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Basilisk II is designed to run on many different hardware platforms and on |
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many different operating systems. To provide optimal performance under all |
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environments, it can run in three different modes, depending on the features |
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of the underlying environment (the modes are selected with the REAL_ADDRESSING |
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and EMULATED_68K defines in "sysdeps.h"): |
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environments, it can run in four different modes, depending on the features |
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of the underlying environment (the modes are selected with the REAL_ADDRESSING, |
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DIRECT_ADDRESSING and EMULATED_68K defines in "sysdeps.h"): |
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1. Emulated CPU, "virtual" addressing (EMULATED_68K = 1, REAL_ADDRESSING = 0): |
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This mode is designed for non-68k or little-endian systems or systems that |
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don't allow accessing RAM at 0x0000..0x1fff. This is also the only mode that |
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allows 24-bit addressing, and thus the only mode that allows Mac Classic |
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emulation. The 68k processor is emulated with the UAE CPU engine and two |
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memory areas are allocated for Mac RAM and ROM. The memory map seen by the |
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emulated CPU and the host CPU are different. Mac RAM starts at address 0 |
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for the emulated 68k, but it may start at a different address for the host |
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CPU. All memory accesses of the CPU emulation go through memory access |
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functions (do_get_mem_long() etc.) that translate addresses. This slows |
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down the emulator, of course. |
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2. Emulated CPU, "real" addressing (EMULATED_68K = 1, REAL_ADDRESSING = 0): |
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This mode is intended for big-endian non-68k systems that do allow access to |
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RAM at 0x0000..0x1fff. As in the virtual addressing mode, the 68k processor |
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is emulated with the UAE CPU engine and two areas are set up for RAM and ROM |
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but the emulated CPU lives in the same address space as the host CPU. |
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This means that if something is located at a certain address for the 68k, |
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it is located at the exact same address for the host CPU. Mac addresses |
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and host addresses are the same. The memory accesses of the CPU emulation |
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still go through access functions but the address translation is no longer |
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needed, and if the host CPU uses big-endian data layout and can handle |
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unaligned accesses like the 68k, the memory access functions are replaced |
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by direct, inlined memory accesses, making for the fastest possible speed |
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of the emulator. |
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don't allow accessing RAM at 0x0000..0x1fff. This is also the only mode |
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that allows 24-bit addressing, and thus the only mode that allows Mac |
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Classic emulation. The 68k processor is emulated with the UAE CPU engine |
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and two memory areas are allocated for Mac RAM and ROM. The memory map |
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seen by the emulated CPU and the host CPU are different. Mac RAM starts at |
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address 0 for the emulated 68k, but it may start at a different address for |
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the host CPU. |
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In order to handle the particularities of each memory area (RAM, ROM and |
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Frame Buffer), the address space of the emulated 68k is broken down into |
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banks. Each bank is associated with a series of pointers to specific |
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memory access functions that carry out the necessary operations (e.g. |
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byte-swapping, catching illegal writes to memory). A generic memory access |
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function, get_long() for example, goes through the table of memory banks |
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(mem_banks) and fetches the appropriate specific memory access fonction, |
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lget() in our example. This slows down the emulator, of course. |
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2. Emulated CPU, "direct" addressing (EMULATED_68K = 1, DIRECT_ADDRESSING = 1): |
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As in the virtual addressing mode, the 68k processor is emulated with the |
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UAE CPU engine and two memory areas are set up for RAM and ROM. Mac RAM |
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starts at address 0 for the emulated 68k, but it may start at a different |
