Short:        Ppc.library emulation under WarpOS
Author:       frank@phoenix.owl.de (Frank Wille)
Uploader:     frank phoenix owl de
Type:         util/libs
Version:      0.9
Requires:     WarpOS V4 (powerpc.library V15)
Architecture: ppc-warpup

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.

But don't expect too much from this emulation. There are still programs
which won't work, though compatibility rate has improved again. :)


Changes since last Aminet release (V0.8d):

o Three environment variables from ENV:ppclibemu will be recognized:
  IgnoreNOCACHEM68K, Debug, NoFreePatch and NoELFPatch (set != 0 to
  activate).
o Library init swaps to an own 16K stack, to prevent problems with
  limited ramlib stack size.
o Fixed bugs in __floatdidf, __floatdisf, __floatunsdidf and
  PPCDivs64/PPCDivs64p/__divdi3.
o PPCGetTaskAttr() supports more tags: PPCTASKTAG_NAME, PRIORITY,
  STACKSIZE, INPUTHANDLE, OUTPUTHANDLE, ERRORHANDLE, ELFOBJECT.
o New utility "ppclibemu_install" to load library into memory,
  replaces LoadSeg.
o PPCCreateTask() behaves like exec.library's CreateTask() now.
o PPCMsgPort is more similar to a real MsgPort.
o PPC task termination routine will no longer free all memory.


o 68k library functions:
  none

o PowerUp kernel functions:
  - PPCDoMethodA()
  - PPCCoerceMethodA()
  - PPCDoSuperMethodA()
  - PPCGetTaskAttr()
.