Update the breakpoint feature
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1Release 5 (TBA)
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30) Added a date creation stamp in the application command line information
4- This date already appears in the Release 4 executable but was not referenced in his history note
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51) Added a specific breakpoint for the M68K illegal instruction exception
6-- Alert box will display a message and then the code will stop
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72) Added a specific breakpoint for the M68K address error exception
8-- Alert box will display a message and then the code will stop
2d99e2b7 93) Added a HW registers browser window and set a tab for the Blitter
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104) Added detection for the unsigned/signed short type
11-- Will allow the return of a short type variable's value
0029c507 125) Added a specific breakpoint for the M68K Unimplemented instruction, and Exception not referenced exceptions
2a13a691 136) Fix potential emulator freeze after an exception has occured
258b1c16 147) Fix a random crash when reading the source lines information
c3b14e59 158) Added ELF & DWARF .debug* types
7575ebee 169) Added ELF section types check and new error messages
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1710) Modified the call stack layout window and added source filename from the called source line
1811) Added a source tab in the main window for step into tracing
1912) Added the step over for source level tracing
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2013) Set text conversion to Qt/HTML format for the M68K tracing window
2114) Added a source code file date check when reading DWARF information
009df4d7 22-- Will avoid source code mismatching with the ELF executable
36452de8 2315) Remove Visual Studio 2015 support
5b652120 2416) Work around fix for a compilation error on Linux
b45a1df3 25-- EEPROM directory creation allowed only for Windows at the moment
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2617) Show the SR value as a readable form in the CPU browser
2718) Potential fix to compile on Linux
8646ea44 28-- Added the relative directory path for the Qt include files
40692bae 2919) Merge the Linux build fixes from @richard42
c4fe5864 30-- Jaguar core's makefile and Qt pro file updates, fix filenames case sensitive & fixes for Linux
40692bae 3120) Updated the M68K exception catch
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32-- Added a M68K exception catch check in the Alpine tab settings
33-- Added a specific breakpoint for the M68K bus error exception
40692bae 3421) Project has switched to libdwarf 20210305 library 64bits for VS 2017
cbd79f66 3522) Breakpoint list window is now refreshed after a new breakpoint is set
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37Release 4a (15th August 2019)
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39Git commit: f04df4f185ed4f3cfc805d0f61b3c019a108ae2c
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410) Fix specific breakpoint for ROM cartridge or unknown memory location writing
42
43Release 4 (10th August 2019)
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45Git commit: 9b25d85d1ea4a9476b83476bcec65e05464f68da
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470) The zoom value setting has been fixed in the registry
481) Debugger mode now shares the same alpine rom path setting
492) Local variables window displays register name now
503) Switch to Zlib 1.2.11 static library 64bits for VS 2017
514) Switch to SDL 1.2.15 static library 64bits for VS 2017
525) Local variables window displays values from function's parameters
536) Fixed the typedef's name display in Local and Watch variables window
547) Breakpoint may now occur in case of a ROM cartridge writing
55-- ROM cartridge writing detection follow the alpine "allow writes to cartridge rom"'s flag check
56-- Alert box will display a message with possibility to pass or not the breakpoint only if this is related to a 8 or 16 bits ROM access
578) Local variables window detects now if a variable is used or not by the code
589) The address provided in the debugger memory windows is now verified to prevent crash
59-- Wrong address will be displayed in red
6010) UI changes
61-- Added new icons for the exit and status features
62-- Modified icons for the SP (Stack) browser
63-- Unified icons sizes depend on their usage (drop down menu and main menu)
64-- Underline the active M68K line in the disassembly window
65-- Allow the up/down navigation on the SP (Stack) browser
66-- Restart function cleans-up the SP (Stack) browser and the heap allocator system
67-- Fixed the up navigation on the memory window
6811) Added some log information for the emulator initialisations
6912) Breakpoint will happen in case of writing at unknown memory location
70-- Alert box will display a message and then the code will stop
