but in case you want a few %% of extra emulation performance - it is still possible to disable it with configure option.
most guests I saw do not use it !
for CPU emulation performance reasons, the alignment check compilation
still can be enabled using configure option --enable-alignment-check.
There is no software in the world which enable #AC exception checking, this
x86 feature is completely legacy but its emulation support costs up to 3-5%
emulation speed.
The checking for #AC exception enable still will be done, if
CPL == 3, EFLAGS.AC = 1 and CR0.AM = 1
but the alignment check is not compiled in, the Bochs will PANIC with corresponding message.
You can press 'always continue' and ignore the PANIC, the simulation will continue as if alignment checking is not enabled.
The problem with Parity is it is generally referenced very rarely so the current lazy flags code is not efficient to updated Parify flag only (because it updates low 8 bits of .result value the existing Zero Flag has to be shadowed in .auxbits.
So I flipped it around, to make Parity be shadowed in auxbits. .result now is only needed to derive Zero Flag, and both Sign and Parify are derived from .result + .auxbits (as Zero Flag is now). For the 90% of the conditional jumps that are JZ or JNZ, this is a speedup.
Parity is now derived from 8 bits in .result and 8 bits in .auxbits, and Sign is derived from one flag in .result and 1 bit in .auxbits by XOR-ing them all together. It makes the code sequences for SAHF and POPF simpler too.
of the device specified in 'string'. Added register mechanism and chained
list to store the device name and pointer. Replace hardcoded debug info
implementations for pic, pci and vga by the new one.
- TODO #1: improve existing debug_dump() output and add more devices
- TODO #2: add support for additional arguments and replace the NE2k print_info()
- TODO:
add debug info for more devices without adding them to bx_devices_c and
without a macro in plugin. A register mechanism in the debugger code would
be nice. Currently it is only possible to show the devices state by
accessing the save/restore tree. The debug_dump() output should show
the operation mode and the most important registers.
on Windows. Added early command line check for this option to call the
console creation for sdl and wx only if required. NOTE: The console is still
needed for the config interface 'textconfig', the console debugger and log
output to stdout/stderr.
- for sequencer reg #1 a screen update is required after changing bit #0, #3 and #5
- added new method skip_update() that checks the conditions to skip the screen update
and it is called after resizing the display
- clear screen request from the sequencer is now handled by the update() code
in the new method skip_update() instead of clearing display directly
- siminterface: don't create plugin parameter if it already exists
- wx: make sure all plugins are loaded when creating plugin control dialog
- USB HC's: fixed removal of parameters when unloading plugin
Added phenom_8650_toliman <AMD Phenom X3 8650 (Toliman)> comment into .bochsrc example with all other supported CPU configs.
Added missed SVM definitions into Toliman CPUDB module
also works and no deplist trick is required
- bx_param_c destructor now deletes the dependent list if it exists (memory leak)
- bx_list_c::clear() only deletes the parameter if the list is it's parent
- added new method cleanup_save_restore() to free memory on simulator shutdown
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Implemented SVN nested paging support - the Virtual Box boots perfectly with Nested Paging guest !
A lot of code duplication was added for now - major cleanup will follow later.
! Added AMD Phenom X3 8650 (Toliman) configuration to the CPUDB - this configuration has Nested Paging enabled.
Some CPUID modules rework done to enable Toliman configuration.
Ckean up 'executable' attribute from all CPU source files.
- bx_list_c: don't accept duplicate param names in list (except dependent lists
and special menus)
- added BX_PANIC for malloc() failure
- harddrv: fixed wrong variable found with bx_list_c changes
- VMX: EPT reserved bits set should cause EPT misconfiguration and not EPT violation
- VMX: EPT walk for guest CR3 address should be considered as 'page walk'
- added new class bx_vgacore_c containing the core of the standard VGA
emulation. This is now the base class for both vga and cirrus.
- created 2 separate plugins 'vga' (for standard VGA and VBE) and 'svga_cirrus'
(Cirrus emulation). The vga extension option is used to select which plugin
should be loaded.
- TODO: move the pcivga code to the VGA/VBE code, add subdirectory for display
adapters, severak improvements and cleanups
- changed argument for the text mode info structure to a pointer
- added attribute controller palette to bx_vga_tminfo_t and removed the
previous implementation
- carbon.cc: attempt to fix the text mode colors (untested)
- x.cc: fixed warnings
also for textconfig - fix operation under cygwin
under cygwin it is not guaranteed that any printf is printed on the screen under you flush the FILE stream.
in the gui object. Now the gui doesn't need to include vga.h.
- TODO #1: win32.cc also shouldn't include vga.h
- TODO #2: replace BX_MAX_XRES / BX_MAX_YRES by variables that can be set
depending on the configuration
- store memory type array in the memory object to avoid calling the pci plugin
frequently. The pci code calls a memory method to change the memory type in
case the PAM registers are modified.
- removed now obsolete code and minor cleanups
- TODO #1: update MSVC workspace files
- TODO #2: these 'device classes' could be moved to subdirectories, too:
- pci (when we have more than one chipset)
- display (when we have one more device and vga / cirrus cleaned up)
plugin system.The load order is important for these devices!
- load support plugins for networking, sound and usb only if at least one of the
related plugin devices is loaded.
- plugin_ctrl: added missing devices to the list in bochsrc sample
parsing to the plugin device code
- sb16: modified misc runtime menu creation to make the sb16 parameters optional
- ne2k: changed location of the init() method in file (now matches coding style
of other device plugins)
nearly all cases and plugins that depend on others. These plugins cannot be
managed with 'plugin_ctrl' (e.g. keyboard, harddrv, pci_ide). Store the plugin
type in the divice structure for compatiblity with the "no-plugin" compilation.
Call the device methods init(), reset() and after_restore_state() for each type
separately in the order: stanard, optional, user. This also affects the status
bar LED feature: now the keyboard and harddrv LEDs are always visible, but
those of optional plugins may be invisible if there is no space left.
- TODO #1: add the devices 'ne2k' and 'sb16' to 'plugin_ctrl'
- TODO #2: manage core plugins with the device plugin system
