snes-print messages from libsnes. now you can see which dsp/firmware dependency it detected for the game (it has its own heuristics, not necessarily any need for gamedb yet). still not loading the firmwares though

BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/LibsnesCore.cs

@@ -112,6 +112,23 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.SNES
 		[DllImport("libsneshawk.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		public static extern bool snes_unserialize(IntPtr data, int size);
 
+		[DllImport("libsneshawk.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		public static extern int snes_poll_message();
+
+		[DllImport("libsneshawk.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		public static extern void snes_dequeue_message(IntPtr strBuffer);
+
+		public static bool HasMessage { get { return snes_poll_message() != -1; } }
+
+		public static string DequeueMessage()
+		{
+			int len = snes_poll_message();
+			sbyte* temp = stackalloc sbyte[len + 1];
+			temp[len] = 0;
+			snes_dequeue_message(new IntPtr(temp));
+			return new string(temp);
+		}
+
 		[DllImport("libsneshawk.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		public static extern void snes_set_layer_enable(int layer, int priority,
 			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U1)]
@@ -482,6 +499,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.SNES
 			timeFrameCounter++;
 			LibsnesDll.snes_run();
 
+			while (LibsnesDll.HasMessage)
+				Console.WriteLine(LibsnesDll.DequeueMessage());
+
 			if (IsLagFrame)
 				LagCount++;
 		}

libsnes/bizwinclean.sh

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-rm bsnes/obj/*.o
+rm -r bsnes/obj
+rm -r bsnes/out

libsnes/bizwinmake.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 cd bsnes
+mkdir obj
+mkdir out
 export BIZWINCFLAGS="-I. -O3 -masm=intel -DLIBCO_IMPORT -DLIBCO_MSVC -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
 export TARGET_LIBSNES_LIBDEPS="-L ../libco_msvc_win32/release/ -llibco_msvc_win32  -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
-profile=compatibility platform=win target=libsnes make -e -j
+profile=compatibility platform=win target=libsnes make -e
 cd ..
 cp bsnes/out/snes.dll ../BizHawk.MultiClient/output/libsneshawk.dll

libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <nall/snes/cartridge.hpp>
 #include <nall/gameboy/cartridge.hpp>
+
+#include <queue>
+
 using namespace nall;
 
 struct Interface : public SNES::Interface {
@@ -18,6 +21,9 @@ struct Interface : public SNES::Interface {
 	//zero 11-sep-2012
 	time_t randomSeed() { return 0; }
 
+	//zero 26-sep-2012
+	std::queue<nall::string> messages;
+
   void videoRefresh(const uint32_t *data, bool hires, bool interlace, bool overscan) {
     unsigned width = hires ? 512 : 256;
     unsigned height = overscan ? 239 : 224;
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ struct Interface : public SNES::Interface {
   }
   
   void message(const string &text) {
-    print(text, "\n");
+		messages.push(text);
   }
 
   string path(SNES::Cartridge::Slot slot, const string &hint) {
@@ -510,3 +516,14 @@ unsigned snes_get_memory_size(unsigned id) {
   return size;
 }
 
+int snes_poll_message()
+{
+	if(interface.messages.size() == 0) return -1;
+	return interface.messages.front().length();
+}
+void snes_dequeue_message(char* buffer)
+{
+	int len = interface.messages.front().length();
+	memcpy(buffer,(const char*)interface.messages.front(),len);
+	interface.messages.pop();
+}

libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.hpp

@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ bool snes_check_cartridge(const uint8_t *rom_data, unsigned rom_size);
 void snes_set_layer_enable(int layer, int priority, bool enable);
 typedef void (*snes_scanlineStart_t)(int);
 void snes_set_scanlineStart(snes_scanlineStart_t);
+//returns -1 if no messages, messagelength if there is one
+int snes_poll_message();
+//give us a buffer of messagelength and we'll dequeue a message into it. you better take care of the null pointer
+void snes_dequeue_message(char* buffer);
 
 //$2105
 #define SNES_REG_BG_MODE 0