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Revision: 1.11
Committed: 1999-10-21T18:29:03Z (25 years ago) by cebix
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: snapshot-21101999
Changes since 1.10: +1 -1 lines
Log Message:
- bumped version number to 0.8
- updated docs for fbdev and extfs

File Contents

# User Rev Content
1 cebix 1.11 V0.8 (snapshot) - 21.Oct.1999
2 cebix 1.6 - sony.cpp/disk.cpp/cdrom.cpp: disk insertions are now checked for
3     by an interrupt routine
4 cebix 1.7 - localizable strings are now split into a common and a platform-
5 cebix 1.6 specific set
6 cebix 1.8 - added external file system to access host OS files from the MacOS;
7     root directory is specified by the "extfs" prefs item
8     - moved most initialization/deinitialization code to InitAll() and
9     ExitAll() in main.cpp
10 cebix 1.7 - added patches for NetBSD [Bernd Sieker]
11     - corrected TimerDateTime() in timer_unix.cpp and timer_beos.cpp
12     [Toshimitsu Tanaka]
13 cebix 1.9 - AmigaOS: fixed crash when gtlayout.library was not present
14     - AmigaOS: now compiles with GCC (Geek Gadgets)
15 cebix 1.8 - AmigaOS/clip_amiga.cpp: fixed small bug in CR->LF translation
16     [Giacomo Magnini]
17     - Unix: compilation of cpuemu.cpp is now split in 8 parts
18     - Unix: volume list in GTK prefs editor is reorderable
19 cebix 1.10 - Unix: added fbdev DGA support and SPARC assembly optimizations to
20     UAE core [Gwenole Beauchesne]
21 cebix 1.6
22 cebix 1.5 V0.7 (release 0.7-2) - 6.Oct.1999
23     - Added BasiliskII.spec for making RPMs [with assistance from
24     Roman Niewiarowski]
25 cebix 1.2 - Unix: "basilisk_ii_keycodes" renamed to "keycodes", default
26     location of keycodes file is now /usr/local/share/BasiliskII/keycodes
27 cebix 1.3 - Unix: improved the install target, added uninstall target
28 cebix 1.4 - Unix/Windows: fixed bugs in protocol removal [Lauri Pesonen]
29 cebix 1.3 - Unix/Linux/NetDriver: removed MAKEDEV, functionality now included
30     in Makefile ("make dev")
31 cebix 1.1 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: Sys_open() checks whether an HFS volume is currently
32     mounted under Linux and tries to unmount it
33     - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: implemented SysAddDiskPrefs() for Linux (scans
34     /etc/fstab to find HFS volumes)
35     - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: implemented Sys(Prevent/Allow)Removal() [Ryan Cumming]
36     - Unix/main_unix.cpp: added call to gtk_set_locale() before gtk_init()
37     [Toshimitsu Tanaka]
38 cebix 1.3 - Unix/video_x.cpp: "dga" screen preferences now takes width and
39     height as parameters (e.g. dga/640/480), like "win" [Pablo Averbuj]
40     - Unix/video_x.cpp: Caps Lock behaves as expected [Pablo Averbuj]
41     - Unix/prefs_editor_gtk.cpp: made the window width/height widgets
42     comboboxes providing some useful defaults
43 cebix 1.1
44     V0.7 (alpha) - 25.Jul.1999
45     - with 32-bit clean ROMs, the CPU type is now reported as a 68030
46     (for those OpenTransport fans :-)
47     - added new prefs item "nosound" to disable sound output
48     - sound output implemented for BeOS, Linux, Solaris and AmigaOS
49     (requires Sound Manager 3.x)
50     - dummy/audio_dummy.cpp: created
51     - dummy/prefs_dummy.cpp: created
52     - dummy/xpram_dummy.cpp: created
53     - macos_util.cpp: added FileDiskLayout()
54     - video.cpp: removed useless BlankMousePointer flag
55     - uae_cpu: updated to UAE 0.8.9
56     - uae_cpu/gencpu.c: fixed bug in CAS2, OpenTransport works now
57     - Unix: moved Linux- and FreeBSD-specific files to their respective
58     directories
59     - Unix: added 64-bit data types (needed by timer_unix.cpp)
