Readme: | Short: MapROM tool for phase5/DCE turbos. V1.24. Author: sintonen@iki.fi (Harry "Piru" Sintonen) Uploader: sintonen iki fi (Harry "Piru" Sintonen) Type: util/boot Version: 1.24 Replaces: util/boot/BlizKick.lha Requires: OS 1.2+, phase5/DCE turbo with MAPROM feature or CPU Card Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 1.2.0
BlizKick is used to rekick any Kickstart ROM image with Blizzard turbo boards having MAPROM feature (jumper). Also A4000 CPU & Cyberstorm Cards should work. BlizKick has been tested with BLIZZARD 1230-I, 1230-II, 1230-III, 1230-IV, 1240-T/ERC, 1260, 2040-ERC, 2060, Cyberstorm MK I, Cyberstorm MK II, Cyberstorm MK III, CyberStorm PPC, Blizzard PPC and A3640 boards. Kickstart 1.2, 1.3, 2.04, 2.05, 3.0 and 3.1 are currently tested ROM images.
BlizKick main features include:
- Speed up system operation noticeably! - Allow you to upgrade the Kickstart ROM. Allow you to use AmigaOS 3.5 and 3.9 with machine that has pre-3.1 ROM on chip. HOWEVER, PLEASE, DO NOT PIRATE THE KICKSTART ROM! - Reduce the number of reboots needed on system cold boot. PrepareEmul, RsrvCold, SoftSCSI, BPPCFix and AmigaOS 3.5/3.9 SetPatch extra reboot can be removed! - Allow you to downgrade the Kickstart ROM to play old games! - Can patch the Kickstart ROM with external modules, comes with dozens of plug'n'play modules, speeding up and improving system operation, fixing Kickstart ROM bugs and so on! - Full source code is included, in case you feel like hacking. :-)
*NEW* in V1.24:
- This is the BlizKick 1.24 final release. - Fixed a bug in Cyberstorm memlist scanner. - Added WinUAE support. - Updated BlizKick.guide.
- Modified files since 1.24rc5: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/BlizKick.guide
V1.24rc5:
- Fixed embarrasing bug from mmuapi (loadresident and protectextresbuf), it didn't work on 68040 systems with p5/dce 68040.library (report by Marcin Kurek). - Updated BlizKick EXTRES buffer API (bkapi.lha). - Fixed a silly bug in PatchMath020 module, it only patched the first matching routine (report again by Marcin Kurek). - Fixed applypatch reporting bogus errormsg when kickfile doesn't exist. - Updated BlizKick.guide.
- Modified files since 1.24rc4: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/applypatch BlizKick/applypatch.e BlizKick/bkapi.lha BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/BlizKick.guide BlizKick/loadresident BlizKick/protectextresbuf BlizKick/Modules/PatchMath020 BlizKick/Modules/PatchMath020.ASM
V1.24rc4:
- Added new tool for MMU writeprotecting EXTRESBUF: protectextresbuf. It work with both p5/dce 680x0.library and mmu.library. (kindly betatested by KennyR, Cap`n^HIT, jPV and Hercules). WARNING! Read the documentation about protectextresbuf before use! - Updated BlizKick EXTRES buffer API (bkapi.lha). - Updated loadresident to use the new EXTRES buffer API. - Fixed SpeedyIDE module to work with OS3.9BB2 scsi.device (several reports, special thanks to Joru for betatesting). - Updated BlizKick.guide.
