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[Files] ppclibemu V0.7d (4.03.00)ANN.lu
Posted on 06-Mar-2000 20:34 GMT by Christian Kemp5 comments
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Sauro writes: ppc.library emulation under WarpOS The Aminet readme has a more detailed description: ppclibemu is an emulation of the ppc.library and the PowerUp kernel under WarpOS. There is also an included ELF-LoadSeg patch which allows to start PowerUp application as under the original environment. The programs which work, will show no visible loss of performance, some are even faster than with the original kernel.
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ppclibemu V0.7d (4.03.00) : Comment 3 of 5ANN.lu
Posted by ?????? on 06-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
Thanks. With P5 out of the picture, is it likely that DCE will bundle some form
of software like this with their PPC accellerators? It still sounds pretty hard
to get it all working. What about these AmiJoe G3 boards that are supposed to be
coming out soon? Does the H&P kernal require a 68k onboard DCE accellerators?
ppclibemu V0.7d (4.03.00) : Comment 2 of 5ANN.lu
Posted by Mike Clarke on 06-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (??????):
There are currently two ways to get access to the PowerPC chip on your accelerator.
One is to use Phase5's original "Kernel" (basically software bridge to the hardware) which is called PowerUP. This is based around the "ppc.library".
The other is to use Haage&Partner's Kernel which is called WarpUP, based around the "powerpc.library".
Lots of people dislike PowerUP for various complicated reasons and choose to use WarpUP instead. Haage&Partner's own C compiler makes it very easy to program the PowerPC chip using the WarpUP Kernel.
When you write software for the PowerPC you must choose which Kernel to use. The user of the software must then also use this same Kernel.
There was a long dispute between the two companies over whose software was better, causing compatibility problems for the end user.
So. This new library is a way to run PowerUP software by using the WarpUP Kernel. This gets rid of compatibility issues because only WarpUP is ever used, no matter how the software was written.
The ELF-LoadSeg thing: Programs written for PowerUP come in "ELF" format. The AmigaOS doesn't understand these files, and you usually have to use a separate program to execute them. eg. "RunELF (program name)". The LoadSEG patch patched the OS to recognize ELF executables and gets rid of the need for the separate program.
MikeC
ppclibemu V0.7d (4.03.00) : Comment 1 of 5ANN.lu
Posted by ?????? on 06-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
Would anyone care to translate this post into language
that even a technologically challenged Amigan like my-
self could understand? I gather "faster" is always a
good thing (and "ppc" stands for the Power PC proccessor)
but the rest is much less clear.
ppclibemu V0.7d (4.03.00) : Comment 4 of 5ANN.lu
Posted by Sauro on 07-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
How many of you are using ppcemu.library?? Is it stable?? For now I'm still using Phase5 ppc.library...so it's uncomfortable to use WarpOS...but I think I'll begin use ppcemu.lib when it will be at 1.0 version....
Tell me about..
ppclibemu V0.7d (4.03.00) : Comment 5 of 5ANN.lu
Posted by Casey R Williams on 07-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Sauro):
T3D 3.0 recommends Warp/ppclibemu to run best, even though supposely it's still
a PowerUp program. Either way, it took a few installs to get everything working,
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