SysInfo 4.3 ready, finally

[SnkBitten]

Originally Posted by Geijer

Ok, then the Chip speed value is totally irrelevant, hmm, need to work something out...

Amithlon was a different approach to emulation, it tosses custom hardware and timing limits out to allow the OS to run as fast as possible on x86 hardware for system friends applications. Timings aren't going to be accurate against real or full emulated Amigas, but I like to compare against other Amithlon systems as it's been very consistent in results.

[SnkBitten]

If it helps, Amithlon with JIT disabled.

[SpeedGeek]

Originally Posted by CmdrAmiga

Results from 4.4rc1:
I'm disappointed with the dedicated LC library. As can be seen the MIPS result is significantly lower than on a regular library. But maybe there is something that can fix this(?).

Was there some reason (other than laziness) why you used the old 40.1 version
instead of the new 40.2 version?

[Matt_H]

Originally Posted by abbub

I notice that on my Amiga 2000, it's identifying my 1 MB ECS Agnus (NTSC 8372A) as a 2 MB Agnus. I wish it was.

Originally Posted by Geijer

Strange, unfortunately I don't have the hardware to reproduce the error

I've also tried several combinations in both fs-uae and WinUAE but still no error.

I can report the same error on my A500. For me, it's triggered if i have Enforcer running. Other config details: Kickstart 2, GVP A530 w/ 030/MMU/FPU, 8MB fast RAM, 1MB chip RAM. There's also a Kickstart switcher with leads to Gary and the keyboard chip.

[CmdrAmiga]

Originally Posted by Geijer

If it's ok with you I would appreciate if you can help me with tests on you hardware in the future?

Of course, no problem.

Originally Posted by SpeedGeek

Was there some reason (other than laziness) why you used the old 40.1 version
instead of the new 40.2 version?

No laziness. I thought I had the latest version. But I searched and found your topic and downloaded it. BTW, thanks for working on it and making it available to the public

Apollo 66 MHz with 68LC060.library 40.2

[rabidgerry]

Originally Posted by Geijer

At last a reasonable bug free version so I created a Release Candidate for you to test:
SysInfo 4.4rc1

Fixed in this version:

• Changed handling of speed numbers, if big, don't print decimals
• Updated "Chip Speed vs A600" to handle much faster Chip Speed machines.
• Added support for AC68080 frequenc support
• Update will no longer try to open 68040/68060.library when there is no such CPU
• Bugfix: 68040/68060 non FPU guru fixed, again!
• Lots of updates/corrections in the SysInfo.guide documentation.
• Lots of code cleanup

Please test and report bugs, thanks.

I clicked on your link for SysInfo 4.4rc1 and it just brought me to your website. Is it on there for me to try? Or do you have a direct link?

****edit****

No worries I got SysInfo_4.4rc2 from your site about 3 seconds after posting will try it for you and my Apollo 1260 @80mhz

[rabidgerry]

Here you go! I've the Thor Libraries installed.

[CmdrAmiga]

Results from the latest 4.4 version with a new comment (Warp 1260 at 100 MHz and 105 MHz). Also, I see the Chip Speed vs A600 has changed.
Thanks for the new versions

[rabidgerry]

Can I just check, has v4.4 superceeded 4.4rc2?

[Geijer]

Originally Posted by rabidgerry

Can I just check, has v4.4 superceeded 4.4rc2?

4.4rc2 was the latest beta before the release of 4.4. Version 4.4 is currently the latest public release. If in doubt, you can always use the version command and compare build dates:

AmigaOs:> version FULL SysInfo_4.4rc2
SysInfo 4.4rc2 (2020-11-10)
©2012-2019 Tobias Geijersson http://sysinfo.d0.se ©1990-1993 Nic Wilson
AmigaOs:> version FULL SysInfo_4.4
SysInfo 4.4 (2020-11-11)
©2012-2020 Tobias Geijersson http://sysinfo.d0.se ©1990-1993 Nic Wilson

A sneak peek of early 4.5 builds:

[rabidgerry]

Originally Posted by Geijer

4.4rc2 was the latest beta before the release of 4.4. Version 4.4 is currently the latest public release. If in doubt, you can always use the version command and compare build dates:

AmigaOs:> version FULL SysInfo_4.4rc2
SysInfo 4.4rc2 (2020-11-10)
©2012-2019 Tobias Geijersson http://sysinfo.d0.se ©1990-1993 Nic Wilson
AmigaOs:> version FULL SysInfo_4.4
SysInfo 4.4 (2020-11-11)
©2012-2020 Tobias Geijersson http://sysinfo.d0.se ©1990-1993 Nic Wilson

A sneak peek of early 4.5 builds:

Excellent! Well thankyou very much, all is appreciated in the work you are doing with this.