- Modified files since 1.24rc3: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/bkapi.lha BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/BlizKick.guide BlizKick/install_script BlizKick/loadresident BlizKick/protectextresbuf BlizKick/Modules/SpeedyIDE BlizKick/Modules/SpeedyIDE.ASM
V1.24rc3:
- Fixed V45 exec.library of AmigaOS 3.9 BoingBag2. It use quite crude hack to enable it, you'd better have true 32bit memory that doesn't go away at reset for this to work. Works on my BlizzPPC, Wizor's & SMF^'s Blizzard 1260, Cyber2th's CSMkII and Zerohero's Blizzard 2060 at least. YMMV. Note that this hack automagically fix some buggy programs that peek $f80000 for version information. Thanks to my impatient betatesters: Wizor, Jagge, Cyber2th, Zerohero, SMF^ and Lizard. Special thanks to Lizard for bugging me about this. Also thanks to everyone who mailed me about the problem. - Improved romfixes module: No longer fail whole module if some sub-patch fail. Now it should be possible to use romfixes as the last module.
- Modified files since 1.24rc2: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/Modules/romfixes BlizKick/Modules/romfixes.ASM
V1.24rc2:
- Updated romupdatesplit to handle OS 3.9 BoingBag2. It kind of worked before too, but named some modules unknown.
- Modified files since 1.24rc1: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/romupdatesplit BlizKick/romupdatesplit.e
V1.24rc1:
- Now set destination function code (dfc) for pflusha on 68040 and 68060. It could fix some systems where dfc is not 1 or 2 by default and that have some magic supervisor mmu mapping. - Unless something critical show up, this could become the final BlizKick 1.24 release.
- Modified files since 1.24beta8: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/BlizKick.guide
V1.24beta8:
- Fixed silly bug from mmu.library support, now BlizKick try to use mmu.library if SetPatch is run *and* mmu.library is loaded in memory. - Fixed a silly bug: If initializing MAPROM failed, BlizKick crashed horribly (could only happen with Blizzard 2040-ETC and 2060 cards MAPROM disabled). - Added KEEPEXEC option to reboot without killing exec.library. Read the documentation before using! - Fixed PowerUP card (CyberStorm PPC (and MK III), and Blizzard PPC) reboot code to kill exec.library, like with other cards. This fix some weirdo crashes from some reset proof applications that don't like ROM version changing on them. - Fixed the infamous "RED screen crash at cold start" problem with some PowerUP cards by adding NOPUPREBOOT option. - Improved romfixes module: Added graphics/InitArea() patch. - Added new module: MuMove4K prepares system memory for MuFastZero's FastExec option. Substitutes MuMove4K by Thomas Richter.
- Modified files since 1.24beta7: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/BlizKick.guide BlizKick/Modules/MuMove4K BlizKick/Modules/MuMove4K.ASM BlizKick/Modules/romfixes BlizKick/Modules/romfixes.ASM
V1.24beta7 (internal beta release):
- Fixed BlizKick main program to work with 20011012 PowerUP flashrom. (several reports) - Modified files since 1.24beta6: BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM
V1.24beta6:
- Fixed a deadly bug from FixGetMsg module. (Marcin Kurek) - Added EXTRESBUF support for CPU Cards. (^Berserk^) - Now MODULE's default directory default to "DEVS:Modules/" directory if BKMODPATH env variable cannot be found. (Lizard) Added IGNPATH= IGNOREBKMODPATH/S option to ignore the directory change completely. - Changed applypatch program to default BKMODPATH like BlizKick main program. - Fixed RebootFix module to work with exec44. (several reports) - Reworked some internal BlizKick routines, hopefully B20x0's work better now. Lets hope I didn't break anything. :) (vege) - Fixed romfixes module: It no longer fail if put after OS3.5/3.9 console.device module (several reports). - Updated "romupdatesplit" and "AmigaOS 3.5/3.9 single boot system" guide chapters. (Téfal) - Modified files since 1.24beta5: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/applypatch BlizKick/applypatch.e BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/BlizKick.guide BlizKick/Modules/FixGetMsg BlizKick/Modules/FixGetMsg.ASM BlizKick/Modules/RebootFix BlizKick/Modules/RebootFix.ASM BlizKick/Modules/romfixes BlizKick/Modules/romfixes.ASM
