byuu says:
Changelog:
- processor/gsu: minor code cleanup
- processor/hg51b: renamed reg(Read,Write) to register(Read,Write)
- processor/lr35902: minor code cleanup
- processor/spc700: completed code cleanup (sans disassembler)
- no longer uses internal global state inside instructions
- processor/spc700: will no longer hang the emulator if stuck in a WAI
(SLEEP) or STP (STOP) instruction
- processor/spc700: fixed bug in handling of OR1 and AND1 instructions
- processor/z80: minor code cleanup
- sfc/dsp: revert to initializing registers to 0x00; save for
ENDX=random(), FLG=0xe0 [Jonas Quinn]
Major testing of the SNES game library would be appreciated, now that
its CPU cores have all been revised.
We know the DSP registers read back as randomized data ... mostly, but
there are apparently internal latches, which we can't emulate with the
current DSP design. So until we know which registers have separate
internal state that actually *is* initialized, I'm going to play it safe
and not break more games.
Thanks again to Jonas Quinn for the continued research into this issue.
EDIT: that said ... `MD works if((ENDX&0x30) > 0)` is only a 3:4 chance
that the game will work. That seems pretty unlikely that the odds of it
working are that low, given hardware testing by others in the past :/ I
thought if worked if `PITCH != 0` before, which would have been way more
likely.
The two remaining CPU cores that need major cleanup efforts are the
LR35902 and ARM cores. Both are very large, complicated, annoying cores
that will probably be better off as full rewrites from scratch. I don't
think I want to delay v103 in trying to accomplish that, however.
So I think it'll be best to focus on allowing the Mega Drive core to not
lock when processors are frozen waiting on a response from other
processors during a save state operation. Then we should be good for a
new release.
byuu says:
Changelog:
- md/ym2612: initialize DAC sample to center volume [Cydrak]
- processor/arm: add accumulate mode extra cycle to mlal [Jonas
Quinn]
- processor/huc6280: split off algorithms, improve naming of functions
- processor/mos6502: split off algorithms
- processor/spc700: major revamp of entire core (~50% completed)
- processor/wdc65816: fixed several bugs introduced by rewrite
For the SPC700, this turns out to be very old code as well, with global
object state variables, those annoying `{Boolean,Natural}BitField` types,
`under_case` naming conventions, heavily abbreviated function names, etc.
I'm working to get the code to be in the same design as the MOS6502,
HuC6280, WDC65816 cores, since they're all extremely similar in terms of
architectural design (the SPC700 is more of an off-label
reimplementation of a 6502 core, but still.)
The main thing left is that about 90% of the actual instructions still
need to be adapted to not use the internal state (`aa`, `rd`, `dp`,
`sp`, `bit` variables.) I wanted to finish this today, but ran out of
time before work.
I wouldn't suggest too much testing just yet. We should wait until the
SPC700 core is finished for that. However, if some does want to and
spots regressions, please let me know.
byuu says:
Changelog:
- fixed FC AxROM / VRC7 regression
- BitField split to BooleanBitField/NaturalBitField (in preparation
for IntegerBitField)
- BitFieldReference removed
- GB CPU cleaned up
- GB Cartridge + Mappers cleaned up
- SFC CGRAM is now emulated as uint15[256] instead of uint[512]
- sfc/ppu/memory.cpp no longer needed; removed
- purged SFC Debugger hooks for now (some of the operator[] calls were
bypassing them anyway)
Unfortunately, for reasons that defy all semblance of logic, the CGRAM
change caused a slight speed hit. As have the last few changes. We're
now down to around 129.5fps compared to 123.fps for v099 and 134.5fps
at our peak (v099r01-r02).
I really like the style I came up with for the Game Boy mappers to settle
the purpose(ROM,RAM) vs (rom,ram)Purpose naming convention. If I ever get
around to redoing the NES mappers, that's likely the approach I'll take.
byuu says:
Changelog:
- removed template usage from processor/spc700; cleaned up many function
names and the switch table
- object size: 176.8kb => 127.3kb
- source code size: 43.5kb => 37.0kb
- fixed processor/r65816 BRK/COP vector regression [hex_usr]
- corrected HuC3 unmapped RAM read value; fixes Robopon [endrift]
- cosmetic: simplified the butterworth constant calculation
[Wolfram|Alpha]
The SPC700 core changes took forever, about three hours of work.
Only the LR35902 and R6502 still need their template functions
removed. The point of this is that it doesn't cause any speed penalty
to do so, and it results in smaller binary sizes and faster compilation
times.
byuu says:
Changelog:
- restructured the project and removed a whole bunch of old/dead
directives from higan/GNUmakefile
- huge amounts of work on hiro/cocoa (compiles but ~70% of the
functionality is commented out)
- fixed a masking error in my ARM CPU disassembler [Lioncash]
- SFC: decided to change board cic=(411,413) back to board
region=(ntsc,pal) ... the former was too obtuse
If you rename Boolean (it's a problem with an include from ruby, not
from hiro) and disable all the ruby drivers, you can compile an
OS X binary, but obviously it's not going to do anything.
It's a boring WIP, I just wanted to push out the project structure
change now at the start of this WIP cycle.
byuu says:
Changelog:
- added Cocoa target: higan can now be compiled for OS X Lion
[Cydrak, byuu]
- SNES/accuracy profile hires color blending improvements - fixes
Marvelous text [AWJ]
- fixed a slight bug in SNES/SA-1 VBR support caused by a typo
- added support for multi-pass shaders that can load external textures
(requires OpenGL 3.2+)
- added game library path (used by ananke->Import Game) to
Settings->Advanced
- system profiles, shaders and cheats database can be stored in "all
users" shared folders now (eg /usr/share on Linux)
- all configuration files are in BML format now, instead of XML (much
easier to read and edit this way)
- main window supports drag-and-drop of game folders (but not game files
/ ZIP archives)
- audio buffer clears when entering a modal loop on Windows (prevents
audio repetition with DirectSound driver)
- a substantial amount of code clean-up (probably the biggest
refactoring to date)
One highly desired target for this release was to default to the optimal
drivers instead of the safest drivers, but because AMD drivers don't
seem to like my OpenGL 3.2 driver, I've decided to postpone that. AMD
has too big a market share. Hopefully with v093 officially released, we
can get some public input on what AMD doesn't like.
byuu says:
Basically just a project rename, with s/bsnes/higan and the new icon
from lowkee added in.
It won't compile on Windows because I forgot to update the resource.rc
file, and a path transform command isn't working on Windows.
It was really just meant as a starting point, so that v091 WIPs can flow
starting from .00 with the new name (it overshadows bsnes v091, so
publicly speaking this "shouldn't exist" and will probably be deleted
from Google Code when v092 is ready.)
Tim Allen