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address for the host CPU. Besides, the virtual memory areas seen by the |
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emulated 68k are separated by exactly the same amount of bytes as the |
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corresponding memory areas allocated on the host CPU. This means that |
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address translation simply implies the addition of a constant offset |
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(MEMBaseDiff). Therefore, the memory banks are no longer used and the |
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memory access functions are replaced by inline memory accesses. |
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3. Emulated CPU, "real" addressing (EMULATED_68K = 1, REAL_ADDRESSING = 1): |
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This mode is intended for non-68k systems that do allow access to RAM |
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at 0x0000..0x1fff. As in the virtual addressing mode, the 68k processor |
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is emulated with the UAE CPU engine and two areas are allocated for RAM |
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and ROM but the emulated CPU lives in the same address space as the host |
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CPU. This means that if something is located at a certain address for |
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the 68k, it is located at the exact same address for the host CPU. Mac |
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addresses and host addresses are the same. The memory accesses of the CPU |
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emulation still go through access functions but the address translation |
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is no longer needed. The memory access functions are replaced by direct, |
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inlined memory accesses, making for the fastest possible speed of the |
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emulator. On little-endian systems, byte-swapping is still required, of |
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course. |
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A usual consequence of the real addressing mode is that the Mac RAM doesn't |
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any longer begin at address 0 for the Mac and that the Mac ROM also is not |
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located where it usually is on a real Mac. But as the Mac ROM is relocatable |
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other systems, it might be possible to use access exception handlers to |
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emulate accesses to this area. But if the Low Memory Globals area cannot |
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be made available, using the real addressing mode is not possible. |
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Note: currently, real addressing mode is known to work only on AmigaOS, |
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NetBSD/m68k, and Linux/i386. |
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3. Native CPU (EMULATED_68K = 0, this also requires REAL_ADDRESSING = 1) |
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4. Native CPU (EMULATED_68K = 0, this also requires REAL_ADDRESSING = 1) |
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This mode is designed for systems that use a 68k (68020 or better) processor |
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as host CPU and is the technically most difficult mode to handle. The Mac |
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CPU is no longer emulated (the UAE CPU emulation is not needed) but MacOS |
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priviledged instructions, mostly for interrupt control). So either |
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the whole emulator has to be run in supervisor mode (which usually is |
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not possible on multitasking systems) or priviledged instructions have |
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to be trapped and emulated. The Amiga version of Basilisk II uses the |
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latter approach (it is possible to run supervisor mode tasks under |
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the AmigaOS multitasking kernel (ShapeShifter does this) but it |
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requires modifying the task switcher and makes the emulator more |
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unstable). |
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to be trapped and emulated. The Amiga and NetBSD/m68k versions of |
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Basilisk II use the latter approach (it is possible to run supervisor |
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mode tasks under the AmigaOS multitasking kernel (ShapeShifter does |
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this) but it requires modifying the Exec task switcher and makes the |
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emulator more unstable). |
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c) On multitasking systems, interrupts can usually not be handled as on |
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a real Mac (or with the UAE CPU). The interrupt levels of the host |
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will not be the same as on a Mac, and the operating systems might not |
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currently defined interrupt sources (see main.h): |
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INTFLAG_60HZ - MacOS 60Hz interrupt (unlike a real Mac, we also handle |
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VBL interrupts, ADB events and the Time Manager here) |
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VBL interrupts and the Time Manager here) |
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INTFLAG_1HZ - MacOS 1Hz interrupt (updates system time) |
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INTFLAG_SERIAL - Interrupt for serial driver I/O completion |
