PocketFrog roadmap

[Conan]

though I can't say why I have found PocketFrog easier to understand than EasyCE & GapiDraw. Unlike PocketGL which took me over a month to figure out ( well it is 3D) I'm getting on well enough to start planning a full game. As mentioned I want to convert Space Treker from PocketC to C++. Much of the code can be copied over though the graphics will be enhanced.

My questions relate to where the toolkit is going so that I don't waste time & duplicate effort.

1. Will the existing structure be changing much in the next few months? ( I don't want to have masses of code to change so some advice here would be useful )
2. Re new features: what functionality will be added in the near future ( to avoid duplication )
3. GAPI for Jornada 720: Do you expect to be able to include this? I'm willing to do anything I'm capable of to assist)

Note: I write big games in my spare time so it can take 6 to 9 months from start to finish.

Regards

[Kzinti]

[Conan]

I spent a while looking all over & I will aslo e-mail the chap who wrote the existing GAPI for 720.
I found various posts mentioning the same address:-
For 720, the framebuffer is located at physaddr 0x48200000
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framebuffer address: 0x48200000
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framebuffer: 640x240 type=5 linebytes=1280 addr=0x48200000
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+static struct map_desc jornada720_io_desc[] __initdata = {
+ /* virtual physical length domain r w c b */
+ { 0xe8000000, 0x00000000, 0x02000000, DOMAIN_IO, 1, 1, 0, 0 }, /* Flash bank 0 */
+ { 0xf0000000, 0x48000000, 0x00100000, DOMAIN_IO, 1, 1, 0, 0 }, /* Epson registers */
+ { 0xf1000000, 0x48200000, 0x00100000, DOMAIN_IO, 1, 1, 0, 0 }, /* Epson frame buffer */
+ { 0xf4000000, 0x40000000, 0x00100000, DOMAIN_IO, 1, 1, 0, 0 }, /* SA-1111 */
+ LAST_DESC
----------
The epson1356fb.c module depends on the following memory
map (set up near the bottom of arch/arm/jornada720.c):

static struct map_desc jornada720_io_desc[] __initdata = {
/* virtual physical length domain r w c b */
{ 0xf0000000, 0x48000000, 0x00100000, DOMAIN_IO, 1, 1, 0, 0 },
/* Epson registers */
{ 0xf1000000, 0x48200000, 0x00100000, DOMAIN_IO, 1, 1, 0, 0 },
/* Epson frame buffer */
....
};
(The epson chip is at physical address 0x48000000, mapped
to kernel virtual 0xf0000000; the frame buffer for the epson
is at physical 0x48200000, mapped to kernel virtual 0xf1000000 )

Re: Detecting the Jornada I posted the OEM info a couple of weeks back. What else is required.

What's the easiest thing for me to do to test the framebuffer address on my device?

[Kzinti]

The easiest thing to do if you want to try the framebuffer address is to use SimpleGAPI.CPP instead of the actual GX.DLL.

This can easily be done by modifying a few #ifdefs in GAPILibrary.cpp and SimpleGAPI.cpp.

Once you have enabled SimpleGAPI, you modify GXBeginDraw() to return the framebuffer address. Make sure GXIsDRAMBuffer() returns FALSE and that GXEndDraw() does nothing.

[Conan]

Thanks

I will get some time soon to do this after I finish playing with input. I will try to ask as few questions as possible