I have downloaded SYSinfo 4.4 and I will install later.

[DJBase]

I tried today the CLI usage with the flag -p on v4.4 and got a crash. Please see pictures.

I also tried v4.5 Beta12 but seems CLI is broken?

[Geijer]

Originally Posted by DJBase

I tried today the CLI usage with the flag -p on v4.4 and got a crash. Please see pictures.

I also tried v4.5 Beta12 but seems CLI is broken?

Hi,

Thanks for the report. 4.4 should work, strange.

4.5 beta is broken due to lots of refactoring in text handling. Have missed specify that as a known problem. Will be fixed before release of 4.5.

[gdonner]

Originally Posted by Geijer

Hi,

Thanks for the report. 4.4 should work, strange.

4.5 beta is broken due to lots of refactoring in text handling. Have missed specify that as a known problem. Will be fixed before release of 4.5.

Geijer,

It really is nice to see SysInfo being fixed and updated after many years--thanks for your work!

Looking forward to v4.5!

[trixster]

The last version of SysInfo which seems to give an indication of the DMAC in an A3000 is version 2.0 I think. It reads DMAC Type "Old" for a DMAC-02 and DMAC Type "New" for a DMAC-04.

Is it possible to get this reading in the next update to SysInfo 4?

Also, any chance of it detecting the presence of the DSP, for those AA3000 and AA3000+ owners?

[TjLaZer]

When I try SysInfo 4.1 to 4.3 on an A1200/Vampire 2 with Classic WB 3.9 the machine crashes and locks up. When I run it from early startup, it runs fine. Any ideas why?

[Geijer]

Originally Posted by trixster

The last version of SysInfo which seems to give an indication of the DMAC in an A3000 is version 2.0 I think. It reads DMAC Type "Old" for a DMAC-02 and DMAC Type "New" for a DMAC-04.

Is it possible to get this reading in the next update to SysInfo 4?

Also, any chance of it detecting the presence of the DSP, for those AA3000 and AA3000+ owners?

I'll look into that.

Originally Posted by TjLaZer

When I try SysInfo 4.1 to 4.3 on an A1200/Vampire 2 with Classic WB 3.9 the machine crashes and locks up. When I run it from early startup, it runs fine. Any ideas why?

Strange, is it a clean 3.9 installation or do you have other stuff installed? Have you tried latest beta?

[A10001986]

Originally Posted by Geijer

I'll look into that.

But please, don't poke around in the hardware registers. Check for dsp3210.device (unit 0), and see if it opens without an error (or with "BUSY"). If it does not open (or gives ERR_NoDSPs), then you can, if you must, poke around in the hardware.

[Hercules]

Originally Posted by TjLaZer

When I try SysInfo 4.1 to 4.3 on an A1200/Vampire 2 with Classic WB 3.9 the machine crashes and locks up. When I run it from early startup, it runs fine. Any ideas why?

Could be stack problem? Try running it with a bigger stack and see if it helps.

[Photon]

Originally Posted by TjLaZer

When I try SysInfo 4.1 to 4.3 on an A1200/Vampire 2 with Classic WB 3.9 the machine crashes and locks up. When I run it from early startup, it runs fine. Any ideas why?

If OS and driver software versions are set up correctly, LoadWB from Boot to CLI should run any software compatible with that OS version.

So you could try boot to CLI > LoadWB > run software. If it works, some customization in WB (or S-Seq) could cause a crash from any resource normally available unexpectedly not available.

For custom hardware such as Vampire, hardware devs must collab with benchmark devs to detect correctly.

There could still be a bug in the benchmark software, but it's not always possible to check everything.