60     - Unix: added keyboard translation method using raw keycodes instead of
61     keysyms (controlled by "keycodes" and "keycodefile" prefs items) which
62     doesn't depend on the selected keymap
63     - Unix: when running as root, Basilisk II tries to assign real-time
64     priorities to some threads
65     - Unix: calls to nanosleep() protected by autoconf define
66     - Unix/main_unix.cpp: tick thread replaced by POSIX.4 timer when possible
67     - Unix/timer_unix.cpp: uses POSIX.4 timing facilities when possible
68     - Unix/video_x.cpp: all X calls during emulation are now done from
69     the redraw thread which is also active in DGA mode; as a result,
70     XLockServer()/XUnlockServer() are no longer necessary
71     - Unix/sysdeps.h: changed C++ comments to C comments as this file is
72     included by some *.c files in uae_cpu [Brian J. Johnson]
73     - Unix/sysdeps.h: added unaligned access functions for SGI MIPSPro
74     compiler [Brian J. Johnson]
75     - Unix/Irix/unaligned.c: created [Brian J. Johnson]
76     - Windows: updated sources
77    
78     V0.6 (alpha) - 12.Jul.1999
79     - Unix: Basilisk II now accepts a "-display <display>" argument to
80     specify the X display to use
81     - Unix: mounting floppies with Ctrl-F1 now works
82     - Unix/ether_linux.cpp: now works when ethertap is configured for
83     multicast support
84     - Unix/main_unix.cpp: XOpenDisplay() is now called from main()
85     - Unix/scsi_freebsd.cpp: added support for FreeBSD 2.x [Orlando Bassotto]
86     - Unix/posix_sem.cpp: updated [Orlando Bassotto]
87     - Unix/prefs_editor_gtk.cpp: serial pane recognizes FreeBSD serial/
88     printer devices [Orlando Bassotto]
89     - Unix/serial_unix.cpp: FreeBSD printer devices are recognized
90     [Orlando Bassotto]
91     - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: FreeBSD CD-ROM/floppy support, correct default
92     serial prefs for FreeBSD [Orlando Bassotto]
93     - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: fixed SysIsDiskInserted for Linux floppy
94     - Unix/FreeBSD/scsidump.cpp: added [Orlando Bassotto]
95    
96     V0.6 (alpha) - 5.Jul.1999
97     - fixed mouse for Classic ROM and MacOS 6.x/7.x
98     - Unix/ether_linux.cpp: added ethertap support (see README for details)
99     - dummy/clip_dummy.cpp: created
100    
101     V0.6 (alpha) - 2.Jul.1999
102     - rom_patches.cpp: added CheckROM() which has to be called before
103     PatchROM()
104     - rom_patches.cpp: started ROM patches for Classic/SE ROMs
105     - adb.cpp: ADB handlers get ADBBase passed in a3
106     - adb.cpp: moved temporary data area to ADBBase+0x163 (Mac Classic
107     mouse handler wants it there)
108     - emul_op.cpp/EMUL_OP_CLKNOMEM: reading from the RTC time registers
109     yields the correct time and date
110     - uae_cpu/cpu_emulation.h: added FLAYOUT_NONE to disable frame buffer
111     mapping
112     - uae_cpu/basilisk_glue.cpp: RAMBaseMac/ROMBaseMac are now set in
113     Init680x0() (instead of main_*.cpp)
114     - uae_cpu/memory.cpp: added support for Mac Plus/II memory maps
115     and 24 bit addressing
116     - uae_cpu/newcpu.cpp: re-implemented support for 68000/010 emulation
117     - uae_cpu/cpuopti.c: patched for egcs [Orlando Bassotto]
118     - main_*.cpp: added TwentyFourBitAddressing flag
119     - main_*.cpp: CPU type and addressing mode depends on ROM version
120     - main_*.cpp: tick thread changed to use new TimerDateTime() function
121     - include/video.h: VideoInit() takes "classic" parameter to select
122     "Classic" video mode (512x342, 1-bit)
123     - include/timer.h: new function TimerDateTime() to get local date/time
124     in Mac format
125     - Unix: support for FreeBSD [Orlando Bassotto]
126     - Unix/scsi_freebsd-cam.cpp: created [Orlando Bassotto]
