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29 June 2013, 23:12
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A2091ToFast: Even more A2091/A590 speedup possible!
A2091ToFast V2.5
Original code by Chris Weber 1998 (Aminet). Updated and enhanced by SpeedGeek 2015. INTRODUCTION: A2091ToFast copies the A2091/A590 ROM code into Fast memory similar to the CPU FastROM command but does not require an MMU. This allows it to work with many other CPUs which don't have an MMU or free the MMU to perform other tasks. More importantly, it can speed up the execution of the SCSI driver code by SEVERAL HUNDRED percent! Note: Zorro2 Fast memory and Zorro2 ROMs operate at the same bus speed so there is no benefit to using A2091ToFast on a "Bog Standard" 7 MHz 68000. However, unlike the Zorro2 ROMs the Zorro2 Fast memory can be cached so the L2 cache on some 68000 accelerators (or the L1 cache on 68020+ accelerators) may still realize some benefit. I've uploaded RSCP images showing PIO speed on my system is now a little faster than original DMA speed (and much faster than ROM based PIO speed). Enjoy! 
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02 April 2014, 06:24
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** NEWS UPDATE **
V2.1 released - even more improvements! - Added code to scan ROMs for driver size - Removed Debug symbols to make smaller executable - Added version string - Error messages updated |
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03 June 2014, 17:07
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** 2ND NEWS UPDATE **
V2.2 released - new feature speeds up direct calls to scsi.device! - Added code to patch scsi.device resident structure vectors to FastMem image - Fixed size calculation of ROM driver size scan - Removed 2 lines of redundant code |
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03 June 2014, 20:01
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Thanx. I have this in my startup-sequence:
C:A2091ToFast >NIL: C:Run >NIL: C:vb2091SAS DEVICE scsi.device UNIT 0 BROKEN With your v2.1 everything is ok. With your v2.2 when i run vb2091SAS util i get recoverable alert (Error: 0100 0003, Task: 080748B0). After pressing left mouse button everything seems to be ok. J. |
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04 June 2014, 02:06
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C:2632 -r Run >NIL: C:Vbak2091 DEVICE scsi.device UNIT 1 BUFSIZE 512 SINGLE C:SetPatch QUIET NOROMUPDATE C:A2091ToFast >NIL: Vbak2091 needs to be run before A2091ToFast. Also, if you want to NSDpatch scsi.device then Vbak2091 needs to be run before Setpatch for OS3.5+. Of course, you can always use v2.1 if you like. 
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04 June 2014, 14:07
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vbak opens scsi.device so i thought that it should open it after a2091tofast patches it. I'll try your sequence.
2632 is for DKB 2632 card? I have csa derringer 030. It uses D3 command. I have it before vbak and a2091tofast like you. Thanx J. Quote:
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04 June 2014, 15:45
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** 3RD NEWS UPDATE **
V2.3 released - minor update - Added code for 2nd.scsi.device resident structure patching since V2.2 was useless to A4000 owners Last edited by SpeedGeek; 04 June 2014 at 15:58. |
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11 May 2015, 14:53
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** 4TH NEWS UPDATE **
V2.4 released - A2091ToFast can now be installed before other programs which patch scsi.device - Added code to update checksum after resident structure patching - Added code to patch SCSI interrupt vector to FastMem image - Replaced Disable() - Enable() pairs with Forbid() - Permit() pairs - Some more code optimizations done Update: *V2.4 can now be installed before other programs which patch scsi.device. This means vbak2091 can benefit from patching it's code to the FastMem image. It also means OS3.5+ users who NSDpatch scsi.device will need to run vbak2091 before Setpatch. So A2091ToFast will need to be installed before Setpatch with the above configuration. |
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24 July 2015, 14:47
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** 5TH NEWS UPDATE **
V2.5 released - Added support for C= V8.0 (40.20) ROMs - Added new code to support both V7.0 and V8.0 ROM stack offsets - Removed all task busy error handling code which really wasn't needed - Reduced executable size with more PC relative code |
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