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INTFLAG_ETHER - Interrupt for Ethernet driver I/O completion and packet |
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reception |
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INTFLAG_AUDIO - Interrupt for audio "next block" requests |
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INTFLAG_TIMER - Reserved for a future implementation of a more precise |
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Time Manager (currently not used) |
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INTFLAG_ADB - Interrupt for mouse/keyboard input |
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INTFLAG_NMI - NMI for debugging (not supported on all platforms) |
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An interrupt is triggered by calling SetInterruptFlag() with the desired |
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interrupt flag constant and then TriggerInterrupt(). When the UAE 68k |
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provides replacements for certain parts of MacOS to redirect input, output |
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and system control functions of the Mac hardware to the underlying operating |
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systems. This is done by applying patches to the Mac ROM ("ROM patches") and |
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the MacOS system file ("resource patches", because nearly all system software |
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is contained in MacOS resources). Unless resources are written back to disk, |
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the system file patches are not permanent (it would cause many problems if |
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they were permanent, because some of the patches vary with different |
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versions of Basilisk II or even every time the emulator is launched). |
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the MacOS system file ("resource patches", because nearly all system |
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software is contained in MacOS resources). Unless resources are written back |
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to disk, the system file patches are not permanent (it would cause many |
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problems if they were permanent, because some of the patches vary with |
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different versions of Basilisk II or even every time the emulator is |
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launched). |
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ROM patches are contained in "rom_patches.cpp" and resource patches are |
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contained in "rsrc_patches.cpp". The ROM patches are far more numerous because |
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nearly all the software needed to run MacOS is contained in the Mac ROM (the |
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system file itself consists mainly of ROM patches, in addition to pictures and |
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text). One part of the ROM patches involves the construction of a NuBus slot |
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declaration ROM (in "slot_rom.cpp") which is used to add the video and Ethernet |
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drivers. Apart from the CPU emulation, the ROM and resource patches contain |
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most of the "logic" of the emulator. |
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contained in "rsrc_patches.cpp". The ROM patches are far more numerous |
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because nearly all the software needed to run MacOS is contained in the Mac |
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ROM (the system file itself consists mainly of ROM patches, in addition to |
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pictures and text). One part of the ROM patches involves the construction of |
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a NuBus slot declaration ROM (in "slot_rom.cpp") which is used to add the |
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video and Ethernet drivers. Apart from the CPU emulation, the ROM and |
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resource patches contain most of the "logic" of the emulator. |
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6.3. PRAM Utilities |
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------------------- |
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MacOS stores certain nonvolatile system parameters in a 256 byte battery |
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backed-up CMOS RAM area called "Parameter RAM", "PRAM" or "XPRAM" (which refers |
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to "Extended PRAM" because the earliest Mac models only had 20 bytes of PRAM). |
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Basilisk II patches the ClkNoMem() MacOS trap which is used to access the XPRAM |
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(apart from some routines which are only used early during system startup) |
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and the real-time clock. The XPRAM is emulated in a 256 byte array which is |
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saved to disk to preserve the contents for the next time Basilisk is launched. |
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backed-up CMOS RAM area called "Parameter RAM", "PRAM" or "XPRAM" (which |
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refers to "Extended PRAM" because the earliest Mac models only had 20 bytes |
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of PRAM). Basilisk II patches the ClkNoMem() MacOS trap which is used to |
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access the XPRAM (apart from some routines which are only used early during |
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system startup) and the real-time clock. The XPRAM is emulated in a 256 byte |
