- wxdialog: use symbols and allow log action ACT_IGNORE for LOGLEV_ERROR
- wxdialog: removed obsolete pass event
- TODO: fix win32dialog stuff in a similar way
type of the r/o disk for the undoable / volatile mode. The format check code
is currently written for flat, sparse and growing images. The undoable and
volatile mode now cause a panic if the r/o image mode is unsupported.
- TODO #1: rewrite the header checks for vmware3, vmware4 and vpc images to make
them usable for autodetection.
- TODO #2: add support for other types of r/o disks in undoable/volatile mode.
- TODO #3: add an image mode 'auto' for the supported types (NOTE: unknown images
can be treated as flat ones if their size is multiple of 512).
- re-implemented siminterface method is_wx_selected() (the old one had been
renamed to has_debug_gui() which is something different now)
- don't use alarm() if the wx gui is selected and instead use the wxTimer based
code that already exists for wxMSW
Added a new event BX_ASYNC_EVT_QUIT_SIM that is posted from the simulation thread
to the gui thread and the "Bochs stopped" message box is shown there.
- TODO: Fix random freezes in wxGTK that seem to be caused by the "show ips"
feature. A async event like the one above could possibly fix this problem.
"hideIPS" could be used if there is still trouble)
- siminterface / wx: updated / added comments
- renamed wxWidgets README (some more updates may be required)
- TODO: fix deadlock after pressing the power button (wxGTK only)
- ported Qemu block driver (written by Alex Beregszaszi and Kevin Wolf)
- added helper functions bx_read_image() and bx_write_image()
- TODO: use helper function for the other disk image modes
in the config interface. Applied settings are marked as 'done' with the value
-1 to avoid unwanted modification. NOTE: Not all Bochs modules exist when
running the start menu / dialog.
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
- unknown module names now cause a panic
- added log function names to some more devices
- TODO: find a way to configure log actions by device in the config interface
start menu (most of the devices do not exist at this point)
invalid module names, save log actions to bochsrc)
- added new member 'name' to the logfunctions class for the case the prefix
is too short. Added to some devices with longer names.
plugins is implemented in bochsrc, these functions can be used to install
additional options from the devices code. Then the whole init / parse / save
code for this device can be moved from config.cc to the device plugin.
Selecting CPU MODEL from .bochsrc automatically chooses real HW CPUID and also configures Bochs emulator to emulate this specific CPU including all its features only.
Supported CPUs to choose from:
core2_extreme_x9770
corei7_sandy_bridge_2600K
p4_prescott_celeron_336
The patch was posted in mailing list at Thu 6/16/2011.
Desription for CHANGES:
- Memory
- Added new configure option which enables RAM file backing for large guest
memory with a smaller amount host memory, without causing a panic when
host memory is exhausted (patch by Gary Cameron). To enable configure with
--enable-large-ramfile option.
* moved runtime handlers for cdrom from config.cc to the device object
* cd media status variable is now always of type bx_bool
* changed obsolete gui names like "cdromD" to "cdrom1"
* TODO: implement new runtime config mechanism similar to USB
each other. Devices can register a handler to update it's state after runtime
configuration. The new method update_runtime_options() executes all registered
device handlers before the simulation continues.
- USB host controllers now using the new mechanism to handle the runtime device
change (replaces the previous timer-based implementation). TODO: floppy and
cdrom could use this feature, too)
- improved USB device change messages
* ported the read part of the Qemu vvfat block driver
* added win32 specific directory functions (required for MSVC)
* TODO: write support, FAT32 support, read MBR and boot sector from file
- siminterface: added helper method hdimage_get_mode()
- moved hdimage related stuff from harddrv.cc to the hdimage code
- changed hdimage related names
the default Bochs method using the CTRL key and the middle mouse button there
are now the choices CTRL+F10 (like DOSBox) and CTRL+ALT (like QEMU).
* currently implemented in the X11 and SDL guis only
* TODO: porting to wxWidgets and Win32, documentation updates
to access non-static devices from static parameter handlers.
