Open source small ROM parts

[Don_Adan]

Originally Posted by pawelek

time to optimize ramdrive.device, gadtools.library, utility.library, expansion.library

Gadtools.library is not short ROM module.
Perhaps utility.library and ramdrive.device will be available this year.
For expansion.library, I don't know, too many versions exist.

New version of mathieeesingbas.library is available. Ceil and Floor are optimised a few.

[HanSolo]

your ramlib 41 eliminate use of programs like stackattack2 , minstack or not ?

[mfilos]

Oh at last you pushed the version with the new update! I also saw you did the same on Bonus (A3000/A4000). It really help us maintain versioning info

[crazyc]

OK - stupid/noob question but how do I go from the text sources listed to a module for inclusion in a custom rom?
Cheers.

[mfilos]

You can get an idea from a guide I made in the past which you can check here:
http://www.mfilos.com/2010/12/guide-...kickstart.html

[crazyc]

Cheers, but I had already seen and followed that ( thanks) and can use remus. What I don't know is how to convert what looks like text in the posts into a module I can use within remus?

[ancalimon]

Originally Posted by tom256

Just a note:
Looks like 68060.library from Cosmos has bug, because it doesn't work with new mathieeesingbas.library. Phase 5 library is OK.
Tested with A4K + CS MK II 060.

Have you reported this to cosmos?

[Don_Adan]

Originally Posted by crazyc

Cheers, but I had already seen and followed that ( thanks) and can use remus. What I don't know is how to convert what looks like text in the posts into a module I can use within remus?

Check first post in this thread. Text (sources) files are useless for most people.

[Don_Adan]

Originally Posted by HanSolo

your ramlib 41 eliminate use of programs like stackattack2 , minstack or not ?

I don't know. I don't use these programs. Ramlib set stack only for DEVS and LIBS, if other poor written program used big stack, then it can't solve stack problems for this program.

[Don_Adan]

Originally Posted by mfilos

Oh at last you pushed the version with the new update! I also saw you did the same on Bonus (A3000/A4000). It really help us maintain versioning info

As you wish, in the future infos about version will be available too.

[apex]

Time again to work on my customized A1200 Rom. :-) Thank for still fixing and optimizing the modules!

[Don_Adan]

Next Amiga ROM module "utility.library" (AIO version), reworked using Super Brain Motorola Recompilator v2.0 is available.

; Resourced version of utility.library (40.1) from Amiga ROM 3.1 for Amiga68k ROM 1.0
; For easy recognition all changes are done using lower cases and ";" signs
; Original code is removed with ";" signs
; New code is added using lower cases only

; Originally written by:
; vertex
; mks (Michael Sinz)
; jesup (Randell Jesup)
; peter (Peter Cherna)
; jimm (Jim Mackraz)
; rsbx

; We made it...
; OS Group: Bryce Nesbitt, Michael Sinz, Peter Cherna, Darren Greenwald,
Randell Jesup, Jerry Horanoff
; GFX: Allan Havemose, Barry 'Bart' Whitebook, Spence Shanson, Steve Beats,
Chris Green, Ray Brand, Jim Barkley
; Special Projects: Eric Cotton, Martin Hunt, Bill Koester, Martin
Taillefer, Brian Jackson, Kaori Kuwata, David Junod, Palmyra Pawlik, Kevin
Klop
; NET: Brian Jackson, Greg Miller, Kenneth Dyke
; GUI: Peter Cherna, Martin Taillefer, David Junod, Kaori Kuwata
; Others: Andy Finkel, Dale 'Duck' Luck, Jim 'Jimm' Mackraz, Bob 'Kodiak'
Burns, Jeff Porter, Carolyn Scheppner, David Haynie,
; Lauren Brown, CATS (Commodore Amiga Technical Support), QA (Quality
Assurance), SA (Software Assurance)
; Thanks to: Bill Hawes, Software Distillery (Dave Baker, Ed Burnette, Stan
Chow,
; Alan Beale, Bruce Drake, Andy Mercier, Mary Ellen Toebes, Jim Cooper, Mike
Witcher,
; Jay Denebeim, John Mainwaring, Gordon Keener, Jack Rouse, John Toebes,
Doug Walker)
; Better than ever.

Features:

- 68060 compatible (AFF_68060 bit must be set by exec)
- almost all routines are optimised for size and/or speed
- some routines are fully reworked
- most routines is fastest, from a few percentage to a few hundreds percentage (date routines)
- using Forbid for CloneTagItems routine
- original comments available in the source code

[PeterK]

Hello Don_Adan,

unfortunately, it seems that you didn't realize that there is already my TagLiFE patch for the utility.library available for many years offering speed optimized replacements for all TagList functions. I was also working on some other utility.library functions already like Amiga2Date, Date2Amiga and CheckDate.

So, you wasted a lot of time!

http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/TagLiFE

[apex]

Possible to combine both in one file?

[PeterK]

Yes, of course, but it's up to Don_Adan now to make a decision.

[Don_Adan]

Originally Posted by PeterK

Hello Don_Adan,

unfortunately, it seems that you didn't realize that there is already my TagLiFE patch for the utility.library available for many years offering speed optimized replacements for all TagList functions. I was also working on some other utility.library functions already like Amiga2Date, Date2Amiga and CheckDate.

So, you wasted a lot of time!

http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/TagLiFE

I seen your code, but this code is useless for ROM. Simple this code is too long. For ROM modules, size is more important than small speed optimisation. You don't used bsr in your code. I don't need small speed optimisation which increase ROM size. I want to fit my scsi and my exec in 512KB ROM. Some my routines (f.e. FindTagItem) are fastest even if your code can be optimised a few too. Using move.l 4.W,A6 for LVO's routines has no sense too. Of course you can make better date functions, if will be fastest or shortest I will use this, also if you find any other size/speed optimisation.
Also my strings routines are fastest than original.

BTW. I like to waste my time

[PeterK]

Conclusion:

The best the user can do is to put your smaller code into his custom ROM and then patch it over with my faster TagLiFE code to get more speed.

[bladecgn]

I am using a custom 3.9 ROM image in WinUAE with all of the don's modules except ramlib.

With this Amikit boots fine.

But if I include ramlib as well it boots till the workbench screen shows up. Then the emulated machine resets itself.

[apex]

Not recommanded to mixup cosmos & Dan fixes. The one from Dan are working. ;-)

[Don_Adan]

New version of utility.library is available.
Optimised Amiga2Date and Date2Amiga routines.
Thanks to meynaf for short version of Date2Amiga routine.