WinUAE 3.0.0 beta series (was 2.8.2/2.9.0)

[Toni Wilen]

http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2900b15.zip

Beta 15:

- "ROM disabled" A2091/A590 ROM option was not visible (b14)
- Blizzard board ROM code was ignored (b14)
- Log window was opened when PPC CPU started (b14)
- Dragging adf file over window mode bottom bar HD led didn't mount it as a harddrive.
- Mounting adf as a harddrive uses adf's real volume name instead of host-side file name.
- Added support for sub memory banks, can divide normal 64k UAE memory bank in to smaller sub memory banks. Mainly needed to properly map PPC CyberStorm MK3/PPC SCSI IO and SCRIPTS RAM for QEMU PPC.
- SCSI CD emulation via NCR SCSI (53C94/FAS216 or NCR53C710+) chip didn't flash CD led.
- Added hack that prevents Picasso IV switching temporarily to RTG mode immediately after reset. (Picasso IV does not use simple signal passthrough like other cards)
- Switch to/from hardware RTG mode only after mode has been stable at least 0.5 seconds.
- Show CD insert/eject messages in new status bar message area. (Should it show real volume name instead of file name?)
- Quickstart CD eject button was always disabled.
- Status bar NVRAM led also shows accelerator board flash write accesses. Includes also writes that only enable chip ID read mode.

- PPC IO access completely rewritten, most IO areas are now directly accessible and only special regions (custom chipset and CIA require locking. Very slow IO message passing system is completely gone.
- QEMU PPC core support. Read separate notes!

QEMU PPC instructions and information: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=975129

Toni, this is excellent, thanks for updating this. Amiga OS 4 loads considerably faster, but what's even better is that so far PPC doom and quake are actually playable. I didn't run any tests to see PPC speed but it is significantly faster. Thanks!

[Nickman1200]

Great stuff! Can confirm that OS4 wb feels as quick as on my PPC603 210 Mhz.

[Arnie]

Two observations for b15 + PPC.
PPC status is always on 'Run' & CPU is 100%
Pressing F12 freezes WinUAE.

Other than that it works fine.

[klesterjr]

Originally Posted by Arnie

Two observations for b15 + PPC.
PPC status is always on 'Run' & CPU is 100%
Pressing F12 freezes WinUAE.

Other than that it works fine.

It runs on my WinXP machine (albeit too slowly to be useful), but never finishes loading on my Win7 machine.

It sometimes stops at the pink screen, but most of the time after the 4.1 boot logo has disappeared (as is the case in the attached logs). I also tried 4.0 and got the same results.

As noted above, F12 also freezes WinUAE here.

[klesterjr]

Originally Posted by klesterjr

It runs on my WinXP machine (albeit too slowly to be useful), but never finishes loading on my Win7 machine.

It sometimes stops at the pink screen, but most of the time after the 4.1 boot logo has disappeared (as is the case in the attached logs). I also tried 4.0 and got the same results.

As noted above, F12 also freezes WinUAE here.

I don't know if it's useful, but here are logs from when it never made it past the pink screen.

[AnnaWu]

The QEMU PPC core support (b15) doesn't work on my WinXP SP3 32-bit.
It seems WinUAE is not able to finish the loading and hangs on the pink screen.
The required files for the QEMU PPC core are already in the root of my WinUAE folder.

PS: My hard drive image (*.HDF/*.CHD) with installed AmigaOS 4.0 is working on b12/b13/b14

[vagrant]

Hey Toni, betas 14 & 15 crash when launching my usual 020/JIT config.
All previous releases are no problem. Logs & output window attached.

[Toni Wilen]

F12/Pause/reset hang confirmed.

OS 4 not booting: try without A2065 (or any other non-Z3 expansion). QEMU memory mapping is not dynamic yet.

Originally Posted by Arnie

Two observations for b15 + PPC.
PPC status is always on 'Run' & CPU is 100%
Pressing F12 freezes WinUAE.

PPC "sleep" is not implemented in QEMU yet.

Originally Posted by ED-209

Hey Toni, betas 14 & 15 crash when launching my usual 020/JIT config.
All previous releases are no problem. Logs & output window attached.

Include config please. (btw, it is not a real crash)

[vagrant]

"Crash" was probably not the best choice of word.. config attached

[AnnaWu]

OS 4 not booting: try without A2065 (or any other non-Z3 expansion). QEMU memory mapping is not dynamic yet.

If I use my config without A2065 I have the same result.
The FPS rate on b15 is much lower compared with b12/b13/b14
Maybe my hardware (DELL Latitude C840) is too weak to run the new QEMU PPC core.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by AnnaWu

If I use my config without A2065 I have the same result.
The FPS rate on b15 is much lower compared with b12/b13/b14
Maybe my hardware (DELL Latitude C840) is too weak to run the new QEMU PPC core.

Requirements are still the same: least true dual core CPU is required and now it is really required, sorry.

[AnnaWu]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Requirements are still the same: least true dual core CPU is required and now it is really required, sorry.

Ok, this is may the reason. Exist a possibility to switch between the new QEMU PPC core and the older PPC core (b14) for user which doesn't have a dual core CPU?

At moment I use b14 for the PPC mode but not like the additional Log window.

[klesterjr]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

OS 4 not booting: try without A2065 (or any other non-Z3 expansion). QEMU memory mapping is not dynamic yet

Disabling A2065 doesn't seem to change anything for me.

I tried repeatedly booting last night and was able to get it to boot ONCE, however it ran much more slowly than previous betas and I was not able to get it to boot again.

It appears to be stuck in an endless loop, rather than an actual crash or freeze (unless you press F12).

My system: Win7, i7 4770K, GTX 650 Ti

[DarrenHD]

Originally Posted by klesterjr

Disabling A2065 doesn't seem to change anything for me.

I tried repeatedly booting last night and was able to get it to boot ONCE, however it ran much more slowly than previous betas and I was not able to get it to boot again.

It appears to be stuck in an endless loop, rather than an actual crash or freeze (unless you press F12).

My system: Win7, i7 4770K, GTX 650 Ti

B15 worked fine on my existing setup (i5 Macbook). Splash screen was way faster, but I didn't notice a change in speed after workbench loads, although I did not test it much yet. I need to try it on my i7 at home which is much faster than this i5. Hardfile access may be a bottleneck. Zorro 3 memory showed up properly as a pager and I do have C= 2065 configured, no issue there.

Darren

[Toni Wilen]

I don't know why OS4 boot hangs. Probably better wait for next beta that will include dynamic memory mapping, perhaps it helps. Comparing between working and non-working logs and config files may also help.

(At least it can't be host CPU, i7 4770k here and OS4 works fine)

Originally Posted by ED-209

"Crash" was probably not the best choice of word.. config attached

Thanks, fixed. uaegfx RTG in Z2 mode memory mapping was wrong.

I get this messages when i activate PPC:

"One of the following expansion boot ROMs is required:
-Blizzard PPC 68060 (512k)"

or

"One of the following expansion boot ROMs is required:
-CyberStorm PPC (128k)"


Do anybody know where to download that roms?


Kind Regards
SID-6581

[ma693541]

@SID-6581, check this; How to get access to The Zone? Look for the file accelerator_roms.zip

Very helpfull. Thx.

[Arnie]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Requirements are still the same: least true dual core CPU is required and now it is really required, sorry.

Is this just for the PPC side or for all Amiga emulation?