implementing disk image support with an external C++ class. With the new code
it's now easier to implement support for additional disk images formats, so we
don't need the old stub anymore.
string constants instead of hardcoded values. Available modes are detected at
Bochs startup and stored in a string array before initializing options. In the
plugins case additional modes are read from the plugins list. If plugins are
off, the hdimage_locator_c registry is used. Related changes in all parts of
Bochs that need the hdimage stuff.
TODO #1: Network and sound drivers could be handled in a similar way.
TODO #2: Make disk image mode detection work again in plugins mode.
- Added suffix "_gui" to the base name of display library plugins.
- Added new function plugins_search() that browses the plugin folder(s) and
detects the type from the library name. Plugins with no prefix or suffix are
treated as i/o device plugins. The plugin_load() function uses this database.
- Some related fixes and cleanups.
- Renamed vpc-img.* files to vpc.* and removed hack for image mode name conversion.
- Added suffix "_img" to all disk image mode plugin base names. This is important
for the future implementation of a plugin enumeration at Bochs startup.
- Common hdimage code, lowlevel cdrom code and the classes for the Bochs "own"
image modes (e.g. flat, sparse, growing") are now a part of the Bochs core.
- All classes for image modes present in separate files are now built as
plugins with the same self register mechanism as network, sound and usb
modules. Defined new plugin type PLUGTYPE_HDIMAGE.
- Temporarily disabled the base image format detection of the undoable/volatile
modes for the "external" modes in the plugins case.
- TODO: Bochs should know about all of the available plugins and their
capabilities right after startup, but before the configuration stage.
- Added buffer for maximum 16 key events.
- PS/2 keyboard now sets the changed indicators only.
- Added support for the yellow status indicator in the win32 gui.
- Added HID code for the menu key.
- Added support for the yellow status indicator in the rfb and vncsrv guis.
- Cleaned up status indicator code in SDL, SDL2 and X guis.
- Unified USB keyboard and keypad code. Removed the keypad lookup table.
- Moved keyboard indicator stuff to the devices code and use it for both the
USB and legacy keyboard device. In the USB case a different color is used.
- In the SDL, SDL2 and X guis added new status indicator color yellow. It is
designed to be used by the USB keyboard (write flag 1 and "auto_off" flag 0).
- Added missing sysmbol to the German X11 keymap table.
TODO #1; Add some missing HID key codes.
TODO #2: Add key event queue to avoid losing events.
TODO #3: Unify keyboard and keypad code.
TODO #4: Support multiple non-modifier keys pressed at the same time.
TODO #5: Share keyboard indicators with the legacy PS/2 keyboard.
- Added NUMLOCK to the table of supported keys.
- Temporarily added status bar item for the keypad NUMLOCK indicator.
- TODO: Add new HID device "keyboard" with all keys supported.
- Added new devices method register_default_keyboard() and handle keyboard
events similar to the mouse stuff.
- Prepared removable keyboard support for the "paste bytes" feature.
- Store keyboard type in device object to avoid reading parameter at runtime.
- Related code cleanups.
- TODO #1: Extend USB keypad to full featured keyboard.
- TODO #2: Paste bytes support for USB keyboard.
- Always apply the A20 setting to the requested address.
- Fixed the conditions for SMRAM access.
- Added support for memory handlers and removed direct VGA memory access.
- Added support for reading from BIOS flash memory.
It creates an array of strings from a string containing a comma separated list
of options. Now using this function for display library options, USB port
options and ROM image options.
is mapped to device number #2, but for the i440BX chipset we are using #8
(expected by real BIOS when testing and some timer later added support for it
in Bochs BIOS).
The latest release is from 2001 and it will not work on modern Linux systems.
Parts of the SVGALib code have been moved to the Linux kernel and the X11 and
SDL libraries are using it as a video driver.
- Now cursor can appear in two different modes (if supported by terminal)
- Simplified text cursor handling.
- Show a status bar if terminal has enough lines for it. Added "show IPS" output
there unless display library option "hideIPS" is used.
- Reading data register without result present returns the last byte of the
previous result and enters result phase just like an invalid command.
- Changed name of bit #7 of MSR to RQM (from spec) and some small cleanups.
- The X gui behaviour should be unchanged.
- RFB / vncsrv: cursor shape fixes.
- Changed format of the font parameters to fix "double width" characters.
- Restore guest charmap after leaving gui console.
- Now using text_update_common() for the new text update API in addition to the
graphical text snapshot feature.
- Drawing to snapshot buffer moved to new method draw_char_common().
- A gui using the new text update API only needs to implement the new method
draw_char(). The method set_font() is optional and it can be used to update
font bitmaps / pixmaps.
