WinUAE 3.0.0 freezes on bootloading

[hexaae]

It freezes right after loading Blizkick mounting OS3.9's exec.library:

C:BK * MODULE exec.library.1200 EXTRESBUF=192000 QUIET

Was OK 'till WinUAE 2.9.x+ series...

Attached my cfg + "SYS:devs/modules/exec.library.1200" + bootlog


http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/13222296/file.html

[Toni Wilen]

winuaelog.txt is missing, the most important part. (it is not created by default to prevent slowdowns, tick logging checkbox in paths or misc panel)

EDIT: It would be even better to know which beta broke it.

[hexaae]

winuaelog.txt
http://www39.zippyshare.com/v/41958372/file.html

Unfortunately I missed many betas in the meanwhile... will try some...

[Toni Wilen]

No need to check, it is working as designed!

Z3 boards now also disappear at reset which is real hardware behavior (It needs to happen or things can go wrong in some situations).

BlizKick uses wrong RAM type for its early boot code. I think this was discussed previously in some beta post, I think the conclusion was that Z3 RAM boards are actually really rare in real hardware world. (Until few years ago). Practically all accelerator board RAM expansions are in hardwired addresses.

It should work if you enable "Processor Slot" RAM.

EDIT: Hmm.. this may be not too rare config, perhaps it is possible to add workaround, even if it is something that can't work in real world..

[hexaae]

It works (seen as A4000 though). Deselected Autoconfig checkmark before it gets ghosted
BlitzKick fails during startup-sequence with Processor Slot RAM (can't find expansion RAM?)...

WhichAmiga 1.3.22 (11.12.00)
Written by Harry "Piru" Sintonen. Copyright © 1995-2000 PitPlane Productions.

Evaluating system...
Central Processing Unit: MC68040 1298.0 MHz
Floating Point Unit: 68040fpu 1298.0 MHz
Memory Management Unit: not available
Custom graphics chip: AGA Lisa 4203 (rev 0)
Custom animation chip: AGA PAL Alice 8374 2M (rev 3-4)
Other custom chip(s): Paula 8364 (rev 0), Ramsey (rev 15), Gary (rev 0)
Graphics system: Amiga AGA display bandwidth: 4x
Graphics board(s): UAE Picasso96
Hardware Clock: clock + battmem found, friday 02-jan-2015 12:23:49
Max. Chipmem available: 4080 K
Max. Fastmem available: 131072 K
ROM chip version: 45.20 (Kickstart 3.9)
ReKicked ROM, version: 45.20 (Kickstart 3.9)
Workbench version: 45.3 (Workbench 3.9)
SetPatch version: 44.38
Expansion board(s):
2011/2: Reserved Resource Management - QuickNet 2000 (@$00E90000 64k)
2011/3: Reserved UAE - RAM Expansion (@$10000000 128M)
2011/96: Reserved UAE - Graphics Expansion (@$19000000 128M)

Your computer is an Amiga 4000.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by hexaae

It works (seen as A4000 though). Deselected Autoconfig checkmark before it gets ghosted
BlitzKick fails during startup-sequence with Processor Slot RAM (can't find expansion RAM?)...

You may get better results if you set chipset extra to A1200. "Generic" is compatibility mode hardware (for example works with mismatched KS ROMs) that is sort of A4000 but really isn't.

Memory panel has not looked like that for long time..

[hexaae]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Memory panel has not looked like that for long time..

Sorry, it was from an older WinUAE.
With WinUAE 3.0.0 and Processor Slot RAM: 128 Bkick still fails...

[hexaae]

This one works fine though:

[Toni Wilen]

Only accidentally. It can break anytime.

(ALWAYS include config file instead of just saying "some setting does not work" or including screenshot!)

EDIT: Perhaps there should be "UAE mainboard RAM" option that allows larger than 128M memory and which is not autoconfig and would work with blizkick and other programs that assume memory that does not disappear at boot.

[hexaae]

Here is current (working) cfg:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/tmev4b

Hope you'll make it work fine in a way or another in future releases...

[Toni Wilen]

I asked for non-working config so that I can check whats wrong.. Use of mainboard RAM should always fix it.

[hexaae]

Starting from above settings... Every other RAM cfg, including "Motherboard Fast: 64MB", fails. Didn't test accelerator boards.
Only working config is the one above, at present. To check non-working example just change for example: "Z3 Mapping mode: Real" or use "Processor Slot Fast".