Change Log

All notable changes to the "amiga-debug" extension will be documented in this file. See PR links for more information.

1.7.8

FIX: disassembly: fix error message when hovering over the cycle counts of an illegal instruction
NEW: Makefile: support dependency tracking for GNU-assembler sources (.s)

1.7.7

FIX: Resource bitmap colors red & blue swapped #226
FIX: auto-reload .size.amigaprofile, .shrinklerstats if changed on disk #247
CHG: changed shrinkler output name from a.exe.config.shrinkler to a.shrinkler_config.exe so you can use EXE2ADF on the resulting shrinkled file
CHG: Makefile: don't strip symbol names (-s) in elf2hunk so Shrinkler can display nicer shrinklerstats
FIX: fixed/optimized memclr
NEW: ELF disassembly: move cursor with Shift to show accumulated cycle counts
FIX: flashing document when Show Source has been disabled in Profiler Assembly view

1.7.6

NEW: modified template project to include -ffunction-sections, -fdata-sections, --gc-sections flags and changed assembly files to use unique sections so linker can better strip unused code/data
NEW: updated type_traits include
FIX: fix MacOS issue

1.7.5

FIX: fixed missing obj and out directories in template project
FIX: __attribute__((always_inline)) in gcc8_c_support.h for -Ofast

1.7.4

FIX: 1.7.3 was broken for Linux/MacOS

1.7.3

NEW: update gcc to 13.2.0

1.7.2

NEW: update gcc to 13.1.0, binutils, GNU gdb (GDB) 14.0.50.20230511-git
CHG: replaced MicroKnight debug font with Topaz #227

1.7.1

FIX: 1.7.0 would not start debugging if launch.json was missing emuargs #211

1.7.0

CHG: update to latest WinUAE (41010)
FIX: Only write m68k settings for Amiga projects PR#208
NEW: Emulator config improvements PR#209
NEW: profiler: get AGA colors from WinUAE
NEW: launch.json: new configuration attribute "stack" to override the default stack size (in bytes)

1.6.9

FIX: debugger: fixed crash on launch when using encrypted Kickstart #199
FIX: screen: don't overwrite OCS colors with AGA colors from different banks
NEW: screen: support AGA colors, show BPLCON3 (TODO: get AGA colors from .profile file)
FIX: Builds using MacOS 11 for better compatibility; Includes updated binaries for GCC, binutils and FS-UAE PR#197

1.6.8

NEW: update gcc to 12.2.0, binutils, GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20221127-git
FIX: WinUAE/FS-UAE: don't enable "Full stack frame tracking" (caused WinUAE to crash due to stack overflow in certain situations) PR#183
NEW: assembly: View memory for symbols in assembly PR#174
NEW: assembly: Support other Motorola assembly language providers PR#175
FIX: assembly: Cycle count was missing on last line of source PR#176
NEW: assembly: Cycle decoration improvements PR#184
FIX: assembly: Async parsing PR#180
CHG: disassembly: New CPU cycle count implementation with improved accuracy PR#179
NEW: disassembly: Tooltip improvements PR#190
NEW: debugger: Disassembled memory view PR#185
NEW: debugger: Add symbol offset labels to registers PR#189

1.6.7

NEW: profiler: Toggle right panel PR#167
NEW: debugger: New panel for custom registers PR#166
FIX: profiler: Fix mac rendering bug PR#169
FIX: profiler: Mac keyboard shortcuts PR#170
NEW: vasm: memory type suffix in section names PR#171
FIX: assembly: Check cycle counts are for current file PR#173
NEW: profiler: Track source from profile disassembly view PR#168

1.6.6

FIX: Make cpptools a recommendation, not dependency
FIX: profiler: Fix section regex to handle multiple digits
FIX: profiler: Parse frames-interp output by whitespace
FIX: Path env var needs to be uppercase on Mac/Linux
FIX: Update libSDL2, libSDL2_ttf dylib version
FIX: disassembly: Source links broken for non-windows

