[Coco] Need some tips debugging 6309 for OVCC

[Walter Zambotti]

Yes I tried the 6809 version of EOU and it worked fine on OVCC.

To keep you up to date I managed to sort the issue out.

A correction to the tfm instructions fixed the issue.

Then 6309 version of Nitros9 EOU is now working.

So thanks to all for the support.

Walter

-----Original Message-----
From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of L. Curtis Boyle
Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2019 10:25 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] Need some tips debugging 6309 for OVCC

Merge is very simple, so I suspect the problem is between VTIO/GRFDRV (which is doing TFM commands during this process). If you cut the startup file to not do the merge, try something like MERGE /dd/sys/stdptrs and see if that crashes. These are handled by the GPLoad code which hops between user and system tasks with a 72 byte buffer in MMU block 0, using a TFM to do so (I presume that you have already tried the 6809 version of EOU to make sure it is something else in OVCC causing the issue?)

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> On Dec 3, 2019, at 6:01 PM, Walter Zambotti <zambotti at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> Curtis
> 
> It manages to boot completely and setup 3 other windows.  It even creates the vterm window successfully.  The only thing causing the crash is the merge command that is loading the fonts.
> 
> I would assume this would cause the graphics driver to kick into gear.  So if I avoid any graphics I seem to be ok.
> 
> I've even run basic09 (6309) and tried some simple division and multiplication math. Seems ok!
> 
> I have now looked at MAME 6309 code and it is basically an abstraction layer to a general purpose device emulator within MAME. There is no chance of extracting the 6309 cpu component and running it independently of MAME.
> 
> So I will not be able to compare the MAME 6309 cpu to the VCC or OVCC 6309 cpu.
> 
> I now have to identify the culprit instructions!
> 
> Walter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of L. 
> Curtis Boyle
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2019 10:07 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Need some tips debugging 6309 for OVCC
> 
> Is it certain apps, or certain parts of the boot that are causing the issue?
> 
> L. Curtis Boyle
> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 2, 2019, at 8:04 PM, Walter Zambotti <zambotti at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Trying to get NitrOS9 EOU working in 6309 mode on OVCC and running 
>> into some debugging woes.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It boots and starts up to the point where it performs the font merge 
>> in the startup script.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I have that commented out at the moment and I can use EOU 6309 in 
>> terminal mode without issue.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I have set break points for all 6309 instructions but this hasn't 
>> help as the ones that are invoked are done so many times and appear 
>> to be executing correctly.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Not sure how to proceed any further.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I could download the MESA source for the 6309 and run it against my 
>> code via a CPU verifier I wrote.  Would be time consuming!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Any other ideas guys/girls?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Walter
>> 
>> 
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