forked from Ports/goldeneye-pc-port
James Dansereau
13ca03a6db
- Replace setjmp/longjmp green threads with real pthreads (8MB stacks); PortQueue side table (mutex+condvar) for OSMesgQueue; dedicated tick thread posts VI retrace + services timers (D24). - Dual-mapped N64 DRAM: one 8MB store at V1 0x70000000 (s32-safe, all game RAM symbols) and V2 0x80000000 (KSEG0 mirror for offset|0x80000000 rebuilds). Windows: CreateFileMappingW + MapViewOfFileEx; POSIX: memfd + MAP_FIXED. dram_syms.s pins cfb_16/_bssSegmentEnd/tlb block (D25). - Address-width shims: PHYS_TO_K0 identity, OS_K0_TO_PHYSICAL = offset from V1 base, OS_PHYSICAL_TO_K0 identity; fast3d seg_addr() remaps small offsets into V2 (D26). - ASLR off (-Wl,--disable-dynamicbase): absolute symbols referenced through pointer-typed externs (.refptr + BASE reloc) must not rebase; startup sanity check on image base 0x140000000 (D27). - osPiStartDma posts its completion message on every path (fixes romReceiveMesg deadlock) (D29). - SEH-free crash handler: raw fault log first, validated manual EBP-chain walk second (-fno-omit-frame-pointer), TerminateProcess; crashDumpThreads via Toolhelp32 for heartbeat hang dumps (D30). - PD fast3d integrated (port/fast3d/), replaces gfxstub.c; real src/sched.c compiled; mainproc runs as a real pthread, host thread pumps SDL events. - Docs: findings D24-D31 + Phase 2 status (section F/G). Current state: boots through bossInitMainthreadData to langInit(), then SIGSEGVs on the first file load — stack frame clobbered by a table of truncated s32 pointers (D31, open). Next: attribute the write with 'set scheduler-locking on' + hardware watchpoint.
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/PCPortResearch.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) replacessrc/sched.c's hardware task submission: instead of writing RSP registers it callsgfx_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/PCPortResearch.md §8), largely by
adapting the PD port's port/ layer.