- Modified the RFB gui to use the new API. Now the VGA features split screen
and h/v pel panning are supported by the RFB gui. The legacy text_update()
method is now empty but it must be present for compatiblity.
- TODO: Implement new API in some other guis to reduce code duplication.
the flashrom project a JEDEC chip needs to be emulated here. Tests with BIOS
images designed for the i440FX chipset are okay, but for the i440BX chipset
some more commands need to implemented.
- Store BIOS ROM start address and use it instead of hardcoded BIOS_MASK.
- Added stub for BIOS ROM access switches.
- Verify checksum of legacy Bochs BIOS, too.
selected PCI chipset. When testing Bochs with a real BIOS image the programming
sequence for the ESCD unexpectedly overwrites some BIOS locations and it fails
to reboot. For the i440BX AGP chipset development it is required to test with
a real BIOS image, but currently reporting "unknown flash type". For now I have
added two stubs with unmodified behaviour.
- Access to VGA registers via Banshee address space is not memory mapped.
- Added BX_ERRORs for unimplemented unaligned access to i/o registers.
- Access to the unimplemented YUV address space now causes BX_ERROR.
- Removed some TODO comments.
- Shortcut parser sets a flag in case of error.
- String parameter handler resets to old value if the new one is invalid.
- User button handler shows a message box if the parser signals an error.
- Added support for split screen mode and horizontal pel panning.
- Text mode cursor now correctly visible independent from blink state.
- Workarounds for the existing text_update() API.
set accordingly.
TODO #1: Text mode features split screen and h/v pel panning missing for now.
TODO #2: Show error messages related to dialogs in message boxes.
- New attempt to fix the host-to-screen bitblt issue with monochrome source.
The specs are wrong at this point. The rules for calculating the real source
pitch are still unknown. These hacks should fix most the glitches.
- Added source colorkeying support for host-to-screen blt with pattern.
- Disable i/o and memory access in PCI command register before probing and
setting up base addresses and re-enable it when complete for selected device.
- Legacy BIOS should not enable busmaster function in PCI init.
- Banshee: Added colorkey support for host-to-screen blts without pattern.
- Clearing base address registers in reset is not okay. Maybe we have to
unregister i/o and memory regions here. This affects other devices, too.
- Some other small changes and typo fixes.
- Added support for "byte packed" monochrome source data.
- TODO #1: All modes except 16 bpp color source untested (based on specs).
- TODO #2: byte / word wizzling, other color orders, 24 bpp source dithering.
- Added support for undithered 24 bpp source data.
- Fixed "standard monochrome" mode in case of transparency.
- TODO: byte / word wizzling, other color orders, 24 bpp source dithering.
- Implemented screen-to-screen blt function (untested).
- Fixed and improved "Rectangle fill" function.
- "SGRAM fill" function rewritten similar to the other functions.
- TODO: cpu-to-screen function (handle data written to bltData register).
- Implemented destination colorkey support for the remaining functions.
- Some other small changes in the Banshee code.
- TODO: Source colorkey support for host-to-screen blts.
- Fixed SGRAM fill command (y start and size have one more bit - spec is wrong).
- CMDFIFO packet type #5: texture address is a 32 bit register number.
- Setting clut_dirty is required when writing to most of the fbiInit registers.
- Added colorkey support for screen-to-screen pattern blt, rectangle fill and
pattern fill commands.
- Consider colorkeying enabled when branching to normal or pattern blt functions.
- Changed 2D TODO messages to BX_ERROR and some other minor changes.
feature of packet type #5. Added some W2 cases for texture writes, modified
code for linear LFB writes and added BX_ERROR messages for the WN cases. Some
more test cases are needed for a complete implementation.
- Real fix for the Voodoo2 DirectX issue after CLUT pens implementation.
- Banshee hardware cursor now uses the CLUT pens for the background.
- Banshee hardware cursor now uses the same 3D start address as update().
- Set clut_dirty flag when writing to fbiInit registers. This fixes a Voodoo2
issue when using the DirectX driver.
- Report another unimplemented case in the texture code.
video refresh in 16 bpp modes. The Banshee also uses this feature in 16 bpp
desktop mode in addition to 3D modes. The code for the pen calculation comes
from the original Voodoo patch for DOSBox. Since it was unused there, I had
disabled it when porting to Bochs.
- Fixed serious issues in 16 bpp mode of XP guest (clipped y value).
- Added BX_ERROR messages for unsupported features.
- Added / updated comments.
- TODO #1: Background pattern issues in XP guest still remain in all modes.
