support for AROS boot rom

Worfje · 13 November 2011, 20:10

I suppose the AROS rom support deserves its own thread.

Both booting WinFellow with the AROS rom and with the ADF images results in a near black screen. Serial debugging must be enabled at compile time.

Who can supply me an AROS rom or ADF image which is compiled with the keyword AROS_SERIAL_DEBUG defined?

Toni Wilen · 13 November 2011, 20:21

All official AROS m68k-amiga builds have serial debugging enabled.

Worfje · 13 November 2011, 21:54

Great!

I'll check the AROS source code on which data to expect and were it would land in the Amiga registers.

Worfje · 15 November 2011, 15:16

The serial port is not emulated by WinFellow...

The near black screen is the result of an endless loop when waiting for the serial port transmit buffer to become empty.

Let's see how much work it is to get this serial port emulation going.

Worfje · 15 November 2011, 16:37

After setting bit 13 (transmit buffer empty) of register SERDATR to 1, WinFellow is able to boot the AROS ADF-image. This results in attached screenshot.

I had no luck booting the AROS rom-image. It keeps on resetting for some reason.

Is there interest in releasing a WinFellow snapshot which allows booting the AROS ADF-image?

Schlachtwerk · 15 November 2011, 20:50

Every new Snapshot is welcome.

Worfje · 15 November 2011, 21:42

Also if being able to boot the AROS adf image would be the only improvement?

prowler · 15 November 2011, 21:51

Yes please, Worfje!

Worfje · 15 November 2011, 22:18

Ok, I'll release it later this week!

prowler · 15 November 2011, 22:24

Thanks, Worfje!

It's great to see the 'WinUAE alternative' back in development, even in some small way.

Worfje · 16 November 2011, 18:42

A dropped a candidate for the snapshot in the private WinFellow beta release thread. Not much beta testers left after having a 5-year break in releasing snapshots.

Mequa · 16 November 2011, 20:43

Awesome work! I'd be interested in trying any new WinFellow snapshot(s).

Perhaps the MESS team may also find AROS ROM useful for their Amiga emulation.

Worfje · 16 November 2011, 20:50

I decided not to wait and have released it. You can download it here.

prowler · 16 November 2011, 20:59

Yay! Thanks, Worfje.

Worfje · 16 November 2011, 21:20

I would like the AROS rom to work with WinFellow, but WinFellow does not yet support extended ROMs (like applied in CDTV and CD32).

From Toni I understood that booting the first AROS rom (so only the first 512Kb) should already show something usefull, but with the latest snapshot of WinFellow it keeps rebooting or results in a purple screen (depending on selecting 68000 or 68020).

Next to this, it seems that the rom only supports trackdisk loading. This was stated here.

So, I could use some help on the status of the AROS rom and how it should respond when only using the first 512Kb of the two ROM's.

Toni Wilen · 16 November 2011, 21:33

I meant lots of debugging stuff will be written to serial port before it crashes or hangs. I recommend writing all bytes written to SERDAT to a file. Serial log makes debugging much easier.

Nothing will appear on screen because graphics.library and intuition.library is in extended ROM

Most autoconfig hardware is supported, including bootable harddrive controllers, that page is totally obsolete.

Worfje · 16 November 2011, 21:43

Toni, that makes it clear to me.

I already had a glance on how much work it would be to add extended ROM support to WinFellow, but I am not yet sure how much work it would be.

13 November 2011, 20:10	#1
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	support for AROS boot rom I suppose the AROS rom support deserves its own thread. Both booting WinFellow with the AROS rom and with the ADF images results in a near black screen. Serial debugging must be enabled at compile time. Who can supply me an AROS rom or ADF image which is compiled with the keyword AROS_SERIAL_DEBUG defined?

15 November 2011, 16:37	#5
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	After setting bit 13 (transmit buffer empty) of register SERDATR to 1, WinFellow is able to boot the AROS ADF-image. This results in attached screenshot. I had no luck booting the AROS rom-image. It keeps on resetting for some reason. Is there interest in releasing a WinFellow snapshot which allows booting the AROS ADF-image? Attached Thumbnails

16 November 2011, 18:42	#11
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	A dropped a candidate for the snapshot in the private WinFellow beta release thread. Not much beta testers left after having a 5-year break in releasing snapshots. Last edited by Worfje; 16 November 2011 at 18:56.

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13 November 2011, 20:21	#2
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 38 Posts: 11,938	All official AROS m68k-amiga builds have serial debugging enabled.

13 November 2011, 21:54	#3
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	Great! I'll check the AROS source code on which data to expect and were it would land in the Amiga registers.

15 November 2011, 15:16	#4
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	The serial port is not emulated by WinFellow... The near black screen is the result of an endless loop when waiting for the serial port transmit buffer to become empty. Let's see how much work it is to get this serial port emulation going.

15 November 2011, 20:50	#6
Schlachtwerk 68k RULEZ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 53	Every new Snapshot is welcome.

15 November 2011, 21:42	#7
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	Also if being able to boot the AROS adf image would be the only improvement?

15 November 2011, 21:51	#8
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 8,693	Yes please, Worfje!

15 November 2011, 22:18	#9
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	Ok, I'll release it later this week!

15 November 2011, 22:24	#10
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 8,693	Thanks, Worfje! It's great to see the 'WinUAE alternative' back in development, even in some small way.

16 November 2011, 20:43	#12
Mequa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 484	Awesome work! I'd be interested in trying any new WinFellow snapshot(s). Perhaps the MESS team may also find AROS ROM useful for their Amiga emulation.

16 November 2011, 20:50	#13
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	I decided not to wait and have released it. You can download it here.

16 November 2011, 20:59	#14
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 8,693	Yay! Thanks, Worfje.

16 November 2011, 21:20	#15
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	I would like the AROS rom to work with WinFellow, but WinFellow does not yet support extended ROMs (like applied in CDTV and CD32). From Toni I understood that booting the first AROS rom (so only the first 512Kb) should already show something usefull, but with the latest snapshot of WinFellow it keeps rebooting or results in a purple screen (depending on selecting 68000 or 68020). Next to this, it seems that the rom only supports trackdisk loading. This was stated here. So, I could use some help on the status of the AROS rom and how it should respond when only using the first 512Kb of the two ROM's.

16 November 2011, 21:33	#16
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 38 Posts: 11,938	I meant lots of debugging stuff will be written to serial port before it crashes or hangs. I recommend writing all bytes written to SERDAT to a file. Serial log makes debugging much easier. Nothing will appear on screen because graphics.library and intuition.library is in extended ROM Most autoconfig hardware is supported, including bootable harddrive controllers, that page is totally obsolete.

16 November 2011, 21:43	#17
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 94	Toni, that makes it clear to me. I already had a glance on how much work it would be to add extended ROM support to WinFellow, but I am not yet sure how much work it would be.

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