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array which is saved to disk to preserve the contents for the next time |
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Basilisk is launched. |
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6.4. ADB Manager |
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---------------- |
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For emulating a mouse and a keyboard, Basilisk II patches the ADBOp() MacOS |
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trap. Platform-dependant code reports mouse and keyboard events with the |
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ADBMouseDown() etc. functions which are queued and sent to MacOS inside the |
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ADBInterrupt() function (which is called as a part of the 60Hz interrupt |
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handler) by calling the ADB mouse and keyboard handlers with Execute68k(). |
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ADBMouseDown() etc. functions where they are queued, and the INTFLAG_ADB |
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> |
interrupt is triggered. The ADBInterrupt() handler function sends the input |
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events to MacOS by calling the ADB mouse and keyboard handlers with |
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Execute68k(). |
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|
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6.5. Time Manager |
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----------------- |
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Basilisk II completely replaces the Time Manager (InsTime(), RmvTime(), |
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PrimeTime() and Microseconds() traps). A "TMDesc" structure is associated with |
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< |
each Time Manager task, that contains additional data. The tasks are executed |
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< |
in the TimerInterrupt() function which is currently called inside the 60Hz |
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< |
interrupt handler, thus limiting the resolution of the Time Manager to 16.6ms. |
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> |
PrimeTime() and Microseconds() traps). A "TMDesc" structure is associated |
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> |
with each Time Manager task, that contains additional data. The tasks are |
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> |
executed in the TimerInterrupt() function which is currently called inside |
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> |
the 60Hz interrupt handler, thus limiting the resolution of the Time Manager |
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> |
to 16.6ms. |
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|
|
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6.6. SCSI Manager |
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----------------- |
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The (old-style) SCSI Manager is also completely replaced and the MacOS |
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SCSIDispatch() trap redirected to the routines in "scsi.cpp". Under the MacOS, |
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programs have to issue multiple calls for all the different phases of a |
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SCSI bus interaction (arbitration, selection, command transfer etc.). |
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SCSIDispatch() trap redirected to the routines in "scsi.cpp". Under the |
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> |
MacOS, programs have to issue multiple calls for all the different phases of |
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a SCSI bus interaction (arbitration, selection, command transfer etc.). |
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|
Basilisk II maps this API to an atomic API which is used by most modern |
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operating systems. All action is deferred until the call to SCSIComplete(). |
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|
The TIB (Transfer Instruction Block) mini-programs used by the MacOS are |
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|
translated into a scatter/gather list of data blocks. Operating systems that |
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don't support scatter/gather SCSI I/O will have to use buffering if more than |
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one data block is being transmitted. Some more advanced (but rarely used) |
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aspects of the SCSI Manager (like messaging and compare operations) are not |
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emulated. |
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> |
don't support scatter/gather SCSI I/O will have to use buffering if more |
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than one data block is being transmitted. Some more advanced (but rarely |
| 359 |
> |
used) aspects of the SCSI Manager (like messaging and compare operations) |
| 360 |
> |
are not emulated. |
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|
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6.7. Video driver |
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----------------- |
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The NuBus slot declaration ROM constructed in "slot_rom.cpp" contains a driver |
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definition for a video driver. The Control and Status calls of this driver are |
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implemented in "video.cpp". Run-time video mode and depth switching are |
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currently not supported. |
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The NuBus slot declaration ROM constructed in "slot_rom.cpp" contains a |
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> |
driver definition for a video driver. The Control and Status calls of this |
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> |
driver are implemented in "video.cpp". |
