WinUAE 3.0.0 beta series (was 2.8.2/2.9.0)

[amilo3438]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

It does not! There is reason why it is mentioned in changelogs. It may appear to work but map rom memory is still in system free list and sooner or later whole system crashes.. B2060 memory mapping is complex and I am not sure how it works.

All right then...

When "MapROM" were checked in rom option the B2060 in SysInfo showed memory reduced for last 512k so I hoped maybe MapROM is working, but unfortunately it only appeared to work.

[Zilog]

I have new/old problem; i have crash of winuae with use Rtg if use at Warp Engine A4000 configuration with or without Jitter; perhaps is same problem with "z3 jit direct compatibile....".

winuae_2.8.2_b7_2014.07.30_18.24.17.dmp

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

About PPC emulation. It is now possible, at least technically, all other pieces are now done (at least partially). QEMU has license compatible and apparently very good PPC CPU emulator, including MMU and dynamic translation and it is proven to boot at least Linux.

Only need someone who knows QEMU inside out and can create standalone PPC emulator module that is black box that only needs few functions: read physical address, write physical address, reset PPC, set interrupt level, set CPU parameters.

Sounds Great . Here it would also be Fantastic / Great if The PPC CPU will get it's own threat too.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Arling

Sounds Great . Here it would also be Fantastic / Great if The PPC CPU will get it's own threat too.

(PPC emulation may be a threat to someone but I guess we are talking about threads )

It really depends, the more there is PPC CPU IO accesses (IO accesses that require recalculation of emulator state variables, like access to CIA timers, most custom chipset registers, etc..), the slower it will be due to required cross-thread syncronization (You don't want both threads to calculate state variables at the same time..). Only pure RAM accesses can be unsynchronized and IO accesses that don't cause side-effects (like reading mouse button state)

Originally Posted by amilo3438

All right then...
When "MapROM" were checked in rom option the B2060 in SysInfo showed memory reduced for last 512k so I hoped maybe MapROM is working, but unfortunately it only appeared to work.

At least rom code does not detect map rom correctly and automatically do the rom copy to fast ram even if "jumper" is set. Perhaps it still allocates the memory (at least in some situations) but it isn't really doing anything else.

Anyone have Blizzard 2060 and can do some quick tests?

Originally Posted by Zilog

I have new/old problem; i have crash of winuae with use Rtg if use at Warp Engine A4000 configuration with or without Jitter; perhaps is same problem with "z3 jit direct compatibile....".

Yes, same problem. Z3 autoconfig + RTG board is annoying to handle with current code, probably needs better design first..

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

(PPC emulation may be a threat to someone but I guess we are talking about threads )

He he Toni .

Yes I know: I made a Spelling-error.

Hey Toni, just wanted to say thanks for all the work you've done. Also, I'm throwing windows on one of my laptops now simply to use WinUAE.

[Toni Wilen]

http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2820b8.zip

Beta 8:

- When loading old config which has both cycle-exact and fastest possible enabled: disable fastest possible. Previously this combination was invalid but some for some reason old configs can have both set.
- One second boot delay was always active, even when restoring statefile..
- "Fastest possible" with cycle-exact now works as designed, removes all CPU internal processing cycles, only affects 68000, 68020 and 68030 models. (68040+ and 68030 MMU is always internally immediate). This should be better option (uses less CPU time) than using MHz adjustment if you want fast CPU in cycle-exact mode.
- Immediate blitter is now selectable in cycle-exact modes.
- Some more Z3 autoconfig mapping tweaks. (Warp Engine..)

[Zilog]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Beta 8:

- Some more Z3 autoconfig mapping tweaks. (Warp Engine..)

Not again. Crash also beta 8 version.

winuae_2.8.2_b8_2014.07.31_21.27.45.dmp

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Zilog

Not again. Crash also beta 8 version.