V1.24beta5:
- Stripped this massive readme to only include changes since latest Aminet release. Now has a real 'main features' chapter. - BlizKick work just fine with AmigaOS 3.9, modified the guide accordingly. - Improved hackdisk module: Made it possible to patch the trackdisk.device that is inside extresbuf. - Improved NoClick module: Changed the patching method to work with all V37+ ROM versions. Made it possible to patch the trackdisk.device that is inside extresbuf. - Improved FixMath404 module: Made it possible to patch the mathieeesingbas.library that is inside extresbuf. Made the module recognize the A3000 mathieeesingbas.library that has only FPU routines, and thus doesn't have the bug. (Max) - Improved romfixes module: Added patch for 68000/68010 utility.library UMult64() bug. - Modified files since 1.24beta4: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/BlizKick.guide BlizKick/Modules/FixMath404 BlizKick/Modules/FixMath404.ASM BlizKick/Modules/hackdisk BlizKick/Modules/hackdisk.ASM BlizKick/Modules/NoClick BlizKick/Modules/NoClick.ASM BlizKick/Modules/romfixes BlizKick/Modules/romfixes.ASM
V1.24beta4:
- Improved romfixes module: Added patch for exec ReleaseSemaphore() bug. - Modified files since 1.24beta3: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/BlizKick.guide BlizKick/Modules/romfixes BlizKick/Modules/romfixes.ASM
V1.24beta3:
- Fixed very long-standing and stupid bug in BlizKick that affected CLI it was run from (BlizKick used to do Forbid() before terminating, very bad idea for a CLI program). Probably solves lots of problems that I haven't been able to identify before (for example, this bug caused CLI's TC_EXCEPTCODE to work very unreliably). - I broke CPU Card support in 1.22beta8 when I added 256K ROM support: I wrote 'move.l' when I should have written 'cmp.l'. Again this makes me think asm coding is something really stupid. Now A3640 and friends should work again, I hope. - Modified files since 1.24beta2: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/BlizKick.guide
V1.24beta2:
- Improved romfixes module: Added patches for exec FreePooled(), graphics WriteChunkyPixels(), WritePixelArray8() and WritePixelLine8() bugs. - Included new KingCON-handler.pch from new RemAPollo, maybe it works with OS 3.5 now? - Fixed SPEEDROM from BlizKick and applypatch, it used to make the last romtag's RT_EndSkip point at $fffffe, and due to a bug in ROM (as a side-effect it made longword read access from that address) this made the hw buserror machines barf. Fixed it to point at $fffffa. Special thanks to Gunther Nikl for help. - Modified files since 1.24beta1: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/applypatch BlizKick/applypatch.e BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/BlizKick.guide BlizKick/Modules/romfixes BlizKick/Modules/romfixes.ASM
V1.24beta1:
- Fixed SaveROM to work with broken DMA SCSI device drivers and MMU mapped ROM. - Total rewrite of BlizKick 68040 and 68060 cache & MMU routines. *Much* better now. - Improved AlertFix module: Fixed to work with 68040 (Henes). Added NewAlert module support to AlertFix, ie. now it makes regular Alerts call NewAlert too. Found two bugs from OS Alert code, now has fix for these. Fixed silly bug that has been there from v1.0 of the module, it never got the task pointer right (on BPPC). No longer requires 68040+ CPU, work 68020+. - Improved romfixes module: Added patch for the alert bug (yes, only one of the two new bugs can be fixed by romfixes module). - Improved NewAlert module: It is now MMU aware where needed. Made it play well together with AlertFix module. - Modified files since 1.23: BlizKick.readme BlizKick/BlizKick BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM BlizKick/BlizKick.guide BlizKick/Modules/AlertFix BlizKick/Modules/AlertFix.ASM BlizKick/Modules/NewAlert BlizKick/Modules/NewAlert.ASM BlizKick/Modules/romfixes BlizKick/Modules/romfixes.ASM
(Full version history is available in the BlizKick amigaguide)
Latest BlizKick beta release plus some other programs by me can be found from http://www.iki.fi/sintonen/sw.html
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