127     - Unix/posix_sem.cpp: created [Orlando Bassotto]
128     - Unix/main_unix.cpp: added call to XF86DGAForkApp()
129     - Unix/video_x.cpp: support for Classic video mode and display on
130     1-bit screens
131     - Unix/video_x.cpp: added check whether screen is really DGA capable
132     - Unix/video_x.cpp: added check for image endianess
133     - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: added replacement for Linux llseek() for platforms
134     that don't have it
135     - Unix/*.cpp: replaced sleep()/usleep() by nanosleep()
136     - Amiga/prefs_editor_amiga.cpp: ROM file selection via file requester
137     didn't work
138    
139     V0.6 (alpha) - 22.Jun.1999
140     - fixed small compilation problems on BeOS/x86
141     - rsrc_patches.cpp: fixed for MacOS 7.6.1
142     - dummy/scsi_dummy.cpp: scsi_send_cmd() was missing timeout parameter
143     - Unix/video_x.cpp: fixed compilation problem on systems without DGA
144     - BeOS/prefs_editor_beos.cpp: it is now possible to drop ROM files on
145     the "ROM File" control
146     - BeOS/sys_beos.cpp: Basilisk II will not try to unmount volumes (from
147     BeOS) that are to be mounted read-only
148    
149     V0.6 (alpha) - 20.Jun.1999
150     - scsi.cpp: added "timeout" parameter to scsi_send_cmd()
151     - scsi_*.cpp: fixed S/G table processing bug in scsi_send_cmd()
152     (every entry was written to/read from the same buffer address)
153     - Unix/scsi_linux.cpp: implemented
154     - Unix/video_x.cpp: new hotkeys: Ctrl-Esc = emergency quit from DGA mode,
155     Ctrl-Tab = suspend DGA mode
156     - Unix/video_x.cpp: implemented VideoQuitFullScreen() (used by
157     ErrorAlert())
158     - BeOS/video_beos.cpp: implemented VideoQuitFullScreen() (used by
159     ErrorAlert())
160    
161     V0.6 (alpha) - 19.Jun.1999
162     - sys_*.cpp: 400K DiskCopy disk images are now recognized (84 byte
163     header)
164     - user_strings.cpp: added strings for GTK preferences editor
165     - Unix: implemented preferences editor (requires GTK)
166     - Unix: added "install" target to Makefile
167     - Unix: created minimal man page
168     - Unix/main_unix.cpp: ErrorAlert() and WarningAlert() pop up dialog
169     boxes when GTK is present
170     - BeOS/prefs_editor_beos.cpp: added "Create" button to volume list
171     - BeOS/prefs_editor_beos.cpp: "About" dialog added
172    
173     V0.5 (alpha) - 13.Jun.1999
174     - prefs.cpp: added ZapPRAM()
175     - prefs.cpp: PrefsReplaceString() can now take an index
176     - user_strings.cpp: added strings for preferences editor
177     - prefs_editor_*.*: created
178     - sys.h: SysCDStop() now takes the MSF address of the lead-out track
179     as a parameter
180     - AmigaOS: start offset and size of devices is now given in blocks,
181     not bytes
182     - AmigaOS: implemented preferences editor
183     - BeOS: implemented preferences editor
184     - AmigaOS/sys_amiga.cpp: added checks for NSD and 64-bit TD commands
185     (not yet used)
186     - AmigaOS/sys_amiga.cpp: implemented CD audio commands
187     - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: CD-ROM devices are opened with O_NONBLOCK flag
188     - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: using CDROM_DRIVE_STATUS to check for inserted
189     disks if drive supports it
190     - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: CD-ROM devices are closed and reopened on eject
191     to clear the driver's internal buffers
192     - Unix/video_x.cpp: added incremental refresh mode [David Lawrence]
193     - Unix/video_x.cpp: small changes to the DGA code
194    
195     V0.5 (alpha) - 17.May 1999
196     - new "fpu" prefs item to enable/disable the (buggy) UAE FPU emulation