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|
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The host-side initialization of the video system is done in VideoInit(). |
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This function must provide access to a frame buffer for MacOS and supply |
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its address, resolution and color depth in a video_desc structure (there |
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is currently only one video_desc structure, called VideoMonitor; this is |
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going to change once multiple displays are supported). In real addressing |
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mode, this frame buffer must be in a MacOS compatible layout (big-endian |
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and 1, 2, 4 or 8 bits paletted chunky pixels, RGB 5:5:5 or xRGB 8:8:8:8). |
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In virtual addressing mode, the frame buffer is located at address |
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0xa0000000 on the Mac side and you have to supply the host address, size |
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< |
and layout (BasiliskII will do an automatic pixel format conversion in |
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< |
virtual addressing mode) in the variables MacFrameBaseHost, MacFrameSize |
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and MacFrameLayout. |
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> |
This function must fill the VideoModes vector with a list of supported video |
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modes (combinations of color depth and resolution). It must then call |
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video_init_depth_list() and setup the VideoMonitor structure with the |
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default mode information and the address of a frame buffer for MacOS. In |
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real addressing mode, this frame buffer must be in a MacOS compatible layout |
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(big-endian and 1, 2, 4 or 8 bits paletted chunky pixels, RGB 5:5:5 or xRGB |
| 376 |
> |
8:8:8:8). In virtual addressing mode, the frame buffer is located at address |
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> |
0xa0000000 on the Mac side and you have to supply the host address, size and |
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> |
layout (BasiliskII will do an automatic pixel format conversion in virtual |
| 379 |
> |
addressing mode) in the variables MacFrameBaseHost, MacFrameSize and |
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> |
MacFrameLayout. |
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> |
|
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> |
There are two functions of the platform-dependant video driver code that get |
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called during runtime: video_set_palette() to update the CLUT (for indexed |
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> |
modes) or gamma table (for direct color modes), and video_switch_to_mode() |
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> |
to switch to a different color depth and/or resolution (in this case the |
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> |
frame buffer base in VideoMonitor must be updated). |
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|
|
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|
6.8. Audio component |
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-------------------- |
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|
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|
Basilisk II provides a Sound Manager 3.x audio component for sound output. |
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Earlier Sound Manager versions that don't use components but 'snth' resources |
| 393 |
< |
are not supported. Nearly all component functions are implemented in |
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< |
"audio.cpp". The system-dependant modules ("audio_*.cpp") handle the |
| 392 |
> |
Earlier Sound Manager versions that don't use components but 'snth' |
| 393 |
> |
resources are not supported. Nearly all component functions are implemented |
| 394 |
> |
in "audio.cpp". The system-dependant modules ("audio_*.cpp") handle the |
| 395 |
|
initialization of the audio hardware/driver, volume controls, and the actual |
| 396 |
|
sound output. |
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|
|
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|
The mechanism of sound output varies depending on the platform but usually |
| 399 |
< |
there will be one "streaming thread" (either a thread that continuously writes |
| 400 |
< |
data buffers to the audio device or a callback function that provides the |
| 401 |
< |
next data buffer) that reads blocks of sound data from the MacOS Sound Manager |
| 402 |
< |
and writes them to the audio device. To request the next data buffer, the |
| 403 |
< |
streaming thread triggers the INTFLAG_AUDIO interrupt which will cause the |
| 404 |
< |
MacOS thread to eventually call AudioInterrupt(). Inside AudioInterrupt(), |
| 405 |
< |
the next data block will be read and the streaming thread is signalled that |
| 406 |
< |
new audio data is available. |
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> |
there will be one "streaming thread" (either a thread that continuously |
| 400 |
> |
writes data buffers to the audio device or a callback function that provides |
| 401 |
> |
the next data buffer) that reads blocks of sound data from the MacOS Sound |
| 402 |
> |
Manager and writes them to the audio device. To request the next data |
| 403 |
> |
buffer, the streaming thread triggers the INTFLAG_AUDIO interrupt which will |
| 404 |
> |
cause the MacOS thread to eventually call AudioInterrupt(). Inside |
| 405 |
> |
AudioInterrupt(), the next data block will be read and the streaming thread |
| 406 |
> |
is signalled that new audio data is available. |
| 407 |
|
|
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6.9. Floppy, disk and CD-ROM drivers |
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------------------------------------ |
