Short:    Ppc.library emulation under WarpOS
Author:   frank@phoenix.owl.de (Frank Wille)
Uploader: frank@phoenix.owl.de
Version:  0.7
Type:     util/libs
Requires: WarpOS V4 (powerpc.library V15)

ppclibemu is an emulation of the ppc.library and the PowerUp kernel
under WarpOS. There is also an included ELF-LoadSeg patch which allows
to start PowerUp application as under the original environment. The
programs which work, will show no visible loss of performance, some
are even faster than with the original kernel.

But don't expect too much from this emulation. There are still programs
which won't work, though compatibility rate has improved again. :)


Changes since last Aminet release (V0.6d):

o Loading and creating new PPC tasks and threads from the PPC side
o A limited implementation of PPCprintf().
o Task priorities are recognized and converted into a nice-value.
o PPCAllocMem/Vec() will return 32-byte aligned memory again, for
  compatibility reasons.
o Asynchronous PPC tasks will inherit the current directory and
  PROGDIR: paths from their parent task. Before, all paths were
  reset to SYS:, which was a problem for many PowerUp programs.

o 68k library functions:
  - PPCSetTaskAttrs()

o PowerUp kernel functions:
  - PPCCreateTask()
  - PPCLoadObject()
  - PPCLoadObjectTagList()
  - PPCSetTaskAttr() no longer acccepts PPCTASKINFOTAG_NAME
  - PPCUnLoadObject()
  - PPCprintf()