intended differences from previous behavior. For drivers,
the main change is that input_port_read() no longer exists.
Instead, the port must be fetched from the appropriate device,
and then read() is called.
For member functions, this is actually simpler/cleaner:
value = ioport("tag")->read()
For legacy functions which have a driver_data state, it goes:
value = state->ioport("tag")->read()
For other legacy functions, they need to fetch the root device:
value = machine.root_device().ioport("tag")->read()
The other big change for drivers is that IPT_VBLANK is gone.
Instead, it has been replaced by a device line callback on the
screen device. There's a new macro PORT_VBLANK("tag") which
automatically points things to the right spot.
Here's a set of imperfect search & replace strings to convert
the input_port_read calls and fix up IPT_VBLANK:
input_port_read( *\( *)(machine\(\)) *, *([^)]+ *\))
ioport\1\3->read\(\)
input_port_read( *\( *)(.*machine[()]*) *, *([^)]+ *\))
\2\.root_device\(\)\.ioport\1\3->read\(\)
(state = .*driver_data[^}]+)space->machine\(\)\.root_device\(\)\.
\1state->
(state = .*driver_data[^}]+)device->machine\(\)\.root_device\(\)\.
\1state->
input_port_read_safe( *\( *)(machine\(\)) *, *([^,]+), *([^)]+\))
ioport\1\3->read_safe\(\4\)
IPT_VBLANK( *\))
IPT_CUSTOM\1 PORT_VBLANK("screen")
memory_region management into the memory manager instead
of directly in the machine. Hid the global region method;
now all regions must be looked up relative to a device.
If you're a member function, you can just use memregion("tag")
directly. If you're a global function or a device referencing
global regions, use machine().root_device().memregion("tag")
to look up regions relative to the root.
S&R to convert all references:
machine([()]*)\.region
machine\1\.root_device\(\).subregion
Then remove redundant machine().root_device() within src/mame:
([ \t])machine\(\)\.root_device\(\)\.
\1
And use state->memregion() if we have a state variable present:
(state *= *[^;]+driver_data[^}]+)([^ \t]*)machine[()]*\.root_device\(\)\.
\1state->
Finally some cleanup:
screen.state->
state->
device->state->
state->
space->state->
state->
And a few hand-tweaks.
bank manipulation APIs from memory_manager, and instead added a
memory_manager::bank("tag") function which will return a pointer to
the representative memory_bank. Operations can then be performed as
expected directly on the memory_bank. Most code did not need an update
yet, as I haven't done the search/replace to move away from global
functions (which still exist for now).
Added device_t::subbank("tag") to return a bank that is owned by the
given device.
Switched YM2151 interfaces over to devcb callbacks.
Created proper sound devices for the Williams NARC, CVSD and ADPCM
sound boards. Updated midyunit, midtunit, williams(joust2), and
mcr68(archrivl/pigskin/trisport) to use the new devices.
Added optional/required_shared_ptr_array classes so that you can
populate an array of shared pointers. You provide a base tag name,
and each item in the array is populated with tag.n, where n is the
array index.
Updated a couple of drivers using arrays to either not use arrays
(where they weren't really providing any benefit) or to use the new
array classes.
right width. The primary upshot is that if you declare AM_SHARE("paletteram")
in an 8-bit memory map, then only m_generic_paletteram_8 will be populated,
and m_generic_paletteram_16 will be NULL. But it applies to all
required_/optional_shared_ptrs declared, so make sure they are of the
right type.
The required_/optional_shared_ptr mechanism should be used to replace
AM_BASE_MEMBER and AM_SIZE_MEMBER, which are technically dangerous and
illegal in C++ but work today through some trickery.
driver_device base class. The palette base is now specified via an
AM_SHARE of "paletteram" or "paletteram2". The driver_device base
class now finds these pointers and places them in
m_generic_paletteram_8/_16/_32 and m_generic_paletteram2_8/_16/_32.
Removed machine.generic.paletteram*, and machine.generic entirely.