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|
|
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Basilisk II contains three MacOS drivers that implement floppy, disk and CD-ROM |
| 412 |
< |
access ("sony.cpp", "disk.cpp" and "cdrom.cpp"). They rely heavily on the |
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< |
functionality provided by the "sys_*.cpp" module. BTW, the name ".Sony" of the |
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< |
MacOS floppy driver comes from the fact that the 3.5" floppy drive in the first |
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< |
Mac models was custom-built for Apple by Sony (this was one of the first |
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< |
applications of the 3.5" floppy format which was also invented by Sony). |
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> |
Basilisk II contains three MacOS drivers that implement floppy, disk and |
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> |
CD-ROM access ("sony.cpp", "disk.cpp" and "cdrom.cpp"). They rely heavily on |
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> |
the functionality provided by the "sys_*.cpp" module. BTW, the name ".Sony" |
| 414 |
> |
of the MacOS floppy driver comes from the fact that the 3.5" floppy drive in |
| 415 |
> |
the first Mac models was custom-built for Apple by Sony (this was one of the |
| 416 |
> |
first applications of the 3.5" floppy format which was also invented by |
| 417 |
> |
Sony). |
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|
|
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|
6.10. External file system |
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-------------------------- |
| 421 |
|
|
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|
Basilisk II also provides a method for accessing files and direcories on the |
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< |
host OS from the MacOS side by means of an "external" file system (henceforth |
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< |
called "ExtFS"). The ExtFS is built upon the File System Manager 1.2 interface |
| 425 |
< |
that is built into MacOS 7.6 (and later) and available as a system extension |
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< |
for earlier MacOS versions. Unlike other parts of Basilisk II, extfs.cpp |
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< |
requires POSIX file I/O and this is not going to change any time soon, so if |
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you are porting Basilisk II to a system without POSIX file functions, you |
| 429 |
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should emulate them. |
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host OS from the MacOS side by means of an "external" file system |
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(henceforth called "ExtFS"). The ExtFS is built upon the File System Manager |
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1.2 interface that is built into MacOS 7.6 (and later) and available as a |
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system extension for earlier MacOS versions. Unlike other parts of Basilisk |
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II, extfs.cpp requires POSIX file I/O and this is not going to change any |
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time soon, so if you are porting Basilisk II to a system without POSIX file |
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functions, you should emulate them. |
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6.11. Serial drivers |
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platform-dependant code. There are two instances (for port A and B) of the |
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subclasses. |
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Unlike the disk drivers, the serial driver must be able to handle asynchronous |
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operations. Calls to SerialPrime() will usually not actually transmit or receive |
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data but delegate the action to an independant thread. SerialPrime() then |
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returns "1" to indicate that the I/O operation is not yet completed. The |
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completion of the I/O request is signalled by calling the MacOS trap "IODone". |
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However, this can't be done by the I/O thread because it's not in the right |
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run-time environment to call MacOS functions. Therefore it will trigger the |
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INTFLAG_SERIAL interrupt which causes the MacOS thread to eventually call |
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SerialInterrupt(). SerialInterrupt(), in turn, will not call IODone either but |
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install a Deferred Task to do the job. The Deferred Task will be called by |
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MacOS when it returns to interrupt level 0. This mechanism sounds complicated |
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but is necessary to ensure stable operation of the serial driver. |
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Unlike the disk drivers, the serial driver must be able to handle |
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asynchronous operations. Calls to SerialPrime() will usually not actually |
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transmit or receive data but delegate the action to an independant thread. |
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SerialPrime() then returns "1" to indicate that the I/O operation is not yet |
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completed. The completion of the I/O request is signalled by calling the |
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MacOS trap "IODone". However, this can't be done by the I/O thread because |
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it's not in the right run-time environment to call MacOS functions. |
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Therefore it will trigger the INTFLAG_SERIAL interrupt which causes the |