- TODO #2: Some small issues in Win9x guests caused by monochrome host blts.
- Removed SDL specific code to reduce dependencies. SDL works okay with
pthreads or win32 implementations.
- Prepared semaphore support for the use in the Voodoo code (thanks to Luigi B.).
- Polygon fill: Check if pixels are within clip window.
- Polygon fill: Added error message for unimplemented pattern ROPs.
- Some cleanups in the code for pattern ROPs with transparency.
- Added options "net" for the IP address space and "ftp" for the FTP server.
- Added some sanity checks for the IP address configuration.
- Added sample config file.
- Added new config file options "host", "dns" and "dhcpstart" (similar to slirp).
- modified bx_vnet_pktmover_c class to be compatible with other modules.
- On TFTP RRQ check file presence directly (fixes iPXE boot).
- Fixed start address for the gui screen update in 3D overlay mode.
- Small optimization for drawing transparent monochrome bitmaps.
- In the restore case start the fifo thread in after_restore_state().
- Report unimplemented colorkey feature (test case missing).
- TODO: issues in some Windows guests still not fixed.
- Save/restore additions for 2D desktop mode.
- Fixed pitch in 3D overlay mode for hardware cursor.
- TODO list:
- Minor issues in explorer navigation bar of Win98SE.
- Ugly background pattern under software cursor and XP start menu.
- Segfault after switching to 3D mode at XP Direct3D test (Voodoo3 only).
- Serious display issues in 16 bpp modes of XP guest (Voodoo3 only).
- Moved server ID and lease time options to the top of the DHCP reply.
- Increase TFTP buffer size as expected by iPXE.
- TODO: The vnet module still has boot file name hardcoded.
- Enter command mode with F7 key only, but no modifier pressed.
- Pressing / releasing modifier key only doesn't leave command mode.
- Changed some headerbar button access keys using modifiers (e.g. shift + c
calls config button handler). See user doc for all supported keys.
with keypress combination. This feature is currently supported by the x and
sdl2 guis only and it can be activated with the "cmdmode" (command mode)
display library option. If enabled, pressing the F7 key enters this mode (shown
in the leftmost statusbar item) and the next keypress (except F7) is not sent
to the emmulated keyboard. If the key is supported, the associated action is
performed. Both x and sdl2 support calling the handlers of 8 headerbar buttons.
The sdl2 gui additionaly supports toggling fullscreen / windowed mode.
Supported keys:
c - Press the Copy button
e - Press the Config button
f - Toggle fullscreen mode (sdl2 only)
n - Press the Snapshot button
o - Press the Power button
p - Press the Paste button
r - Press the Reset button
s - Press the Suspend button
u - Press the User button
F7 - Send F7 keypress to emulation
TODO: add support for other guis.
Moved status bar update to the gui thread and added a new event type called
BX_ASYNC_EVT_STATUSBAR to invoke it. Changed size and style of the status bar
items.
- moved code that sends the framebuffer update to the flush() method.
- method clear_screen() now sets up an update region to work as expected.
- fixed and improved function rfbAddUpdateRegion().
- added new function rfbSetUpdateRegion() to simplify code.
to 11. Accessing 'extension' data using 'name' index is illegal and at least
gcc version 7.5.0 has produced incorrect code for creating short file name.
The ethertap driver has been declared obsolete a long time ago and it has been
removed in Linux kernel version 3.x. The successor service TUN/TAP is supported
by Bochs. The source file and the BX_NETMOD_TAP symbol appearance may be removed
before next release.
The 'vnet' networking module now uses 192.168.10.3 and bxhub is setting up the
slirp compatible IP 10.0.2.4 for additional services. Added host name "vnet-ftp"
in the DNS code to translate it to the new IP address.
- FTP: handle the hidden flag on Windows the same way as on other platforms.
- TCP/IP: fixed some gcc 9 warnings (checked with Cygwin gcc 9.3).
- DHCP: changed the way to set up the default client IPv4 address.
- Reset FTP session state in case of login failure.
- Improved FTP server status output.
- Added special error messages for 2 unimplemented commands.
- Updated vnet / socket / slirp networking module infos in source and docs.
- Major rewrite of the FTP command handling.
- The LIST command now supports an argument (absolute or relative path).
- Added NLST command (similar to LIST, but file / directory names only).
- The MKD and RMD commands now support absolute paths.
- FTP: added support for renaming file, create and remove directory.
- FTP: added FTP server status report and fixed SYST reply.
- bxhub fix: send all pending packets one after the other.
- TCP fix: when connecting, return default MSS option value 1460.