Removed AM_BASE_GENERIC/AM_SIZE_GENERIC as they don't apply anymore.
Changed required_/optional_shared_ptr to support set_target with
base and size for manually configuring a shared pointer, and a new
allocate method for dynamically allocating (and registering the
memory for save states).
A few subsequent cleanups are coming related to this, but wanted
to get this in before the next modern push.
spriteram. Removed core support for legacy buffered spriteram, and
updated all drivers to use the new devices instead. [Aaron Giles]
Removed required/optional_shared_size helpers. Instead the existing
required/optional_shared_ptr helpers now have a bytes() method that
can be used to query the size of the shared region. [Aaron Giles]
which mixes all its inputs to a single output stream. Redefined the
SPEAKER device to use this and remove the duplicate underlying logic.
The main purpose of this new interface is to allow device-ification of
an entire sound board, which can itself become a mixer of all of its
sound components to a single output stream. This stream can then be
routed by the device's owner to the appropriate speakers. A real-life
example will show up soon.
a device_reset_after_children() hook for things that need to wait for
the children to finish. Moved calling the driver/machine/sound/video
reset callbacks to the after children time, to align more with how it
was happening before.
Fixed siblingdevice("") so that it returns the current device and not
the owner.
and paths consistently for devices, I/O ports, memory
regions, memory banks, and memory shares. [Aaron Giles]
NOTE: there are likely regressions lurking here, mostly
due to devices not being properly found. I have temporarily
added more logging to -verbose to help understand what's
going on. Please let me know ASAP if anything that is being
actively worked on got broken.
As before, the driver device is the root device and all
other devices are owned by it. Previously all devices
were kept in a single master list, and the hierarchy was
purely logical. With this change, each device owns its
own list of subdevices, and the hierarchy is explicitly
manifest. This means when a device is removed, all of its
subdevices are automatically removed as well.
A side effect of this is that walking the device list is
no longer simple. To address this, a new set of iterator
classes is provided, which walks the device tree in a depth
first manner. There is a general device_iterator class for
walking all devices, plus templates for a device_type_iterator
and a device_interface_iterator which are used to build
iterators for identifying only devices of a given type or
with a given interface. Typedefs for commonly-used cases
(e.g., screen_device_iterator, memory_interface_iterator)
are provided. Iterators can also provide counts, and can
perform indexed lookups.
All device name lookups are now done relative to another
device. The maching_config and running_machine classes now
have a root_device() method to get the root of the hierarchy.
The existing machine->device("name") is now equivalent to
machine->root_device().subdevice("name").
A proper and normalized device path structure is now
supported. Device names that start with a colon are
treated as absolute paths from the root device. Device
names can also use a caret (^) to refer to the owning
device. Querying the device's tag() returns the device's
full path from the root. A new method basetag() returns
just the final tag.
The new pathing system is built on top of the
device_t::subtag() method, so anyone using that will
automatically support the new pathing rules. Each device
has its own internal map to cache successful lookups so
that subsequent lookups should be very fast.
Updated every place I could find that referenced devices,
memory regions, I/O ports, memory banks and memory shares
to leverage subtag/subdevice (or siblingtag/siblingdevice
which are built on top).
Removed the device_list class, as it doesn't apply any
more. Moved some of its methods into running_machine
instead.
Simplified the device callback system since the new
pathing can describe all of the special-case devices that
were previously handled manually.
Changed the core output function callbacks to be delegates.
Completely rewrote the validity checking mechanism. The
validity checker is now a proper C++ class, and temporarily
takes over the error and warning outputs. All errors and
warnings are collected during a session, and then output in
a consistent manner, with an explicit driver and source file
listed for each one, as well as additional device and/or
I/O port contexts where appropriate. Validity checkers
should no longer explicitly output this information, just
the error, assuming that the context is provided.
Rewrote the software_list_device as a modern device, getting
rid of the software_list_config abstraction and simplifying
things.
Changed the way FLAC compiles so that it works like other
external libraries, and also compiles successfully for MSVC
builds.