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MacOS thread to eventually call SerialInterrupt(). SerialInterrupt(), in |
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turn, will not call IODone either but install a Deferred Task to do the job. |
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The Deferred Task will be called by MacOS when it returns to interrupt level |
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0. This mechanism sounds complicated but is necessary to ensure stable |
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operation of the serial driver. |
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6.12. Ethernet driver |
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or it may require writing special net drivers or add-ons or running with |
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superuser priviledges to get access to the raw packets. |
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|
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Writing packets works as in the serial drivers. The ether_write() routine may |
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choose to send the packet immediately (e.g. under BeOS) and return noErr or to |
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delegate the sending to a separate thread (e.g. under AmigaOS) and return "1" to |
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indicate that the operation is still in progress. For the latter case, a |
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Deferred Task structure is provided in the ether_data area to call IODone from |
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EtherInterrupt() when the packet write is complete (see above for a description |
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of the mechanism). |
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For situations in which access to raw Ethernet packets is not possible, |
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Basilisk II implements a special "tunneling" mode in which it sends and |
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receives packets via UDP, using BSD socket functions. It simply wraps the |
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Ethernet packets into UDP packets, using dummy Ethernet addresses that are |
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made up of the IP address of the host. Ethernet broadcast and AppleTalk |
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> |
multicast packets are sent to the IP broadcast address. Because of this |
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non-standard way of tunneling, it is only possible to set up a "virtual" |
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network amongst machines running Basilisk II in this way. |
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|
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Writing packets works as in the serial drivers. The ether_write() routine |
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may choose to send the packet immediately (e.g. under BeOS) and return noErr |
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or to delegate the sending to a separate thread (e.g. under AmigaOS) and |
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> |
return "1" to indicate that the operation is still in progress. For the |
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latter case, a Deferred Task structure is provided in the ether_data area to |
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call IODone from EtherInterrupt() when the packet write is complete (see |
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above for a description of the mechanism). |
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Packet reception is a different story. First of all, there are two methods |
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provided by the MacOS Ethernet driver API to read packets, one of which (ERead/ |
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ERdCancel) is not supported by Basilisk II. Basilisk II only supports reading |
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packets by attaching protocol handlers. This shouldn't be a problem because |
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the only network code I've seen so far that uses ERead is some Apple sample |
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code. AppleTalk, MacTCP, MacIPX, OpenTransport etc. all use protocol handlers. |
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By attaching a protocol handler, the user of the Ethernet driver supplies a |
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< |
handler routine that should be called by the driver upon reception of Ethernet |
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packets of a certain type. 802.2 packets (type/length field of 0..1500 in the |
| 493 |
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packet header) are a bit special: there can be only one protocol handler attached |
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for 802.2 packets (by specifying a packet type of "0"). The MacOS LAP Manager |
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< |
will attach a 802.2 handler upon startup and handle the distribution of 802.2 |
| 496 |
< |
packets to sub-protocol handlers, but the Basilisk II Ethernet driver is not |
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concerned with this. |
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> |
provided by the MacOS Ethernet driver API to read packets, one of which |
| 486 |
> |
(ERead/ ERdCancel) is not supported by Basilisk II. Basilisk II only |
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> |
supports reading packets by attaching protocol handlers. This shouldn't be a |
| 488 |
> |
problem because the only network code I've seen so far that uses ERead is |
| 489 |
> |
some Apple sample code. AppleTalk, MacTCP, MacIPX, OpenTransport etc. all |
| 490 |
> |
use protocol handlers. By attaching a protocol handler, the user of the |
| 491 |
> |
Ethernet driver supplies a handler routine that should be called by the |
| 492 |
> |
driver upon reception of Ethernet packets of a certain type. 802.2 packets |
| 493 |
> |
