Re: [B2-devel] Basilisk II user mode network support

[Tomek J. <to...@je...>]

Gwenole Beauchesne napisa=C5=82(a):

> Hi,
>
> I have committed the slirp code from QEMU to CVS. This makes it=20
> possible to have full user mode network emulation, i.e. no need for a=
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> specific kernel module or messing with some configuration. Simply mak=
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> sure you have "ether slirp" in your prefs items. It turns out to be=20
> the fastest network solution on my system, though it has some=20
> limitations.
>
> Tested on: Linux (x86_64, x86, ppc), NetBSD (x86), FreeBSD (x86),=20
> MacOS X.
>
> Note that on big endian systems, it seems Basilisk II can hang during=
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> network transfers. I don't really know why. In Linux/ppc, I can notic=
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> "packet received, triggering Ethernet interrupt" without a matching=20
> "EtherIRQ" call. Surprising.
>
>
Does it also apply to Sheepshaver? I think it doesn't, but since they=20
both share a lot of code, at least it makes sense to ask.
By the way, I found muself the first "real" usage of Sheepshaver.=20
Spiderweb Software (www.spidweb.com) is developing some great games, bu=
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usually they are firstly releasing them for Mac. So I employed=20
Sheepshaver for Windows to run Geneforge 3. Works great, with sound and=
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only with occasional hangs (it looks as if the mouse and the keyboard=20
stopped responding, whereas everything else, that is animations and=20
sound, still worked).

Tomek