- 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
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
option parsing to the plugin device code
- added function bx_init_usb_options() to reduce code duplication
- added log function names for 'usb_ohci' and 'usb_uhci'
- documentation updates
the device code. Added panic message to force the user to enable the plugin
with 'plugin_ctrl'.
- moved config parameter creation and bochsrc option parsing for device
'usb_xhci' to the plugin device code
- added minimal documentation for the "log action per device" feature
- added log function name for 'usb_xhci'
directly while parsing the bochsrc or command line. If plugin support is enabled,
the option could load all optional plugins, not only the ones supported before.
NOTE #1: The old option had all plugins enabled by default and gave the user
a chance to diable them. Now the plugins are only loaded if they
appear in the config line and they are set to "1".
NOTE #2: Loading a plugin that is controlled by a bochsrc option is possible,
but it currently leads to a panic, since the load command is still
present in devices.cc.
NOTE #3: The plugin init code creates the device object and registers the
optional plugin device. As an option, it can create config parameters
and register an option parser. The device init, register state and
reset is still handled in devices.cc, but in the order the devices
have been loaded with the plugin control.
NOTE #4: If plugin support is disabled, the plugin control only accepts the
devices listed in plugin.cc.
- plugin init of core plugins now fails if they are not loaded with the expected
type. For core plugins the load order is important and they cannot be handled
with the chained devices list (used for optional and user plugins).
- some additions for calling config.cc functions from a plugin device
turned off. Removed workaround code from devices.cc.
- removed 'pci_ide' plugin from the optional plugin control, since it depends
on the presence of 'pci' and 'harddrv'.
- define types for plugin init/fini functions
- TODO: add save/restore support, use Bochs function for host to little endian
data conversion, timers of networking modules 'vnet' and 'slirp' should use
the device speed instead of fixed 10 MBit
and the supported ethernet modules
- renamed eth.* files to netmod.*
- pseudo-device plugin implementation similar to 'soundmod'
- TODO: move sound, net and usb stuff to a separate subdirectory of iodev
with the host time. After using a runtime config dialog or save and restore
simulation, this behaviour makes the PIT clock and the VGA update timer
running way too fast until it's back in sync. Now the elapsed time is stored
in the variable 'real_time_delay' and it is used to let the PIT clock run at
realtime speed, even if it is out of sync.
Sebastian Herbszt). TODO list:
- modify LGPL'd VGABIOS to make it work with SeaBIOS
- modify Bochs BIOS to set up the legacy address 0xc0000
- implement PCI ROM support in the cirrus device
- move load_ROM calls to the display adapter code to handle the ISA case
The ACPI support is always automatically compiled in if PCI is compiled in.
The ACPI still could be disabled using .bochsrc 'plugin_ctrl' option.
Updated CHANGES and docs as well.
DAC2 is sent to the lowlevel sound module. DAC1 and sound input (ADC) are not
yet supported. Also unsupported: CODEC (mixer), UART (MIDI) and legacy support.
Sound module selection in configure script now no longer depends on SB16 and
uses autodetection only.
- fixed segfault when saving bochsrc
--enable-vbe is now deprecated and the symbols BX_SUPPORT_VBE and
BX_SUPPORT_PCIVGA have been removed. To enable VBE support, the bochsrc option
"vga: extension=" must be set to "vbe". If PCI is present, you can assign the
"pcivga" device to a PCI slot.
* added new "pseudo device" for the USB device control (init, send message)
* moved register_state() call from the hubs to the common device init code
- fixed unresolved symbols in usb_msd code
code and the generic USB stuff. Up to now, in plugin mode each host controller
staticly links all this stuff with the plugin library. So it existed twice and
e.g. it wasn't possible to create a unique serial number for disks/cdroms
connected to different HCs. Some other sanity checks could be added now, too.
- Added a register mechanism for the USB device init function in the main
devices code.
- TODO: Some other device plugins could be fixed the same way: network devices
(sharing ethernet modules), harddrive & usb_msd (sharing hdimage and
cdrom)
keyboard and usb_hid code to use them
- removed keyboard handling from the USB host controller code
- removed no longer needed USB stubs from the devices code
- converted removable mouse variables to a structure
* '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
by Ben Lunt will be tested and merged soon)
- renamed specific pciusb stuff to 'usb_uhci' (files, objects)
- minor USB-related changes
- TODO: changes in siminterface and bochsrc options
bochsrc option (e.g. biosdev, speaker, gameport)
* the "unmapped device" is now an optional plugin, the builtin default handlers
no longer cause panics
* speaker stub calls the related gui methods for beep on/off
* load all optional plugins before starting init of core plugins
* 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
- exit() method sets the number of registered timers back to 1 (or 2 if APIC
is present)
- fixed some parameter types for save/restore
- debug message for timer registration added
- slowdown timer: exit method added to reset the timer id
done by the object destructor (changes in cmos, hard drive and keyboard)
- bx_unload_plugins() now deletes the devmodel object in non-plugin mode
- CMOS device now prints the time on exit in human-readable format
unregister_irq(). This is required since there are some devices that don't
use a string constant for the handler name.
- replaced true / false by portable 0 / 1 values.
(TODO: find a way to call plugin_fini() for non-core devices if plugins are
disabled)
- set the device pointers back to stubs after unloading plugins
- added debug message "Exit" in all device plugin destructors
- added exit() method to the devmodel object for devices that need to do special
cleanups on exit. Device plugins should call this method from their plugin_fini()
function. If Bochs is compiled without plugin support, for non-core plugins
the exit() method is called directly from bx_unload_plugins().
- exit() method implemented in the keyboard device
- wx "Show Keyboard" feature now only appear when the wxdebug keyboard subtree
is not empty
- cpu cleanup must be done before the devices cleanup
- moved PCI chipset dump call to the devices exit method
* 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
* register_state() will be called after init() and registers the device members
required for save/restore
* before_save_state() can do some work before the device state is saved by the
siminterface
* after_restore_state() can do some work after the device state has been
restored (updating dependant stuff)
Averything that required cpu.h include now has it explicitly and there are a lot of files not dependant by CPU at all which will compile a lot faster now ...
- sb16 parameters stored in the device class and runtime parameter handler added
- wx: ParamDialog can currently handle only dependency lists of bool parameters
correctly (TODO: add support for numeric parameters)
- disable usb options if not compiled with usb support
- usb and network dependency list created with menu->clone()
- load usb plugin only if at least one hub is present
- remaining options prepared for rewrite
- proposed parameter tree updated
- bx_init_options(): local variables cleanup
- hide floppy devtype parameter (floppy media type change support not yet complete)
- wx: menu order changed
- keyboard.cc: removed obsolete FIXME
- proposed parameter tree updated
- save pcidev config line if enabled
- load pcidev plugin if requested
- pci parameter dependencies improved
- textconfig: show the title of a disabled submenu