7113) Added the DRAM size in the emulator status window
7214) Debugger sources code clean-up
7315) Added a call stack feature
7416) Follow platform requirement to prevent source file reading issue
7517) UI modifications
76-- Modified icon for the memory window to make a distinction with the memory browser
77-- The all watch, and Exception Vector Table windows, can be closed using keyboard
78-- Renamed the debugger dedicated icons to make a distinction
79-- Added the call stack window
8018) Fixed a crash in the all watch window after loading a new binary without ELF/DWARF information
81-- Previously used ELF/DWARF information was still accessible
8219) Fixed slash/backslash issue, in the Alpine tab, to follow platform requirement
8320) Heap allocation window uses the DRAM size limit option and detect if heap allocation shares space with SP (Stack)
8421) Added a Jaguar model and BIOS configuration tab
8522) Jaguar model and BIOS configuration integration
8623) Added LEB128 decoding functions
87-- It is used for the DWARF decoding information
8824) Debugger support improvement
89-- DWARF support for the enum type (partial), structure and subroutine type
90-- Debugger can report variable's unsigned char value
9125) UI modifications
92-- Added a status bar, better status report & information display for the heap allocation window
93-- Added a status bar, better status report & information display for the local variables window
94-- Added better information display for the exception vectors table window, and added some missing vectors
95-- Added a status bar, better status report & information display for the call stack window
96-- Added a status bar, better status report & information display for the all watches window
9726) Added screenshot feature
98-- Not accessible in debugger mode
99-- Added screenshot editable path in the general tab, and a key binding
10027) Minor misspellings fixes
10128) DWARF source code directory path clean-up
10229) Added a source code files list viewer
103-- List comes from the DWARF information
10430) Check potential variables missing/incomplete description found in the DWARF information
105-- No crash involved but can help to reduce such as variables duplicate or the blank ones
10631) Added a sorting filter in the all watches window
10732) Improve source code file reading to avoid additional text/bytes reading
10833) Help & content texts updates
10934) Fixed a crash legacy issue when emulator launches in Alpine mode without a valid rom
11035) Added the support for the used lines source's DWARF structure
111-- Mostly used to handle missing subprogram's lines information, and missing CU's low/high PC
11236) Added the Rx version's contact in the help text
11337) Added search paths in case of missing DWARF directories information
114-- Used to look for the file(s)
11538) Setup CU's low/high PC in case of the DWARF structures doesn't have it
116-- Used mostly to allow display the source assembled with vasm
11739) Added function name support from ELF structure
11840) Added the return address information in the call stack
8d705db0 11941) Added multiple breakpoints feature, and their key bindings, for functions only
24470541 12042) Added timer initialisation for the SDL setup
f99a6ebc 12143) Added a cartridge view menu
24470541 122-- Added a window to display my own directory and his files list
6642f781 12344) Debugger sources code clean-up
acd3342f 12445) Fix a crash when emulator, in non-debugger mode, opens the breakpoint UIs at launch
f951022b 12546) Fix crash with potential missing DWARF structure tag's type name
c57d3e56 12647) Added ELF sections check so a potential unknown section will stop, or not stop, the decoding
aae93d86 12748) Project has switched to Qt 5.12.0 library 64bits for VS 2017
3323d78b 12849) Added a Save Dump As... feature to save a memory zone to a file
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12950) The -d command line option, dedicated to the debugger, has been renamed to avoid duplication with the dsp one
130-- -d has been renamed by -D because another -d was also used for the dsp command line option
8d705db0 13151) Removed the sorting filter in the all watches window
96bd5390 13252) Fix the support of the DRAM size limit option in the heap allocation window
f99a6ebc 13353) Set cartridge view menu for debugger mode only
8b11a1b0 13454) Prevent crash in case of call stack is out of range
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136Release 3 (13th November 2017)
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138Git commit: b1b673a3b0d19e3c2c45b6590b773b11e45bced7
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1400) Fixed the windows respawning in the next emulator launch within --alpine or --debugger options
1411) Added an Exception Vector Table window
1422) Modified the About window to update the credits list in a more appropriate way
143-- Updated the emulator application credits line