1.6.5

FIX: Vasm fixes PR#148
CHG: Better stack unwinding for assembly code PR#145
FIX: GDB Mac exe without libintl dylib dependency PR#155

1.6.4

FIX: libintl issue in ARM-based Macs #145
FIX: 'Profile File Size' broken since last version

1.6.3

FIX: Linux, MacOS executables lost file permissions

1.6.2

NEW: Linux, MacOS is now supported thanks to Peter Mackay and Graham Bates. Please do report any problems here: https://github.com/BartmanAbyss/vscode-amiga-debug/issues

1.6.1

FIX: screen: freeze frame memory was wrong
FIX: resource: possibly very slow performance when using Copper Palette

1.6.0

NEW: icons for .uss, .amigaprofile, .shrinklerstats, .objdump
FIX: fix memory content for multi-frame captures (was wrong after frame 1)
FIX: screen: center reference screenshot (probably still wrong)
CHG: screen: zoom panel size, clipping
NEW: screen: show bitplane pointers
CHG: screen: improve performance by 40%
NEW: screen: mouse click&drag to set time
NEW: screen: Freeze frame to visualize drawing (+ Memory overlay)
CHG: profiler: improve loading performance by >1000%
CHG: profiler: multi-frame captures are now loaded in the background for faster startup time
CHG: savestate: show progress bar during profiling
NEW: Amiga: Clean Temp Files to delete .amigaprofile files from your temp path.
FIX: the terminal didn't re-open once closed
FIX: disassembly: fix divul, divsl, FPU, fmoveml (see 68k-dis.ts)
FIX: #128 Can't use the image converter link
FIX: #129 Screen and Resources tabs have no scroll bars so I can't see the bottom of a tall image
FIX: improved behavior of jumping from assembly to source (still sometimes the source window disappears)
NEW: update to latest WinUAE

1.5.5

NEW: VASM assembler with debugging support (PR#123 by merry^Architect)
- GAS keeps the .s extension; VASM uses the .asm extension.
- VASM has been modified to provide valid DWARF section names to make the extension debugger to work (although you can debug using the official version prefixing code section names with .text).
- The assembly language provider has been updated to validate assembly sources against either GAS or VASM depending on the source code file extension.
- Syntax highlighting, symbol search and error squiggles support.
NEW: DMA Control shows BltPri
NEW: assembly: hover over custom register name to get documentation
NEW: assembly: hover over status register bits to get more info
FIX: assembly: Find Ctrl+F now case-insensitive
FIX: screen: fix sprites over HAM
FIX: copper: improve performance
NEW: copper: Find Ctrl+F

1.5.4

NEW: profiler: improve blitter tooltip for line mode, show simplified formulas of minterms
NEW: profiler: show blitter mode (Blit, Line, Fill, Clear) in blitter timeline
NEW: new commands in the command palette Ctrl+Shift+P: (PR#124 by merry^Architect)
- Open Gradient Master: opens the Deadliner's The Amiga Gradient Master tool to assist you creating color gradients for Copperlists).
- Open Image Tool opens the Deadliner's Image Tool to assist you converting images to different Amiga formats.
- Open Color Reducer opens the Deadliner's Color Reducer tool to assist you reducing the number of colors in images in a smart manner.
- Open BLTCON Cheat Sheet: opens the Deadliner's BLTCON Cheat Sheet tool that helps you designing Blitter operations.
- Open Amiga Hardware Reference Manual: opens the Amiga Hardware Reference Manual TOC hosted at amigadev.elowar.com.
NEW: you can set your Kickstart paths in settings Ctrl+, under Extensions > Amiga C/C++ Compile, Debug & Profile > Rom-paths: A500, A1200, A4000 (PR#117 by merry^Architect)
NEW: template project's output now in out/a.elf, out/a.exe. Can be changed in settings amiga.program (PR#119 by merry^Architect)
NEW: new command Convert EXE to ADF (right-click Amiga EXE files in the explorer) (PR#122 by merry^Architect)
NEW: assembly registers now also show SR (status register)