Attachment 40751

It is not ever going to work in all situations. Don't do it, it is not really worth the trouble, this is very special situation. (also, dump is always useless in this situation but config may help)

[Zilog]

Originally Posted by toni wilen

it is not ever going to work in all situations. Don't do it, it is not really worth the trouble, this is very special situation. (also, dump is always useless in this situation but config may help)

test.uae

[Snake79]

Hi there Toni. I am testing latest winuae_2820b8.zip and is it a bug that causes huge speedup (QS A1200+4MB fast) or is it just me? When opening drawers in WB (HD) they are opening almost on the fly and i have 1816MHz vs 14.2 (2820b7) in WhichAmiga app... PS. Great that we have Immediate Blitter on CE!

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Snake79

Hi there Toni. I am testing latest winuae_2820b8.zip and is it a bug that causes huge speedup (QS A1200+4MB fast) or is it just me? When opening drawers in WB (HD) they are opening almost on the fly and i have 1816MHz vs 14.2 (2820b7) in WhichAmiga app... PS. Great that we have Immediate Blitter on CE!

Hmm.. This can't be b8 "feature". What Quickstart speed/compatibility mode? Does http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae.zip work the same?

EDIT: Warp Engine crash also fixed in winuae.zip. (Stupid bug)

[Snake79]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Hmm.. This can't be b8 "feature". What Quickstart speed/compatibility mode? Does http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae.zip work the same?

EDIT: Warp Engine crash also fixed in winuae.zip. (Stupid bug)

The "patched" version is working fine!
PS. Flink AGA CD32 (WHDLoad) works without graphical glitches on A1200 020 14.2MHz 8MB fast too! Earlier i had to use 040 8x... Thanks to Immediate Blitter with CE -> Thanks to You!

[Zilog]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Hmm.. This can't be b8 "feature". What Quickstart speed/compatibility mode? Does http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae.zip work the same?

EDIT: Warp Engine crash also fixed in winuae.zip. (Stupid bug)

Fixed, it Working!
Thanks Tony!

[vagrant]

Getting strange behavior with the latest beta.
I ran Blood Money WHD (which now works well). When I quit the game I noticed it didn't switch from CE to JIT/fastest poss. properly. It was still in CE mode. It should switch because I have all the proper tooltypes set.

Then I run sysinfo in CE mode to check the CE exact speed of 030, and it reported about 8mhz instead of usual 24. So I manually switched back to JIT & fastest possible, then to CE without fastest poss again. Running the speed test this time froze sysinfo.

So after restarting winuae and going through the same process, this time it did switch back JIT/fastest possible correctly apon exit of blood money. However now running the sysinfo speed test with CE enabled on 020 or 030 results in a freeze every time.

I've attach logs doing exactly described as above.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by ED-209

Getting strange behavior with the latest beta.
I ran Blood Money WHD (which now works well). When I quit the game I noticed it didn't switch from CE to JIT/fastest poss. properly. It was still in CE mode. It should switch because I have all the proper tooltypes set.

Include your whdload.prefs uae-configuration commands.

[vagrant]

executestartup=uae-configuration cpu_speed real cachesize 0 cycle_exact true
executecleanup=uae-configuration cpu_speed max cachesize 8192 cycle_exact false

[Toni Wilen]

Tiny PPC status report. I ripped PPC CPU core from PearPC (non-JIT version only at the moment). It probably was 1000x easier task than attempting to rip it from QEMU but I am not sure if core is good enough for this purpose, PearPC project appears to be dead.

We'll see in next few days..

[vagrant]

Tony, I tried creating a new config from scratch and still same problem.
Switching modes appear to be working, but enable CE and the sysinfo speed test will either crash - or hang for a long time (even uae on screen display freezes), then produce strange cpu frequency result of 16.2..

[Snake79]

Originally Posted by ED-209

Tony, I tried creating a new config from scratch and still same problem.
Switching modes appear to be working, but enable CE and the sysinfo speed test will either crash - or hang for a long time (even uae on screen display freezes), then produce strange cpu frequency result of 16.2..

winuae_2820b8: QS A1200 8MB fast + HD config, WB3.0 -> SysInfo is working (without freezes or hangs) with CE = 15.20MHz and without it = 11.80MHz, results as always... Better use WhichAmiga app (CE = 14.2MHz).