Maybe someone can shed a light.
What does nonvolatile.library do?
I know nv "ram" back from the cd32 days to save game states, but what good it is for in AmigaOS4?
Same question goes for petunia.library.
While i know it was written to make OS3 stuff backwards compatible and provide an easier transition to AmigaOS4/PPC, but do i still need it?
I don' think i have/use any 68k programs anymore and even if i would and it would crash on me, i'd know why.
So, can i remove both of them from kicklayout to save some ram/speed or would i exchange it for compatibility problems?
Thank you
nonvolatile and petunia
nonvolatile and petunia
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Re: nonvolatile and petunia
petunia is the core of the JIT-68k-Emulator.Same question goes for petunia.library.
While i know it was written to make OS3 stuff backwards compatible and provide an easier transition to AmigaOS4/PPC, but do i still need it?
There is still the normal 68k-Emulator in the Kernel so you could theoretically remove it.
You know that ARexx for example is still 68k-Code?I don' think i have/use any 68k programs anymore
Re: nonvolatile and petunia
@ZeroG
Source code of AREXX is lost or something, right, can't be recompiled for PPC?
Ah, that rings a bell, thank you very muchYou know that ARexx for example is still 68k-Code?
Source code of AREXX is lost or something, right, can't be recompiled for PPC?
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Entire ecosystems are collapsing.
We are in the beginning of a mass extinction.
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Re: nonvolatile and petunia
Yes.Source code of AREXX is lost or something, right, can't be recompiled for PPC?
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Re: nonvolatile and petunia
As for nonvolatile, it gives you access to the UBoot/CFE variables, so e.g. the xxxide_dev drivers need it, as well as the NVGetVar command.
I wouldn't bother disabling either of those, even if you didn't get any direct problems (or could live with them), I doubt you'd be able to see any improvements.
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I wouldn't bother disabling either of those, even if you didn't get any direct problems (or could live with them), I doubt you'd be able to see any improvements.
Best regards,
Niels
Re: nonvolatile and petunia
Got it, thank you all
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Re: nonvolatile and petunia
nonvolatile.library also theoretically lets you save/load CD32 game states from a drawer in SYS: (I think it's libs:nvram or something like that), however I'm not convinced this functionality is in the OS4 version as when I tried it many years ago it didn't appear to work.
Re: nonvolatile and petunia
"ARexx is written in 68000 Assembly, and cannot therefore function at full speed with new PPC CPUs"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARexx#History
Enjoy the power of ARexx http://aminet.net/package/gfx/conv/GPS2URL
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Re: nonvolatile and petunia
@polluks
Actually, this is no longer true, although technically the rewritten C version is still in beta. I've no doubt it will be released one day.
Actually, this is no longer true, although technically the rewritten C version is still in beta. I've no doubt it will be released one day.
cheers
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Re: nonvolatile and petunia
@tonyw
Oh cool.
So, theoretically speaking, once the rewritten arexx is available, *could* I get rid of petunia?
Or is there some other 68k stuff that won't be replaced any time soon/ever?
Oh cool.
So, theoretically speaking, once the rewritten arexx is available, *could* I get rid of petunia?
Or is there some other 68k stuff that won't be replaced any time soon/ever?
People are dying.
Entire ecosystems are collapsing.
We are in the beginning of a mass extinction.
And all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.
How dare you!
– Greta Thunberg
Entire ecosystems are collapsing.
We are in the beginning of a mass extinction.
And all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.
How dare you!
– Greta Thunberg