- removed USB hub register mechanism and use the new device pointer parameter
methods instead
* removed old win32 runtime config dialog since the property sheet isn't
compatible with the win32 ParamDialog
* reorganized runtime parameter lists (usb and cdrom setup in device init)
* renamed win32 StartMenuDialog() to MainMenuDialog() and some related name
changes
* added runtime support to the MainMenuDialog
- win32 start/runtime menu: set keyboard focus to the start/continue button
- win32paramdlg: SetParamList() now checks for list size changes to avoid crash
and value must be != "none" to enable dependents)
- set dependent list for floppy path (removed enable handler)
- win32paramdlg: added support for string parameter dependent lists
non-empty path
- floppy devtype parameter now uses CMOS values and drive type names
- related changes in the floppy code
- simplified floppy parameter handlers
- some floppy parameter label changes
- added enable handler for the floppy path parameter
- update dependent params after setting the dependent bitmap of enum parameter
- win32paramdlg: fixed setting parameters at runtime
- fixed win32 ParamDialog return value for close/cancel
- runtime dialog for the first cdrom drive on win32 is now created as a win32
ParamDialog (removed old cdrom1 dialog stuff)
- minor fixes in x11 string dialog for the cdrom path & status case
dependency list processing, enum parameter support)
- bx_param_enum_c: added argument for the default value of the dependent bitmaps
to set_dependent_list()
- bx_param_num_c: dependent_list is now a protected member of the object to make
it accessible for the enum specific dependency code
- config.cc: ata parameter dependency rewrite to avoid multiple dependencies
- config.cc: added missing dependency for SB16 parameter list
Bit64u value with the "enable bitmap" (e. g. bit #0 is the enable value for
the first item of the dependent list). TODO: use this feature in win32 and wx
dialogs
- ata drive type and loader hack parameters now using the enum dependent list
- avoid multiple dependencies in the SB16 config menu
- added file extension support for bx_param_filname_c
- fixed showing of tab control child lists
- added special disk menu for the win32 ParamDialog
- on win32 use the ParamDialog instead of textconfig submenus (TODO: gui dialog
replacement for the start menus
* USB runtime options moved to a new dynamic menu
* USB host controllers create own submenus in init()
* USB runtime parameter handlers simplified
* TODO: related changes in the wx and win32dialog code
* 'usb_uhci' bochsrc option replaces 'usb1'
* minor changes in the USB code
* removed old VBE i/o port registration (they were incompatible with USB)
* updated FSF address
- fixed saving user plugin options
* initialize plugin system before parsing bochsrc and command line
* pass previous value to bx_param_string_c handler
* load / unload plugin in bx_param_string_handler()
* handle user plugins after optional ones in plugin device init, reset and
save/restore functions
* added new siminterface method unregister_user_option()
* removed first version of config option handling for user plugins
* added new parameter subtree for user-defined options
* added new bx_list_c method remove()
* removed unused bx_devmodel_c method init_mem()
Make save/restore default feature, the configure option for save/restore removed from configure script and save/restore made available forever. All code now assume it is exists. Bochs save/restore tree previosly called "save_restore" renamed to "bochs" tree and it will be havily used everywhere, starting from save/restore and ending by various bochs debugger functions. I am going to rework debugger code to get rid of debug CPU access functions and use this "bochs" param tree instead
- removed obsolete structures and members from the USB code
- removed mouse type 'usb' (USB mouse and tablet override selected mouse type
when connected)
- user doc: mention vmware 4 disk image support
string. This is better for devices that need to know all it's options when
connecting to the port. Device name and option should be separated with a
colon. The USB device 'disk' now uses this format ('disk:usbdisk.img).
- the pciusb plugin must be linked with cdrom.o
- new display library option "windebug" enables the new feature
- simple dialog box with a command line and a multiline text viever
- TODO: implement modeless dialog with cpu registers and it should be possible
to interrupt "continue" and "step N" commands
- win32dialog: fixed function GetBochsWindow()
- textconfig: removed unused save/restore prompt
changed after initializing the config interface
- PARAM_TREE.txt updated and cleaned up (TODO: improve developer documentation
and get rid of this file)
* don't initialize cpu specific parameters for the wx debugger if they already
exist
* separate siminterface method init_save_restore() added
* old wx specific handling in quit_sim() removed
* new bx_list_c method clear() deletes all parameters from the list
* moved devices cleanup code from the pc_system to a new devices method exit()
* pc_system init code now sets ticksTotal to 0
* generic save state dialog code moved to the save_restore_handler() in gui.cc
* the suspend button in the wxWidgets port now works and uses the new code
* old wxWidgets save state code removed (not thread-safe)
- wxWidgets HandleAskParamString() method fixed for wxGTK (now using a temporary
string array instead of a pointer)
* changed data format of text files for save/restore (looks like C/C++ structures,
similar to the format used in old save/restore branches)
* don't set the initial value of shadow bool parameters
* don't set the initial value of bool parameters twice
* cpu/init.cc: missing #undef added
* ne2k.cc: variable tx_timer_active was never set to 1 (type now bx_bool)
* floppy.cc: missing initialization of the 'eot' array in reset() added
* pic.h: type of member 'byte_expected' changed to Bit8u
* pit_wrap.h: unused members removed
* fixed minimum limit of signed variable types
* don't set the initial value of shadow parameters
* fixed range check for shadow parameters
* added support for setting the value base (decimal/hex) of numeric shadow parameters.
The text format hex number is now initialized in the constructor
* added missing newline after filename for binary data
* fixed data size of 64-bit shadow parameters
* fixed save/restore output format of numeric parameters (signed/unsigned/64-bit)
* cpu/init.cc: fixed macro name and added missing #undef line