1443) Added 'Rx' word to the emulator name
1454) Fixed a crash when reading the DWARF information in the case of the DWARF2 format has not been used
1465) Added ui, alpine and debugger groups in the settings
1476) Added the possibility to erase settings
1487) Added the --es-all, --es-ui, --es-alpine and --es-debugger options to erase specific settings
1498) Added a key bindings tab and adapted the configuration dialog tabs
150-- User can modify the key bindings where appropriate
151-- Key bindings UI is displayed based on the option used (--debugger, -- alpine)
1529) Fixed a crash, in Release mode, when the HW labels setting is turn on
15310) Solved an interference between the HW labels setting and the one used by the debugger
154-- The setting is now only the reference used
15511) Fixed the SP (Stack) browser UI potential missing data
15612) Create a directory for EEPROMs (based on the EEPROMs setting) if it doesn't already exist
15713) Keep the scrollbar position in accordance of the M68K PC pointer
158-- UI displays the source without the need to move down/up the scrollbar
15914) Fixed a crash when DWARF information report a source line number exceeding the number of lines present in a source file
160-- This may come from the linker vlink
16115) Improved the .heap section detection to avoid a detection error
162-- Depend vlink version, .heap section may have an Alloc flag
16316) Fixed a crash when DWARF information does references to missing source code files
16417) Added a local variables window
aae93d86 16518) Project has switched to Visual Studio 2017 and Qt 5.9.1 library
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167Release 2 (3rd September 2017)
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1690) Added some error detections when reading the ELF executable file
1701) Added all hardware labels (based on the document scans from the Version 2.4 - June 7, 1995)
1712) "Step Over" code function for BSR/JSR functions
1723) Added the .debug_ranges detection to avoid a detection error
1734) DWARF support
174-- TAG: Compilation Unit, Subprogram, Variables, Types
175-- Line numbers, symbols, functions
1765) Added an All Watch window for non-local variables
1776) Added a heap allocator window based on my own memory allocation functions
1787) Added additional 4 memory windows with address input based on hexa, decimal or symbol name
1798) Windows refreshing executed only if windows is visible
1809) Added a restart function
181-- Restart only the 68000 program counter to his original set
18210) Modified the icons color backgound for the "Step In" and "Step Over" functions
18311) Updated the About window to update the credits list
18412) 64 bits Release executable
18513) Fixed (hacking) the display of the SP (Stack) browser
18614) Set the emulator in Halt mode when launched in alpine debug mode without a loaded rom
187-- Otherwise the 68000 program counter will have a 0 value and will execute the code at this address
18815) Added some information in the --help/-h/-? option
18916) --debugger option no longer force the log file
19017) Added a --dram-max option to extend the DRAM size to 8MB
19118) Added the "enter" key support when setting the BPM (Breapoint)
19219) Save the windows positions, size and visibilities (show or hide) status
193-- Such windows will automatically respawn in the next emulator launch
194
195Release 1 (12th February 2017)
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1970) BPM (Breapoint) now stop at the designated address and no longer stop after executing the code
1981) Clean-up the tracing / no-tracing flags for better U.I understanding
1992) Added SP (Stack) browser
2003) User can change now the number of lines of disassembly displayed in the tracing window
2014) User can turn on/off the op-codes associated in the disassembly lines displayed in the M68K tracing window
2025) Added an emulator status window (GPU status, M68K debugger and tracking status)
2036) Added a GPU disassembly tracing window - Display the current PC pointer
2047) Added a DSP disassembly tracing window - Display the current PC pointer
2058) Added possibility to change refresh rate of browsers when emulation is launched
2069) Display partial hardware labels (Internal Memory and Graphics sub-system address space) in the disassembly lines displayed in the M68K tracing window
207-- Display first the hardware labels (based from the Jag V8 dev. PDF) and then the ones possibly found in the ELF debug symbol
20810) Minor U.I cosmetic changes
20911) User can turn on/off the hardware labels associated in the disassembly lines displayed in the M68K tracing window
210-- It doesn't apply to the hardware labels possibly found in the ELF debug symbol
211
212Release 0 (5th January 2017)
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2140) New option --debugger
2151) ELF format support
2162) ELF debug symbol support
2173) "Step Into" code function
2184) Menus layout dedicated to the debugger
