In a previous post, we talked about the mechanism behind library wrapping. In it, I said box86/box64 used some manually written files to correctly call functions. However, there is a big question: how are these files written? To follow this article, you will need at least a basic understanding of function signatures. The basics First,…
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Box64 running on mac M1 with Asahi
After talking about the dynarec, we’re going to talk about library wrapping. This article will be very technical from start to finish. Note: until the “Differences” paragraph, everything said is identical for box86 and box64. As such, until then, you can replace every “box86” with “box64” and “x86” with “x86_64”. The first step: loading As…
Note: this article supposes you have already read part 1. While it shouldn’t be required, you should still give it a try. Now that we can boot to C, we need to start working on the C library. Let’s start with memory management. What’s needed here? So, what is memory management? Well, it can be…
Have you ever wondered, “How does the computer boot? How does the OS know what to do when”? Well, I did too, and so took it upon myself to… develop an OS. Intro Well, when I say “develop an OS”, I mean that I started writing something that could boot into an emulator. I didn’t…
A high‑level view of box86/box64 and a low‑level view of the dynarec This article explains the technical details about how box86 and box64 works (at the high level for the start and a low level for the dynarec). At the start, box86 (and box64) will extract useful informations about the executable being run: where is…