Let It Rip

I had spent lot of time on understanding and reshaping the x86 JIT compiling, and fit the PPC code emitter into it. No, no and no. The source code is so deeply convoluted, riddled with residue from debugging, useless functions and scary/cryptic workarounds that I had to give it up.

So, I finally decided: I will rip the x86 part out of the recent E-UAE sources. The PPC code emitter will come as a brand new part, won't depend on the x86 counterpart.

PS. I would like to thank Douglas McLaughlin for the Synergy client for OS4. Great work, it helps much.

The Big X on the Map

Just a very quick update: things are slowly evolving, so DON'T PANIC.

Some more words about what has happened recently: I had some trouble with my Amiga, turned out as a PSU problem. Luckily it is already fixed with a "new" case for the poor girl.

I am fighting with the rather chaotic E-UAE sources, so I made a few steps to make it easier to edit the whole project: I managed to put together a cross-compiling environment from Windows. *booo-booo*

Compiling is much faster on the muscle x86 processor (*booo-booo*) and there are some advanced tools to do some heavy lifting when it comes to source code editing. I must also admit that since I use source version control at work, I barely can go on without it.

With the help of Cygwin, Eclipse CDT, TortoiseSVN, VisualSVN Server, FileZilla Server and a simple script on the Amiga side I was able to assemble a semi-automatic build and test deployment environment.

Thanks to Zerohero for the detailed cross-compiling setup description.

Growing flowers

Today is the 10th Anniversary of the first public demo of Project Petunia. The very first demonstration happened on Fyanica #6 party 14th July 2001. You can find some pictures and the videos about the demonstration here. (Page is Hungarian, so be prepared… ;)

 *Sigh* Ten years of my life. Like it was yesterday.