| 1 | Release 3 (TBC) |
| 2 | --------------- |
| 3 | 0) Fixed the windows respawning in the next emulator launch without --alpine or --debugger options |
| 4 | 1) Added an Exception Vector Table browser window |
| 5 | 2) Modified the About window to update the credits list in a more appropriate way |
| 6 | -- Updated the emulator application credits line |
| 7 | 3) Added 'Rx' word to the emulator name to make distinction with the original version |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Release 2 (3rd September 2017) |
| 10 | ------------------------------ |
| 11 | 0) Added some error detections when reading the ELF executable file |
| 12 | 1) Added all hardware labels (based on the document scans from the Version 2.4 - June 7, 1995) |
| 13 | 2) "Step Over" code function for BSR/JSR functions |
| 14 | 3) Added the .debug_ranges detection to avoid a detection error |
| 15 | 4) DWARF support |
| 16 | -- TAG: Compilation Unit, Subprogram, Variables, Types |
| 17 | -- Line numbers, symbols, functions |
| 18 | 5) Added an All Watch browser window for non-local variables |
| 19 | 6) Added a heap allocator browser window based on my own memory allocation functions |
| 20 | 7) Added additional 4 memory browser windows with address input based on hexa, decimal or symbol name |
| 21 | 8) Windows refreshing executed only if windows is visible |
| 22 | 9) Added a restart function |
| 23 | -- Restart only the 68000 program counter to his original set |
| 24 | 10) Modified the icons color backgound for the "Step In" and "Step Over" functions |
| 25 | 11) Updated the About window to update the credits list |
| 26 | 12) 64 bits Release executable |
| 27 | 13) Fixed (hacking) the display of the SP (Stack) memory browser |
| 28 | 14) Set the emulator in Halt mode when launched in alpine debug mode without a loaded rom |
| 29 | -- Otherwise the 68000 program counter will have a 0 value and will execute the code at this address |
| 30 | 15) Added some information in the --help/-h/-? option |
| 31 | 16) --debugger option no longer force the log file |
| 32 | 17) Added a --dram-max option to extend the DRAM size to 8MB |
| 33 | 18) Added the "enter" key support when setting the BPM (Breapoint) |
| 34 | 19) Save the windows positions, size and visibilities (show or hide) status |
| 35 | -- Such windows will automatically respawn in the next emulator launch |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Release 1 (12th February 2017) |
| 38 | ------------------------------ |
| 39 | 0) BPM (Breapoint) now stop at the designated address and no longer stop after executing the code |
| 40 | 1) Clean-up the tracing / no-tracing flags for better U.I understanding |
| 41 | 2) Added SP (Stack) memory browser |
| 42 | 3) User can change now the number of lines of disassembly displayed in the tracing window |
| 43 | 4) User can turn on/off the op-codes associated in the disassembly lines displayed in the M68K tracing window |
| 44 | 5) Added an emulator status window (GPU status, M68K debugger & tracking status) |
| 45 | 6) Added a GPU disassembly tracing window - Display the current PC pointer |
| 46 | 7) Added a DSP disassembly tracing window - Display the current PC pointer |
| 47 | 8) Added possibility to change refresh rate of browser windows when emulation is launched |
| 48 | 9) Display partial hardware labels (Internal Memory & Graphics sub-system address space) in the disassembly lines displayed in the M68K tracing window |
| 49 | -- Display first the hardware labels (based from the Jag V8 dev. PDF) and then the ones possibly found in the ELF debug symbol |
| 50 | 10) Minor U.I cosmetic changes |
| 51 | 11) User can turn on/off the hardware labels associated in the disassembly lines displayed in the M68K tracing window |
| 52 | -- It doesn't apply to the hardware labels possibly found in the ELF debug symbol |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Release 0 (5th January 2017) |
| 55 | ---------------------------- |
| 56 | 0) New option --debugger |
| 57 | 1) ELF format support |
| 58 | 2) ELF debug symbol support |
| 59 | 3) "Step Into" code function |
| 60 | 4) Menus layout dedicated to the debugger |
| 61 | 5) Added a dedicated main window for tracing (M68K) |
| 62 | 6) Added a Debugger tab in the config tab |
| 63 | 7) Visual Studio 2015 project support |
| 64 | 8) libelf-0.8.13 library support |
| 65 | 9) 64 bits debug executable only |
| 66 | |
| 67 | |
| 68 | Known issues |
| 69 | ============ |
| 70 | 1) Video output is not displayed due to OpenGL / QT5 integration problems with VS 2015 |
| 71 | 2) The BPM (Breapoint) remains stuck on his address when user wants to continue the code execution |
| 72 | -- Need to trace over the BPM or unset the BPM |
| 73 | 3) To handle DWARF 2 issues with GCC, the code must be compiled with the -gdwarf-2 option |
| 74 | 4) The Watch variables list may display not available (N/A) type information |
| 75 | -- Such missing information may be included in future release |
| 76 | 5) The 2MB mirroring is no longer applied in case of --dram-max option usage |
| 77 | 6) Stack must reflect the --dram-max option usage otherwise the stack may be corrupted |
| 78 | -- The application needs to set the SP (Stack) in accordance |
| 79 | 7) The Exception Vector Table broswer window displays only 65 vectors |
| 80 | -- Missing vectors may be added in future release |
| 81 | |
| 82 | Cosmetic / UX issues |
| 83 | ==================== |
| 84 | 1) The SP (Stack) icon color backgound doesn't look similar with the other ones |
| 85 | 2) The emulator status option has no icon |
| 86 | 3) The SP (Stack) window size always open at a forced size no matter if the size has been changed |
| 87 | |
| 88 | Legacy issues/hints |
| 89 | =================== |
| 90 | 1) Emulator seems to have easter egg(s) |
| 91 | -- The option --yarrr displays a single message and end the application |
| 92 | 2) The --alpine option force the log file but it can be override if --no-log option is set after the --alpine option |
| 93 | |
| 94 | Project information |
| 95 | =================== |
| 96 | 1) Code based on the Shamus Hammons source code available via Gethub by the 13th June 2016 |
| 97 | 2) Visual Studio 2015 project support for 64 bits |
| 98 | 3) libelf 0.8.13 library 64bits for VS 2015 |
| 99 | 4) libdwarf 1.41 library 64bits for VS 2015, cygwin64 & Msys2/MinGW64 |
| 100 | 5) QT 5.5.1 library 64bits for VS 2015 |
| 101 | 6) Zlib 1.2.8 library 64bits for VS 2015 |
| 102 | 7) SDL 1.2.15 library 64bits for VS 2015 |
| 103 | 8) The original make files have been modified to follow the requirements and modifications |
| 104 | 9) The 'Rx' word has been added to the emulator name to make distinction with the original version |
| 105 | 10) The project source is set at https://github.com/djipi/Virtual-Jaguar-Rx |
| 106 | |
| 107 | |
| 108 | Download statistics |
| 109 | ------------------- |
| 110 | jaguar64eu : 15 downloads for the Release 0 on the 12th Feb, 2017 |
| 111 | jaguar64eu : 18 downloads for the Release 1 on the 21st May, 2017 |
| 112 | No downloads available for the Release 2 |