- AVIOutput hang if sound emulation was idle. (Sound was autoswitched off)
- Added hidden (no overlays) touch mouse and joystick support. Only enabled when touch panel is detected, Game Ports panel mouse driver is not active and Windows mouse is not selected. Multi-touch supported. Located in bottom half of screen, left side is always mouse, right side is always joystick. First basic implementation. Nothing is configurable. Tested only with Wisky 7.85 Windows tablet. (Most of this was already done weeks ago)
- Sending input event externally (via uae-configuration for example) that goes to inactive Amiga-side port