- TCP fix: handle the case when FIN is set in final data packet.
for the whole file, now the buffer has maximum TCP window size and the file is
read on demand. The directory list is now written to a temporary file that can
be sent with the new code.
- Skip special TELNET sequence required for transfer abort to make it work.
- On FTP quit, unregister data port and free data buffer if necessary.
- Some other small FTP code cleanups.
- TCP: If a connection is active, forward reset to the service handler.
- FTP: Added support to retrieve the file size.
- FTP: Handle the "file not found" case in RETR and SIZE code.
- FTP: Fixed the logout process.
- TCP: added new method tcpipv4_send_buffer() that can send multiple packets
up to window size without waiting for ACK.
- TCP: when receiving ACK, the data transfer continues if necessary.
- FTP: list contents of root directory (tested on Linux and Win 10 host).
- FTP: added support for file download from root directory (RETR).
- TODO #1: browse directory tree (CWD, CDUP).
- TODO #2: upload file (STOR).
- TODO #3: file and directory commands (SIZE, DELE, MKD, RMD).
- Added packet counter and use it for the IP id field.
- Added support for closing TCP connection from the server side.
- Added FTP passive mode and LIST demo for testing it.
- Some other small changes.
- Partly re-implemented host_to_guest methods from legacy eth_vnet.cc.
- Added two dynamic packet buffers for vnet server replies.
- TFTP and FTP servers are only available if root directory is configured.
- Added TCP port handler methods similar to the UDP ones.
- Added basic TCP connection management and 3-way handshake.
- Added FTP server stub for testing TCP (only login/logout for now).
- Enable packet logging in text format if file name is specified with the
"script" parameter.
- Don't start RX timer if vnet server returns 0.
- Added TCP header structure for future extensions.
- Fixed ne2k parameter save function.
- For backward compatibility, card #0 defaults to PCI if the ne2k is assigned
to at least one PCI slot.
- The "bootrom" parameter is only valid for the PCI card type.
old SF patches this solution is compatible with the plugin architecture. The
ne2k plugin is loaded only once and a new ne2k_main_c object creates up to 4
ne2k device objects depending on the config. The new ne2k parameter "card"
specifies the zero-based card number to configure. If not given, the default
is card #0 for compatibility. The new ne2k parameter "type" specifies the bus
it is connected to ("isa" or "pci"). Card #0 defaults to PCI, the others to
ISA. In the PCI slot configuration the ne2k device can be used multiple times
if more than one card is configured.
Related changes:
- removed SMF stuff for ne2k
- always convert device prefix to uppercase (ne2k uses NE2K0 ... NE2K3)
- removed unused BXPN values
- TODO: add multiple NICs support for the E1000
- Added case for "*-msys" to the existing "*.mingw*" cases.
- Fixed $JADE value in case the program is not installed.
- Fixed RedirectIOToConsole() function for MSYS with 64-bit gcc 9.2.
- Don't set up and load pre-defined optional plugins in restore mode.
- Remove the save/restore registration in Voodoo destructors.
- TODO: Fix frozen SDL/SDL2 display after restore.
command line debugger and debugger gui. Improved gui debugger section a
little bit. TODO: use some parts of docs-html/enh_dbg_user_man.txt and
remove this file when ready.
This patch fixed an integer overflow issue when restoring a snapshot whose parameters that are larger than ULONG_MAX.
We run into this issue when restoring a Windows snapshot whose pc_system.ticksTotal exceeds ULONG_MAX, which caused the subsequent confusion in bx_virt_timer_c::timer_handler which relies on pc_system.ticksTotal to function correctly.
VRAM are possible at the same time without changing mode. This makes the GRUB
bootloader menu visible when using the Bochs VBE adapter instead of Cirrus.
- Use 'iasl' for building ACPI table if present.
- Use the release date from README file for the BIOS_BUILD_DATE.
- Added Bochs VERSION string to the BIOS banner.
- Fixed the rombios32 delay loop for QEMU build.
- Improvement for rombios32.ld.
- The pthread library is not needed at all by the Windows ports.
- Link the ALSA and SDL sound modules only with required library.
- Fixed curses cross-compilation issue found by Debian.
- slirp/cksum.cc: NOTE for Debian.
Only missing items (to be added soon):
- Supervisor Shadow Stack EPT Control is not implemented yet
- SMM placing for SSP
Currently have to be added manually to some CPUID model, for example to ICL-U
To enable configure with --enable-cet
- Added version check and reinstall page based on NSIS example.
- Since the registry keys changed with each Bochs version, it is not possible
to detect all of them. Added special code to make this possible for previous
version 2.6.9.
- Updated tested NSIS version number in docs.