1.5.3

FIX: fix missing cycle timings in assembly view (was broken since 1.4.7)
NEW: memory: switch between byte .B, word .W and longword .L display
NEW: smooth scrolling for custom register/CPU opcode tooltip windows
FIX: assembly: handle 0-cycle trace instructions
FIX: kickstart symbols now include mathieeesingbas.library
NEW: disassembler: support FPU (68881/68882/68040/68060)
NEW: profiler: blitter-tooltip: show BLT*DAT if DMA for channel is disabled but is used in minterm
CHG: BPL1MOD, BPL2MOD as decimals

1.5.2

FIX: copper: don't crash when hovering over NO-OP instruction
NEW: display BPL1MOD, BPL2MOD as signed values
NEW: screen: support FMODE (AGA) for bitplanes
NEW: profiler now shows 32 and 64 bit wide DMA transfers
NEW: resources: support FMODE (AGA)

1.5.1

FIX: profiler: Custom registers at start of frame
FIX: screen: display window when not set during frame
FIX: DMA: ignore fake copper DMA after COPJMP

1.5.0

FIX: fixed WinUAE-crash in savestate profiler for non-68000 CPUs, and non-bogomem memory configs
FIX: savestate controls improved, debug output
FIX: screen/resource zoom window now clips to document

1.4.9

NEW: fixed template project's TakeSystem/FreeSystem to be compatible with AROS
NEW: Use AROS if no Kickstart ROM is configured
CHG: update AROS ROM in WinUAE

1.4.8

FIX: fix 2 seconds delay when starting WinUAE
NEW: new debug functions debug_load, debug_save in gcc8_c_support.h

1.4.7

NEW: show CPU registers in assembly view (fixes [#78)

1.4.6

NEW: memory viewer: track CPU data
NEW: screen: show time, enable/disable display window, more pixel sources, DMACON, BPLCON

1.4.5

FIX: scrolling in copperlist no longer shifts whole profiler up
FIX: dragging time in profiler flame-graph no longer stops working once reaching the outside of the profiler
NEW: memory heatmap
CHG: update WinUAE

1.4.4

custom registers view: tooltip help for registers
Denise emulator ("Screen (Beta)" tab), enable/disable specific bitplanes, sprites, with DMA overlay; click in screen to set time
blitter tooltips show blit duration, minterm
Profiler saves screenshots even for single-frame profiles (PNG, better quality)
Fix screenshot delay (screenshots were always one frame too old)
updated to latest WinUAE. fixes sprite DMA not showing SPRxDATA, SPRxDATB
removed avail in startup-sequence (commited by mistake)

1.4.3

savestate profiler: enable "cycle exact" before launching .uss file

1.4.2

fixes missing shrinkler terminal output
Shrinkler: fixed progress output (only went to 10% instead of 100%)

1.4.1

fixed DMA display for blitter (Channel D was missing, Channel B and C incorrectly had Line & Fill attribution) (fixes #104)
added more DMA events (CPU Blitter Steal, CPU Blitter Stolen, Copper Skip)
fix Makefile for users with git sh in their path (fixes #103)

1.4.0

symbols for Kickstart 1.2, 1.3, 2.04, 2.05, 3.0, 3.1 (no FPU support) working for debugging (e.g. you can set a breakpoint to 'WaitBlit' or 'AllocMem') and profiling

1.3.9

fix debugger not working when kickstart symbols not found (broken since 1.3.8)

1.3.8

symbols for Kickstart 1.3 [exec 34.2] (GDB only, dos.library missing)

1.3.7

fixed crash in assembly view #97

1.3.6

use VSCode built-in memory viewer for Amiga: View Memory

1.3.5

use VSCode built-in memory viewer (click the binary icon beside a variable in the debug view)
fix crash in WinUAE when requesting a memory dump

1.3.4

updated to GCC 12.1.0, binutils, GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220509-git
fixed missing error message during launching a debug session when .elf file was not found