(type/length field of 0..1500 in the packet header) are a bit special: there |
| 494 |
> |
can be only one protocol handler attached for 802.2 packets (by specifying a |
| 495 |
> |
packet type of "0"). The MacOS LAP Manager will attach a 802.2 handler upon |
| 496 |
> |
startup and handle the distribution of 802.2 packets to sub-protocol |
| 497 |
> |
handlers, but the Basilisk II Ethernet driver is not concerned with this. |
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|
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When the driver receives a packet, it has to look up the protocol handler |
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installed for the respective packet type (if any has been installed at all) |
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< |
and call the packet handler routine. This must be done with Execute68k() from |
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< |
the MacOS thread, so an interrupt (INTFLAG_ETHER) is triggered upon reception |
| 503 |
< |
of a packet so the EtherInterrupt() routine can call the protocol handler. |
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Before calling the handler, the Ethernet packet header has to be copied to |
| 505 |
< |
MacOS RAM (the "ed_RHA" field of the ether_data structure is provided for this). |
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< |
The protocol handler will read the packet data by means of the ReadPacket/ReadRest |
| 507 |
< |
routines supplied by the Ethernet driver. Both routines will eventually end up |
| 508 |
< |
in EtherReadPacket() which copies the data to Mac address space. EtherReadPacket() |
| 509 |
< |
requires the host address and length of the packet to be loaded to a0 and d1 |
| 510 |
< |
before calling the protocol handler. |
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> |
and call the packet handler routine. This must be done with Execute68k() |
| 502 |
> |
from the MacOS thread, so an interrupt (INTFLAG_ETHER) is triggered upon |
| 503 |
> |
reception of a packet so the EtherInterrupt() routine can call the protocol |
| 504 |
> |
handler. Before calling the handler, the Ethernet packet header has to be |
| 505 |
> |
copied to MacOS RAM (the "ed_RHA" field of the ether_data structure is |
| 506 |
> |
provided for this). The protocol handler will read the packet data by means |
| 507 |
> |
of the ReadPacket/ReadRest routines supplied by the Ethernet driver. Both |
| 508 |
> |
routines will eventually end up in EtherReadPacket() which copies the data |
| 509 |
> |
to Mac address space. EtherReadPacket() requires the host address and length |
| 510 |
> |
of the packet to be loaded to a0 and d1 before calling the protocol handler. |
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|
|
| 512 |
< |
Does this sound complicated? You are probably right. Here is another description |
| 513 |
< |
of what happens upon reception of a packet: |
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> |
Does this sound complicated? You are probably right. Here is another |
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> |
description of what happens upon reception of a packet: |
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|
1. Ethernet card receives packet and notifies some platform-dependant entity |
| 515 |
|
inside Basilisk II |
| 516 |
|
2. This entity will store the packet in some safe place and trigger the |
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|
part of the packet data to Mac RAM using the pointer and length which are |
| 531 |
|
still in a0/d1 |
| 532 |
|
|
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For a more detailed description of the Ethernet driver, see "Inside AppleTalk". |
| 533 |
> |
For a more detailed description of the Ethernet driver, see the book "Inside |
| 534 |
> |
AppleTalk". |
| 535 |
|
|
| 536 |
|
6.13. System-dependant device access |
| 537 |
|
------------------------------------ |
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|
6.14. User interface strings |
| 546 |
|
---------------------------- |
| 547 |
|
|
| 548 |
< |
To aid in localization, all user interface strings of Basilisk II are collected |
| 549 |
< |
in "user_strings.cpp" (for common strings) and "user_strings_*.cpp" (for |
| 550 |
< |
platform-specific strings), and accessed via the GetString() function. This |
| 551 |
< |
way, Basilisk II may be easily translated to different languages. |
| 548 |
> |
To aid in localization, all user interface strings of Basilisk II are |
| 549 |
> |
collected in "user_strings.cpp" (for common strings) and |
| 550 |
> |
"user_strings_*.cpp" (for platform-specific strings), and accessed via the |
| 551 |
> |
GetString() function. This way, Basilisk II may be easily translated to |
| 552 |
> |
different languages. |
| 553 |
|
|
| 554 |
|
6.15. Preferences management |
| 555 |
|
---------------------------- |
| 558 |
|
Preferences items are accessed with the PrefsAdd*(), PrefsReplace*() and |
| 559 |
|
PrefsFind*() functions and stored in human-readable and editable text files |
| 560 |
|
on disk. There are two lists of available preferences items. The first one, |
| 561 |
< |
common_prefs_items, defines the items which are available on all systems. |
| 562 |
< |
The second one, platform_prefs_items, is defined in prefs_*.cpp and lists |
| 563 |
< |
the prefs items which are specific to a certain platform. |
| 561 |
> |
common_prefs_items, is defined in "prefs_items.cpp" and lists items which |
| 562 |
> |
are available on all systems. The second one, platform_prefs_items, is |
| 563 |
> |
defined in "prefs_*.cpp" and lists the prefs items which are specific to a |
| 564 |
> |
certain platform. |
| 565 |
|
|
| 566 |
|
The "prefs_editor_*.cpp" module provides a graphical user interface for |
| 567 |
|
setting the preferences so users won't have to edit the preferences file |
| 570 |
|
7. Porting Basilisk II |
| 571 |
|
---------------------- |
| 572 |
|
|
| 573 |
< |
Porting Basilisk II to a new platform should not be hard. These are the steps |
| 574 |
< |
involved in the process: |
| 573 |
> |
Porting Basilisk II to a new platform should not be hard. These are the |
| 574 |
> |
steps involved in the process: |
| 575 |
|
|
| 576 |
|
1. Create a new directory inside the "src" directory for your platform. If |
| 577 |
|
your platform comes in several "flavours" that require adapted files, you |
