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goldeneye-pc-port/port
James Dansereau fe3d543647 linux-runtime: BUNKER1 boots + renders on Linux
First runtime bring-up on Linux (Ubuntu, gcc-14). -level_09 now renders
past frame 1200 crash-free with a clean shutdown, matching Windows.

- port/src/romdata.c: no-PIE loads the image at 0x400000, so the D34
  'clear low 32 bits of a symbol address' gives 0 -> false 'image base not
  4GiB-aligned' abort. The ANIM_DATA_* lvalues are only ever address-taken
  (never dereferenced), so fall back to a fixed 4GiB-aligned sentinel
  (0x100000000) for g_pc_animdata_base.
- port/src/main.c: the 'image must load at 0x140000000' assertion is
  PE-specific (.refptr base relocations); ELF no-PIE resolves dram_syms.s
  absolute symbols literally regardless of load address. Guard it to
  PLATFORM_WINDOWS.
- port/src/libultra.c: mmap game-thread stacks with MAP_32BIT so they sit
  in the low 2GiB. The decomp truncates stack-buffer pointers to u32 (e.g.
   in texLoad); glibc pthread stacks live above 4GiB and
  those truncations corrupt. One fix covers the whole idiom class. Windows
  pthread stacks are already low.
- src/game/image.c: belt-and-braces #ifdef PORT -- align compbuffer at
  uintptr_t width (identical result on N64).
- CMakeLists.txt: drop the -Ttext-segment experiment (needs -mcmodel=large;
  breaks R_X86_64_32 relocs) -- comment only.

Windows: build 240/241, -level_09 crash-free past frame 1440.
2026-09-02 22:50:56 -04:00
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GoldenEye 007 — PC port layer

This directory contains the PC port layer: the code that lets the (unmodified) GoldenEye game sources run on a modern host instead of N64 hardware.

It mirrors the layout of the Perfect Dark PC port, which ports the same Rare engine family. See docs/internals.md (repo root) for the full research write-up and phased plan.

Layout

port/
├── fast3d/            # Software RSP: interprets GBI display lists -> OpenGL
│   ├── gfx_pc.cpp     #   RSP interpreter (matrices, lights, tris, fog)
│   ├── gfx_opengl.cpp #   OpenGL rendering backend (shaders, textures, zbuf)
│   ├── gfx_sdl2.cpp   #   SDL2 window-manager backend
│   ├── gfx_cc.cpp     #   color-combiner -> GLSL shader compiler
│   └── ...
├── include/           # port-facing headers
│   ├── audio.h  config.h  fs.h  input.h  mixer.h
│   ├── platform.h  romdata.h  system.h  video.h  utils.h
│   └── versioninfo.h.in
└── src/
    ├── main.c         # PC entry point (replaces boot.s / init())
    ├── libultra.c     # shims for the libultra OS API
    ├── video.c        # SDL2 window + GL context + frame pacing
    ├── audio.c        # SDL audio device, buffer queueing
    ├── mixer.c        # audio mixing
    ├── input.c        # SDL2 keyboard/mouse/gamepad -> N64 controller structs
    ├── fs.c           # filesystem abstraction over the ROM + data dir
    ├── romdata.c      # loads the .z64 ROM from disk, sets up segments
    ├── config.c       # INI config (ge007.ini)
    ├── system.c       # platform primitives (time, logging, paths)
    ├── crash.c        # crash handler / stack traces
    ├── gesched.c      # replacement RCP scheduler that drives the software RSP
    └── utils.c

How it works (short version)

  • The R4300 game code (src/game, src) is compiled unmodified.
  • The RSP is emulated in software (fast3d/): it interprets the Gfx display list the game builds and emits OpenGL calls, bypassing the RDP.
  • The RCP scheduler (gesched.c) replaces src/sched.c's hardware task submission: instead of writing RSP registers it calls gfx_run().
  • libultra OS functions are shimmed in libultra.c (single-threaded, host clock, VI/PI/SI/AI mapped onto the video/audio/fs/input layers).
  • Saves (Memory Pak / EEPROM) are backed by files in the data dir.

GE-specific RSP work

The PD fast3d already handles G_TRI4 (GE's 4-triangle command). The new work for GE is:

  • G_SETTEX — GE's custom texture-bank command (include/gbi_extension.h, gsSPUseTexture). Must be added to the RSP interpreter + GL backend.
  • Verify GE's custom color-combiner modes (G_CC_*FADE*) and render mode (G_RM_CUSTOM_AA_ZB_XLU_SURF) produce correct GLSL / GL state.

Use rsp/graphics/gmain.s (the real GE RSP ucode) as the ground truth for the exact command encodings.

Status

Scaffolding only. The files in src/ and fast3d/ are stubs that define the interfaces and mark the work to be done. The actual implementation is brought in phase by phase (see docs/internals.md §8), largely by adapting the PD port's port/ layer.