197     - Defaults for platform-specific prefs items can be set in the new
198     AddPlatformPrefsDefault() function which gets called by PrefsInit()
199     - added dummy audio component, so MacOS versions >=7.5 should be more
200     stable when running programs that try to do something with sound
201     - adb.cpp: relative mouse mode should work a bit better
202     - macos_util.cpp: new function HasMacStarted() to check Mac warm
203     start flag
204     - macos_util.cpp: new function MountVolume() to aid implementation
205     of manual volume mounting
206     - cdrom.cpp: added CDROMMountVolume()
207     - BeOS: replaced "Mount floppy" menu item by submenu with list of all
208     removable volumes
209     - Win32: many fixes and improvements [Lauri Pesonen]
210    
211     V0.5 (alpha) - 8.May 1999
212     - added information about GPL to all source files
213     - rom_patches.cpp: fixed one unaligned access problem (Sparc)
214     - replaced "off_t" by "loff_t" to allow 64 bit disk access under Linux
215     - created "dummy" platform directory containing generic "do-nothing"
216     versions of certain files to aid in testing and porting
217     - Unix: improved autoconf stuff and sysdeps.h
218     - Unix: now compiles under Solaris
219     - Unix/video_x.cpp: automatic SHM detection, fallback to XPutImage
220    
221     V0.5 (alpha) - 26.Apr.1999
222     - main_*.cpp: ramsize is rounded down to 1MB boundary
223     - uae_cpu/memory.h: added "REGPARAM2" in more places [Lauri Pesonen]
224     - uae_cpu/memory.cpp: changed "Diff" variables from "uae_8 *" to
225     "uae_u32" [Lauri Pesonen]
226     - uae_cpu/memory.cpp: added "REGPARAM2" in more places [Lauri Pesonen]
227     - uae_cpu/newcpu.h: added "REGPARAM2" in more places [Lauri Pesonen]
228     - uae_cpu/newcpu.cpp: added "REGPARAM2" in more places [Lauri Pesonen]
229     - Windows/*: integrated updated Windows sources from Lauri Pesonen
230    
231     V0.5 (alpha) - 25.Apr.1999
232     - prefs.cpp/PrefsRemoveItem(): deleting the last item now works
233     - uae_cpu/memory.cpp: changed "uae_u8 REGPARAM2 *func()" to
234     "uae_u8 *REGPARAM2 func()"
235     - Unix/ether_unix.cpp: implemented
236     - Unix/Linux/NetDriver: created
237     - Unix/video_x.cpp: added support for 32 bit screens, cleaned up
238     VisualInfo code
239     - BeOS/ether_beos.cpp: cleaned up the code
240     - BeOS/video_beos.cpp: full screen video mode and color depth can now
241     be set via prefs("scr/<mode>")
242    
243     V0.4 (alpha) - 15.Apr.1999
244     - Added some literature references to the source files
245     - Modularized CPU engine: the interface of the CPU engine is now
246     defined in cpu_emulation.h, so different CPU engines can be
247     substituted more easily [as requested by Bill Huey]
248     - uae_cpu/gencpu.c: duplicate_carry() was missing in SUB and NBCD routines
249     - Unix: added autoconf stuff
250     - Unix: modified the makefile so it won't fail if cpuopti didn't work
251     [Daniel Thompson]
252    
253     V0.4 (alpha) - 11.Apr.1999
254     - cdrom.cpp: find_hfs_partition() bailed out too soon when finding no
255     "PN" signature [Lauri Pesonen]
256     - prefs.cpp: prefs file allows more whitespace between keyword and value
257     [Lauri Pesonen]
258     - prefs.cpp: remodeled to allow platform-specific prefs items (list of
259     keywords is kept in table)
260     - video.cpp/cscSetEntries: luminance mapping uses integer instead of
261     floating point math
262     - video_*.cpp: on most systems, the frame buffer is allocated with
263     two additional lines as some ROM versions seem to write behind
264     the frame buffer proper
265     - BeOS/Unix/sysdeps.h: defined X86_ASSEMBLY on i386/GCC systems
266     - BeOS/Unix/sysdeps.h: redefined get/put_mem() functions to take and
