- embedding combined manifest makes BOCHS.EXE usable
- list of DLL plugins now depends on the pci and debugger options
- 'make clean' now removes the generated manifest files
- renamed variable for external rules
- documentation update
rules can be built now (keyboard, pit, gameport, serial, vga, svga_cirrus,
hdimage, netmod, soundmod, usb_common). The generated DLLs are usable with the
BOCHS.EXE built with the IDE, but the nmake won't work at all yet.
(bx_hdimage.dll) can be built now. All plugins that require special rules
could be fixed for nmake in a similar way.
TODO: find a way to compile plugins with standard rules (GNU make uses bx_%.dll
in that case, but MSVC nmake doesn't support this syntax).
that is a part of the libtool package. Updated Makefile dependencies.
TODO: check if we can get rid of the ltdl*.* files (this would be possible if
the ltdl library is always available if libtool is present).
- use #if BX_SUPPORT_CDROM instead of #ifdef LOWLEVEL_CDROM
- devices with cdrom support now use the base class cdrom_base_c
- cdrom count variable moved to cdrom.cc
- cdrom_misc.cc: don't use ioctl's for ISO files
In convert/resize mode a backup can be created if the new file name
is not specified or the same as the source file name. In commit mode
both base image and redolog file are affected by the backup switch.
Added Linux specific file copy code using '/bin/cp'.
- added support to use 'concat' and 'dll' mode images as convert source.
A prefix ("concat:" or "dll:") must be added to the path since autodetection
doesn't work for these modes.
- create: fixed virtual disk size calculation based on C/H/S
- convert / resize (interactive mode): use original filename as the template for
the new one if not specified on the command line
- added support to resize images (currently supported: flat, growing and sparse)
- added image file name check and renaming if necessary
- set minimum hard disk size to 10 MB
- vmware4: make header structure available for usage in bximage
creation, conversion and rodolog commit. Image creation support is not
present yet and the executable has not been added to standard compile yet.
TODO #1: add floppy and hard disk image creation support (from bximage.c)
TODO #2: implement support for conversion to vmware and vpc formats
TODO #3: add MSVC (nmake and workspace) support
- isempty() returns 1 if string length is 0 or string has special value "none"
- sprint() copies the formatted / converted string into a buffer
- use new methods in some parts of the code (TODO: win32 dialogs)
- check for the special value "none" to avoid failures
These hdimage modes are now supported: flat, sparse, growing, vmware3, vmware4
und vpc. The image mode is auto-detected, so no change of configuration syntax
is necessary (TODO: documentation update). Example:
ata0-master: type=disk, mode=volatile, path=vmware4-test.img
- redolog class: added support for opening redolog file in read-only mode
- open backups for header check in read-only mode (growing, undoable, volatile, vpc)
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).
time if requested (reduces code duplication)
- 'vpc' image mode: moved header check to a separate function that opens the
file, checks header/footer and returns disk type (if requested)
- implemented restore function for 'vpc' mode images
- gui: updated yes/no dialog message after saving state
- save/restore documentation update (TODO: developer doc)
On win32 the native CopyFile() function is used. The restore function should
work this way: coherency check (if necessary), close current image, copy saved
image from restore path (overwrites existing one), finally re-open image.
- implemented restore function for 'flat' and 'undoable' mode images
- set timestamp of r/o disk in volatile mode, too (for save/restore support)
- TODO: save state function for the remaining image modes, restore support
undoable, volatile)
- TODO: save state function for the remaining image modes, restore support
- save/restore: when saving binary data to a file, use the full parameter path
(except "bochs." prefix) as the file name to avoid overwriting duplicates
dummy parameter and it's save/restore handlers. Currently only the save
support is implemented and the specific save function is only written for
flat mode images (copies whole disk image file to the save/restore folder).
- TODO #1: implement save function for the other disk image modes
- TODO #2: add restore support (replace disk image file with the one from the
save/restore folder)
been ported from QEMU and originally have this license
- TODO: The QEMU people should verify the changes and tell us if something is
missing. Bochs 2.6 will be released after everything has been confirmed to
be okay.