2195) Added a dedicated main window for tracing (M68K)
2206) Added a Debugger tab in the config tab
2217) Visual Studio 2015 project support
2228) libelf-0.8.13 library support
2239) 64 bits debug executable only
224
225
226Known issues
227============
aae93d86 2281) Video output is not displayed due to my OpenGL / Qt5 5.5.1 integration with VS 2015 but solved when using the Qt 5.9.1 package for VS 2017
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2292) The BPM (Breapoint) remains stuck on his address when user wants to continue the code execution
230-- Need to trace over the BPM or unset the BPM
231-- The issue can be prevented if the code doesn't set IRQ, otherwise the IRQ will need to be traced to get back control
2323) DWARF 2 support
233-- With GCC: the code must be compiled with the -gdwarf-2 option
2344) The Local and Watch variables window may display not available type information or empty information
235-- Such missing information may be included in future release
236-- The 'const' type may not be reported correctly in the DWARF information
2375) The 2MB mirroring is no longer applied in case of --dram-max option usage
2386) Stack must reflect the --dram-max option usage otherwise the stack may be corrupted
239-- The application needs to set the SP (Stack) in accordance
2407) The Exception Vector Table window displays only 65 vectors
241-- Missing vectors may be added in future release
2428) User needs to manualy check if the Atari Jaguar executable match his source code files
243-- Otherwise, source code and assembly may not match or leads to instabilities
2449) The emulator needs to be restarted in case of the following actions occur
245-- Key bindings changes
246-- BIOS selection changes and without new executable load
24710) In the case of a ROM cartridge writing, and with occuring breakpoint, the PC pointer will point at the next instruction and not at the instruction causing the breakpoint
24811) Emulator will crash in case of wrong address value provided in the memory browser
24912) The RAM access log is limited to the 2MB
25013) In various occasions, global variables may be duplicated or without name in the DWARF information
251-- It may come from the Vlink linker and/or GCC 7.1.0 or 8.2.0 compilation with -gdwarf-2 option
25214) Source code disply only assembled code from vasm with option -dwarf
25315) After a new breakpoint set, the breakpoint list window is not refreshed
254-- User must perform an operation, such code tracing, to see the breakpoints list update
25516) Some ASCII characters may be not displayed correctly
aae93d86 256-- Probably depend how the text is displayed, this is related to the Qt/HTML encoding done when reading DWARF file
24470541 25717) Potential legacy crash when leaving emulator in pause mode for a long period of time
aae93d86 258-- Need much investigation
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260Cosmetic / UX issues
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2621) The SP (Stack) icon color backgound doesn't look similar with the other ones
2632) The SP (Stack) browser size always open at a forced size no matter if the size has been changed
2643) Not every features have associated key bindings
265
266Legacy issues/hints
267===================
2681) Emulator seems to have easter egg(s)
269-- The option --yarrr displays a single message and end the application
270-- Pressing F8, while in the main window, will create an extra message in the log file
2712) The --alpine option force the log file but it can be override if --no-log option is set after the --alpine option
272
273Project information
274===================
2751) Code based on the Shamus Hammons source code available via Gethub by the 12th September 2017 (2.1.3 Final)
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2762) Visual Studio 2017 project support for 64 bits
2773) libelf 0.8.13 library 64bits for VS 2017
40692bae 2784) libdwarf 20210305 library 64bits for VS 2017
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2795) Qt 5.12.0 library 64bits for VS 2017
2806) Zlib 1.2.11 library 64bits for VS 2017
2817) SDL 1.2.15 library 64bits for VS 2017
2828) The original make files have been modified to follow the requirements and modifications
2839) The 'Rx' word has been added to the emulator name to make distinction with the official version
28410) The project is set at https://github.com/djipi/Virtual-Jaguar-Rx
28511) GPLv3 file document has been renamed as LICENSE, to fit better the GitHub requirements
1081a838 286-- Text / License terms are the same
adf158c7 28714) The x86 configuration has been removed in the VS 2017 project
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290Download statistics
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292jaguar64eu : 15 downloads for the Release 0 on the 12th Feb, 2017
293jaguar64eu : 18 downloads for the Release 1 on the 21st May, 2017
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