1.3.3

fix some 68k cycle timings
support breakpoints in .s files
Assembly: show theoretical 68000 cycles as decoration
Assembly: fix F12 on local labels
Assembly: Autocomplete for opcodes, labels
Disassembly: Hover over CPU instructions to view documentation
Diassembly: fix loop cycle display in some cases

1.3.2

updated to WinUAE 4.9.0 beta 42
fixed debug overlay redraw issue (broken since 1.2.0)

1.3.1

(internal) use webpack for both extension and webview
fix "Disassemble ELF file" (broken since 1.3.0)

1.3.0

savestate gfx-debugging/profiling (.uss files created by any WinUAE)
resource viewer supports hires
resource viewer shows copper screens of every profiled frame

1.2.4

fixed AbleICR, SetICR, AddICRVector, RemICRVector in resources/cia.h [tehKaiN] #80
Configurable ram size [tehKaiN] #79

1.2.3

fix incorrect blitter size (broken since 1.2.1) #85
fix palette/copper colors (broken since a while) #71
Updated to WinUAE 4.9.0 beta 38 (2021.10.23) #84

1.2.2

fix multi-frame profile screenshot thumbnails (broken since 1.2.1 for 32-bit machine models)
fix multi-frame profile error message "Unable to start profiling: RangeError: start offset of Uint16Array should be a multiple of 2" (broken since 1.2.1)

1.2.1

Updated to WinUAE 4.9.0 beta 37 (2021.10.14)

1.2.0

Updated to GCC 11.2.0 and GDB 12.0.50.20211014-git

1.1.0

Disassembly now demangles C++ names
Bitmap visualizer now supports HAM5, HAM6 and EHB modes (see debug_resource_bitmap_ham)
Blitter visualizer now uses number of bitplanes from registered bitmap resources (channel D)
WinUAE now handles debugging commands when emulation is paused
Better handling of closing WinUAE during debugging
Fixed WinUAE to reset debug resources on restart
Profile File Size working again, now demangles C++ names
bump IntelliSense to gnu11, g++20
moved elf2hunk to a seperate repository, limit symbol length, C++ name demangling
elf2hunk now suports -s to strip symbols (long symbol names can cause AmigaDOS to not load the exe file)
fix crash in Shrinkler for empty symbol hunks
better C++ support (added -fno-rtti -fcoroutines to CCFLAGS). Added <type_traits>, header files. support for global destructors (now using -fno-use-cxa-atexit)
support for more Amiga models in .vscode/launch.json (these are all WinUAE quickstart configs):
- A1200-FAST: A1200 with 4MB fast memory
- A1200-030: A1200 with Blizzard 1230-IV and 32MB board memory. Requires the absolute path to the Blizzard ROM in cpuboard.
- A3000: A3000 (no profiler support)
new option endcli in .vscode/launch.json (default: false) If enabled, uses run and EndCLI in startup-sequence so you cann call CloseWorkBench() from your program.
new option uaelog in .vscode/launch.json (default: true): If disabled, don't show WinUAE log output in debug console
NDK: updated to latest version from bebbo's package
GCC: prevent sccp pass from generating __mulsi3 calls
Fixed WinUAE not booting correctly after overwriting the default configuration
debugger: now breaks at 'TRAP #7' opcode (generated by GCC when undefined behavior is encountered)
debugger: now breaks at Address Error (68000 unaligned memory access)
debugger: now breaks at Illegal Instruction (illegal opcode)
debugger: support restart
debugger: faster stop when debugging hasn't started yet
Debug Console now shows all output from WinUAE as well (exceptions, etc.)
GDB output can now be found in the Output pane under Amiga
support IntelliSense for assembly sources (currently working: Go to Symbol, Go to Definition, semantic highlighting)
support relocation for an arbitrary number of sections/hunks (fixes #11)
support data breakpoints/watchpoints (during debugging, right-click on a variable and select Break when value changes)
support for a custom version of Shrinkler executable cruncher by Blueberry that generates .shrinklerstats files that can be opened with VS Code for size profiling. Right-click an EXE file in the explorer, and select Amiga: Shrinkle File, then select a Shrinkler configurations. See .vscode/amiga.json in the template project for examples of how to specify shrinkler configurations.
added blitter timeline to profiler
better scolling/zooming in profiler
fixed CPU profiling (callstacks got merged)
GCC: fixed unwind information generated in epilogues
disassemble ELF file: Right-click on ELF file in the explorer, and select Amiga: Disassemble ELF File. Navigate with cursor keys. Automatically opens C sources and relates C source code to assembly. cursor right to follow jump, cursor left to backtrack. Navigate in C sources to automatically show corresponding assembly instructions. Disassembly is automatically updated when you rebuild your project.
profiler: new Assembly tab shows assembly execution trace with timings and jumps
profiler now has symbol table and can resolve addresses
profiler now synchronized to DMA
profiler now supports multiple frames with screenshots
profiler: optimized loading of big profile files
fixed blitter crash after setting a breakpoint in interrupt or profiling
graphics debugger in profiler (copper, blitter, bitmaps, custom registers). Use debug_register_*/debug_unregister functions from gcc8_c_support.h to tell the graphics debugger about your bitmaps, palettes and copperlists for a better experience. Move the time slider in the flame-graph to replay the captured frame and see your graphics change in real-time. Use 'Overlay' to visualize blitter rects or overdraw.
WinUAE debug overlay: debug_text now supports newlines
several DMA request were not displayed in the timeline (bitplanes > 1, sprites > 1, refresh > 1)
template project: added ThePlayer61 module replayer. To convert your own modules, use p61con
increased buffer size for addr2line.exe (profiling could fail on "big" executables)
gcc8_c_support.c: improved warpmode
IntelliSense: previous versions would write "compilerPath" to every .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json, even if it wasn't an Amiga project. Now, the whole process has been simplified. Please use the following .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json file:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Amiga",
            "configurationProvider": "BartmanAbyss.amiga-debug"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