267     return an uae_u32 value, added some more x86 optimizations
268     - Unix/serial_unix.cpp/kSERDBaudRate: rates between 57600 and 65535
269     result in a rate of 57600 [Lauri Pesonen]
270    
271     V0.4 (alpha) - 10.Apr.1999
272     - upgraded to UAE 0.8.8 CPU, CPU is now built with "gencpu", UAE sources
273     moved to "uae" directory
274     - new preferences item "rom" to specify the path of the ROM file
275     - new preferences item "ether" for Ethernet driver
276     - new INTFLAG_ETHER interrupt flag
277     - main_*.cpp: added ChoiceAlert()
278     - main_*.cpp: disabled UAE FPU (as it is buggy)
279     - serial_*.cpp: device_name is now a "const char *"
280     - serial_*.cpp: implemented monitor (#define MONITOR 1 to activate)
281     - *.h: changed "#ifdef _XXX_H_" to "#ifdef XXX_H" as symbols starting
282     with an underscore are reserved
283     - rom_patches.cpp: icon data moved to sony/disk/cdrom.cpp
284     - rom_patches.cpp: removed unnecessary a0/a1 save/restore from drivers
285     - slot_rom.cpp: removed unnecessary a0/a1 save/restore from drivers
286     - serial_defs.h: added error codes
287     - AmigaOS: the Kickstart ROM is no longer used to redirect NIL pointer
288     accesses as this crashes some machines (especially 68040-based);
289     a scratch memory block is used instead
290     - AmigaOS/serial_amiga.cpp: implemented
291     - AmigaOS/ether_amiga.cpp: implemented
292     - AmigaOS/sys_amiga.cpp: SysAddSerialPrefs() now returns real defaults
293     - AmigaOS/main_amiga.cpp: when the memory for the Mac RAM and ROM
294     cannot be allocated, an error message is displayed (instead of crashing)
295     - AmigaOS/main_amiga.cpp: interrupts are disabled during execution
296     of an EMUL_OP routine
297     - AmigaOS/asm_support.asm: the CTRL-C handler checks for pending
298     AmigaDOS operations
299     - AmigaOS/asm_support.asm: the interrupt signal exception is rethrown
300     when the interrupt level in EmulatedSR gets lowered while interrupts
301     are pending
302     - BeOS: switched from project files to Be supplied makefile system
303     - BeOS/ether_beos.cpp: implemented
304     - BeOS/serial_beos.cpp: modem status of parallel device is returned
305     as (dsrEvent | dcdEvent | ctsEvent)
306     - BeOS/serial_beos.cpp: implemented kSERDBaudRate
307     - BeOS/serial_beos.cpp: serdtDCE is set in PrimeIn()/PrimeOut()
308     - Unix/serial_unix.cpp: added support for parallel ports
309     - Unix/serial_unix.cpp: serdtDCE is set in PrimeIn()/PrimeOut()
310     - Unix/video_x.cpp: pressing F12 and q will quit Basilisk II in DGA mode
311     (useful when it crashed)
312    
313     V0.3 (alpha) - 14.Mar.1999
314     - Unix/video_x.cpp: added 15, 16 and 32 bit window modes [Bill Huey]
315     - BeOS/video_beos.cpp: "screen" prefs item is now either
316     "win/<width>/<height>" for window mode or "scr" for full-screen
317     mode
318     - added documentation of preferences file format to README
319    
320     V0.2 (alpha) - 11.Mar.1999
321     - tested with ROM versions 19 and 26
322     - prefs.cpp: renamed TYPE_BOOL to TYPE_BOOLEAN beacuse of name clash on
323     BeOS R4.1
324     - uae_memory.cpp: added support for frame buffer pixel type conversion
325     in virtual addressing mode, the Mac frame buffer layout now has to be
326     specified in MacFrameLayout (video.h)
327     - Unix/video_x.cpp: the "screen" prefs item is now read to select
328     window mode (with a specified window size) or DGA mode
329     - Unix/video_x.cpp: DGA mode supports 15, 16 and 32 bit modes (packed
330     24 bit pixels don't work)
331     - Unix/Makefile.linux: added -D_REENTRANT to compiler flags
332    
333     V0.2 (alpha) - 23.Jan.1999
334     - first alpha release