Allocate memory in an x86-64-compatible way
Another part of #3451
Note: While this shouldn't change how anything works, it's been the #1 source of breakage of 32-bit builds in #3451 (it was the cause for the failure of win32 to allocate memory and the failure of linux-32 afterward) so we should definitely make sure it gets tested
see #3523 for more information
Threading VU1 took a lot of rewrites and new code to make possible (MTGS, microVU, gifUnit...), but we finally got to the point where it was feasible, and now we've done it! (so now everyone can stop complaining that pcsx2 only takes advantages of 2 cores :p).
The speedups in the games that benefit from it are great if you have a cpu with 3+ cores (generally a 10~45% speedup), however games that are GS limited can be a slowdown (especially on dual core cpu's).
The option can be found in the speedhacks section as "MTVU (Multi-Threaded microVU1)". And when enabled it should should show the VU thread-time percentage on the title bar window (Like we currently do for EE/GS/UI threads).
It is listed as a speedhack because in order for threading VU1 to have been a speedup, we need to assume that games will not send gif packets containing Signal/Finish/Label commands from path 1 (vu1's xgkick). The good news is very-few games ever do this, so the compatibility of MTVU is very high (a game that does do this will likely hang).
Note: vs2010 builds and Linux builds need to be updated to include "MTVU.h" and "MTVU.cpp".
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4865 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
Pcsx2 now has a gifUnit class which acts like the ps2's gif and executes a single gif transfer at a time (and performs path arbitration according to priority and path3 slicing).
This new code is generally a speedup for most games. Particularly VU heavy games like GoW.
This revision breaks old saved state compatibility so don't update if you wish to keep playing with your old saved states.
Leave comments if this revision fixes or breaks anything...
Message to GS Plugin authors:
This new code now uses only 1 gif callback to transfer data to the gs plugin (GSgifTransfer).
pcsx2 also is garaunteed to send full GS primitives to the plugin. So you don't have to account for partial-transfers anymore.
Thanks goes out to shadowlady who tested around 500 games for me :D
Note 1: The old gif code is still in this revision, and can be enabled by the USE_OLD_GIF macro. The old code will be deleted soon.
Note 2: This revision also enables assertion dialogs in devel builds, and changed a lot of assume cases into assertions.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4821 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
* Added some bounds checking to debug builds for VTLB mappings.
* Fixed a VU mapping bug that caused boot crashing
* Fixed some startup, shutdown, and reset resource management.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/branches/newHostVM@4021 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
* Removed the hacky g_pVU1 pointer, which required VU1 cpu registers to be part of VU0. Replaced it with a standard VU1 variable (mimics all other CPU registers, which are standard static vars). We were using translation functions/tables for all VU0 memory operations anyway, so this was a no-brainer.
* Removed code from microVU that was only there to help deal with the fact that g_pVU1 was annoying.
* Turned eeMem->HW into a static global array eeHw [64k].
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3692 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
I also re-implemented R5900 runtime exception handling for TLB Miss and such (devbuilds only, for now).
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* Better error handling for when sVU fails allocating memory at a specific location (should fail less).
* Partial support for detecting and handling non-SSE2 machines with some grace.
* Improved sVU's allocation chances with a second try at another randomish address (and removed alloc fail spam from the console -- only logs on complete fail now).
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2321 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
* Lots of crashfixes and threading rules compliance (like using wxYield instead of ProcessPendingEvents)
* Killed off some memory corruption
* Better error handling and reporting
* Much speedier suspend/resume during emulation
* Revamped entire savestate system to use a RIFF-style file format (untested, will work on it soon)
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- Cleanup and organizational changes of VU related stuff.
- Separated Super VU, microVU, and Interpreter files.
- Renamed all Super VU related files with an 'sVU' prefix.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@1356 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
Most things should be a bit faster with this new system. The system is more balanced than the previous one, in that it provides a better overall performance across most games, but some specific FMVs (like Disgaea 2's) will be a bit slower. On the other hand, others like DQ8 and Kingdom Hearts 2 FMVs get a big speedup. Almost all in-game stuff should be either the same or faster now.
Set a bunch of ignores for TortoiseSVN users, as suggested in Issue 166.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@1083 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
Since backwards compat of savestates got totally broken a few revisions ago anyway, I decided to take this opportunity to revamp the savestate system with some significant cleanups (yes it loses all backward compat once again). Improvements include:
* Reduced state size by removing some unneeded data (faster saves now too!)
* Added string tags to varios "sections" of the states to assist in troubleshooting and retaining savestate compat in future versions.
* Better error handling and fewer memory leaks.
* Removed some unused/obsolete data from psxRegs, Counters, and psxCounters structures.
* Removed all old savestate versioning code, since none of the old versions are supported anymore anyways.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@815 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
Fixed up the Saveslot detection somewhat (File:Load > menu now greys out unavailable saveslots).
Applied ICC fixup patch from Issue 84. :)
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Added interface.cpp (plugin/pcsx2 interface) and savestate.cpp to SPU2ghz, to help clean up SPU2.cpp.
git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@463 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
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