and move the existing "defines", "includePath" settings to .vscode/amiga.json like this:

{
	"includePath": [ 
		"${workspaceFolder}/**",
		"${workspaceFolder}/../shared/"
	],
	"defines": [ "DEBUG" ]
}

"defines" : [ "__GNUC__=8", "_NO_INLINE" ] is no longer needed.

Important: You must have a .vscode/amiga.json file in your workspace, even if it's empty. IntelliSense will not work if this file is not present.

1.0.0

added function-level + DMA profiling: during a debugging session, press the Profile button on the right of the debug toolbar, and 1 frame will be profiled.
added ELF file size profiling: right-click an ELF file in the explorer, and select Amiga: Profile File Size
added WinUAE debug overlays. See template project for debug_* function calls for an example
updated to latest 64-bit WinUAE
added command Amiga: Open Terminal
fixed disassembly
improved INCBIN macro to correctly report binary size to the size profiler.
added INCBIN_CHIP macro to put binaries directly into chip mem.
better demo project, shows copper, bitplanes
support for different Amiga models (A500, A1200, A4000) in .vscode/launch.json
now available in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace

0.9.0

updated to GCC 10.1, binutils 2.34 and GDB 9.1
elf2hunk now built with Microsoft Visual C++ 2019

0.8.1

fix prototypes in string.h

0.8.0

support C++ (template project updated, just rename main.c to main.cpp)

0.7.2

INCBIN macro was broken. Fixed now and added example code to "new project" template.

0.7.1

"Init Amiga Project" now checks if project folder is empty

0.7.0

added command amiga.initProject
better README
added template project

0.6.0

instead of passing arguments to WinUAE, they are now written to the default config (default.uae). You can now change settings in WinUAE and save over default.uae and changes will persist.
removed WinUAE notification icon

0.5.0

revert back to old way of ending gdb/WinUAE

0.4.0

don't activate Visual Studio Code on break-on-entry
show Explorer after debugging is finished
hide GDB output
support faster debug output via uaelib trap #87

0.3.0

added keyboard mapping ^ = single step, Page-up = warp mode

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