SDL 2.0 for AROS
amigamiaAdminThat's fantastic work and thank you for all that! I agree with you, it was time to bring Janus-UAE up to date. I believe if we can manage to port SDL 2.0 to AROS, it is going to open a gate to a lot of new applications, games, etc. etc. but one thing that I noticed is the OS is still somewhat very unstable.
I recently managed to get AROS One 1.8 by Amigasystem on AROS-EXEC working (Supported Video, Wifi, and Audio) on a Dell Latitude D520. I struggled with the Wifi card but figured out what was the problem (will post an article in here soon). I am still experiencing occasional lock-ups, unexpected crashes, and annoyances such as a shell icon on the desktop showing multiple times after placing just one via "leave out" option.
It's frustrating and distracting when I am trying to focus on one particular problem/task and other things around go crashing.
In any case, it is still fun in trying to port a piece of software for the first time on a new OS like AROS
I recently managed to get AROS One 1.8 by Amigasystem on AROS-EXEC working (Supported Video, Wifi, and Audio) on a Dell Latitude D520. I struggled with the Wifi card but figured out what was the problem (will post an article in here soon). I am still experiencing occasional lock-ups, unexpected crashes, and annoyances such as a shell icon on the desktop showing multiple times after placing just one via "leave out" option.
It's frustrating and distracting when I am trying to focus on one particular problem/task and other things around go crashing.
In any case, it is still fun in trying to port a piece of software for the first time on a new OS like AROS
MiDWaNNewbie
Posted 1 year ago@amigamia -@MiDWaN - Was there any more progress on this matter?
I would like to see if I can improve Janus-UAE on AROS, and one of the things would be moving it to SDL2 - but that requires the library first, of course
Hello MiDWaN, welcome to AROSWorld!
I haven't made much progress unfortunately. It's on pause right now as I had to redo my virtual machines hosting AROS on them. However, I plan on picking it up again but I am no expert. I am doing it it as a learning experience as well as because no one else seems interested on porting SDL 2 to AROS.
I thought I would give it a shot. I was in contact with one of the AOS4 developers who suggested to use the MorphOS code because it's closer to AROS. I have the code here on this web site but I am going to put it on GitHub soon.
Would you be interested in collaborating?
Hi there!
No problem, I'd love to collaborate on this - I would probably have to look into it myself otherwise.
I just managed to get everything to compile (using SDL1) yesterday, after a lot of trial and error. The sources of Janus-UAE were a little stale for a few years, and things had changed in the meantime.
That means that the "fun" part is only starting, as the first requirement (and the pain in the butt) was making sure I have an environment that I can use to test new builds in (AROS itself, and a fool-proof way of building Janus-UAE). Well, now I have more than one (Ubuntu under Windows 11 with WSL2, Manjaro Linux) and I know more about the pitfalls of the process.
In other words, no rush and no expectations from my side. Happy to help wherever I can!
My work on Janus-UAE is on Github, since I've made some modifications already (with plenty more expected to follow): https://github.co.../janus-uae
amigamiaAdmin@MiDWaN - Was there any more progress on this matter?
I would like to see if I can improve Janus-UAE on AROS, and one of the things would be moving it to SDL2 - but that requires the library first, of course
Hello MiDWaN, welcome to AROSWorld!
I haven't made much progress unfortunately. It's on pause right now as I had to redo my virtual machines hosting AROS on them. However, I plan on picking it up again but I am no expert. I am doing it it as a learning experience as well as because no one else seems interested on porting SDL 2 to AROS.
I thought I would give it a shot. I was in contact with one of the AOS4 developers who suggested to use the MorphOS code because it's closer to AROS. I have the code here on this web site but I am going to put it on GitHub soon.
Would you be interested in collaborating?
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MiDWaNNewbie
Posted 1 year agoWas there any more progress on this matter?
I would like to see if I can improve Janus-UAE on AROS, and one of the things would be moving it to SDL2 - but that requires the library first, of course
I would like to see if I can improve Janus-UAE on AROS, and one of the things would be moving it to SDL2 - but that requires the library first, of course
magoriumSoftware Dev
Posted 2 years agomagoriumSoftware Dev
Posted 2 years agoWell, the routines as mentioned in your screenshot are definitely part of SDL.c.
Have you tried the nm tool (might have full platform arch included in the name) to see what symbol-names are exported in your SDL.a archive ?
Your test-program tries to locate the symbols in the SDL library that you've created but seem unable to find/locate them.
There can be a bit of gcc voodoo involved (e.g. parameters/options that I don't know about) to get those symbols visible as intended.
Have you followed the amigaos4 makefile when you created/build your SDL lib ? (as that probably is your best bet with regards to 'being similar to AROS'
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Have you tried the nm tool (might have full platform arch included in the name) to see what symbol-names are exported in your SDL.a archive ?
Your test-program tries to locate the symbols in the SDL library that you've created but seem unable to find/locate them.
There can be a bit of gcc voodoo involved (e.g. parameters/options that I don't know about) to get those symbols visible as intended.
Have you followed the amigaos4 makefile when you created/build your SDL lib ? (as that probably is your best bet with regards to 'being similar to AROS'
.Edited by magorium on 21-07-2022 11:41, 2 years ago
magoriumSoftware Dev
Posted 2 years agoThat would be very nice if you managed to get that going amigamia
After having taken a quick look it indeed shouldn't be too difficult after seeing the os4 parts and bits. but i simply haven't had the time to try it myself.
Thank you sofar !
After having taken a quick look it indeed shouldn't be too difficult after seeing the os4 parts and bits. but i simply haven't had the time to try it myself.
Thank you sofar !
cavemannSoftware Dev
Posted 2 years agocavemannSoftware Dev
Posted 2 years agoamigamiaAdminamigamiaAdmincavemannSoftware Dev
Posted 3 years agoVery nice... expect more ports
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