What's Changed

=> Linux Games can now load even on a 16K pagesize machine like a mac M1, and games (including Unity3D ones) can be played with no issues.
=> Hack to enable Vulkan driver on Wine/WOW64 games to allocate 32bits compatible memory, allowing dxvk on 32bits games.
=> RiSC-V can run more linux games. Game on Wine are still a bit slow, and dxvk still have issues
=> Loongarch dynarec! Linux games are running, and with good speed, especialy on 3A6000 platforms. Games on Wine are not working yet due to 16k pagesize limitation
=> BIGBLOCK 2 and 3 combined with CALLRET can be used on more software now and can gives some good speed boosts.

• Wrapping: More libs and function wrapping (gtk3, vulkan...)
• Reworked X11 Callback handling, for better stability
• Reworked exit and the load/unload of libs and symbol resolution
• Some more profiles in box64rc
• Better way to rename executable (including wine ones) so driver like mesa can apply the correct profile
• Reworked memory managment in the Dynarec, limiting amount of dynamic allocation
• Improved memory tracking and managment. Also introduce BOX64_MMAP32 to force 32bits compatible mmap for external libs (like mesa)
• Reworked memory managment in the Dynarec, limiting amount of dynamic allocation
• Lots of improvments in x87 handling (virtual stack, rounding, ffree, etc.)
• Dynarec: ARM64 some opcodes optimisation, especialy shift and rotation ones
• Dynarec: RV64 lots of opcoded added. =>
• Dynarec: Added Loogarch backend! Note that Loongarch are 16K pagesize platform by default.
• Dynarec: Better handling of large block in the dynarec
• Dynarec: Lots of improvments and fixes to BOX86_DYNAREC_CALLRET optimisation.

More details in New release blog

Contributions

• [DYNAREC_RV64] Fixed some bugs in x87 infra by @ksco in #1143
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Added FILD/FISTP i64 optimization by @ksco in #1145
• [RCFILE] Added FL64 Profile by @mcagabe19 in #1149
• [WRAPPER] add dbus_message_iter_get_element_count auto wrapper by @liuli0217 in #1153
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Added more opcodes and fixes by @ksco in #1154
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Fixed some bugs in the dynarec for ETS2 by @ksco in #1155
• Cleanup some code by @xctan in #1157
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Added more opcodes for ets2 by @ksco in #1158
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Fixed shift masks for GI by @xctan in #1160
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Ported INT 3/29 from arm by @xctan in #1161
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Added more opcodes for ets2 by @ksco in #1162
• [INTERP] Added 64 66 39 CMP opcode (for #1156) by @ksco in #1166
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Added more opcodes for VMP-protected GI by @xctan in #1164
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Added more opcodes for VMP-protected GI by @xctan in #1168
• [RCFILE] Disable CALL/RET optimization for zoom (#1170) by @ksco in #1174
• [CMakelist] Remove a "#" by @Creeper-xie in #1173
• [WRAPPER] Added 4 more wrapped glib2 functions (for #1175) by @ksco in #1176
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Fixed a nasty bug in GETEX, but left optim opportunity for later by @ksco in #1178
• [MEMORY] Switched from a sparse array to a red-black tree by @rajdakin in #1180
• Remove FASTPAGE/HOTPAGE docs by @tristanmorgan in #1181
• [WRAPPERS] Add a isSimpleWrapper function for RV64 by @rajdakin in #1185
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Added CALL/RET optimization by @ksco in #1183
• expose minimal libxcb-xinput wrapper by @fbenkstein in #1192
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Fixed a wrong Zba optimization by @ksco in #1193
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Added more opcodes and fixed X87_PUSH/POP macros by @ksco in #1194
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fixed 66 0F B6 MOVZX opcode by @xctan in #1196
• [RBTREE] Reverted memory tracking to 32 bits by @rajdakin in #1201
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fixed 66 87 XCHG opcode by @xctan in #1198
• Fixes by @rajdakin in #1207
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Enable basic simple wrapper optimization by @ksco in #1215
• add optimize build flag for Jetson orin and xavier by @leonpano2006 in #1219
• Add 'BOX64_MMAP32' to help info by @KreitinnSoftware in #1220
• [WRAPPERS] Fixed some typos in rebuild_wrappers.py by @xctan in #1227
• [X64LIBS] mbedtls libs by @mcagabe19 in #1232
• system/box64.conf.cmake: change rule name to be box64 specific by @josch in #1233
• Added mknod syscall by @ksco in #1236
• When BOX64_VERSION is set, just print the version and exit by @josch in #1238
• [DOCS] Fix a typo in temrux building by @mcagabe19 in #1240
• [WRAPPER] Regenerated the wrapper files by @rajdakin in #1241
• [X64EMU] Fix for linux clang by @mcagabe19 in #1243
• [ANDROID] Fix GLib and GObject Library Names by @KreitinnSoftware in #1247
• [DYNAREC_RV64] f23 and f24 are save in a same place by @factfinding in #1251
• Wrapped libraries refactor by @rajdakin in #1257
• [ANDROID] BOX64_SHOWBT Now show Emulated BT on Android by @KreitinnSoftware in #1258
• more wrapped functions in libxcb-randr and libcap by @Coreforge in #1260
• [CI] Add Android Tests by @KreitinnSoftware in #1263
• [ANDROID] Fix Build When Compiling with NDK 26b, [CI] Download Basic Android Libs from 'termux-docker' and update NDK to 26b by @KreitinnSoftware in #1270
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Added more opcodes and some minor optimizations by @ksco in #1272
• [LIBTOOL] Fixed my_pthread_attr_init by @ksco in #1274
• [DYNAREC_RV64] Minor OF flag fixes and optimizations for emit shift utils by @ksco in #1275
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1276
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1277
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Added 2 more 66 0F opcodes for test17 by @ksco in #1278
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Added all missing 66 0F opcodes for test17 by @ksco in #1281
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Added missing 0F 38 00 PSHUFB opcode for test23 by @ksco in #1282
• [RV64_INTERP] Comply CMPXCHG16B with dynarec by @ksco in #1288
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Optimized XOR Ew, Gw when Ew == Gw by @xctan in #1289
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fixed RDTSC handling by @ksco in #1291
• [CI] Repeat until-pass for unstable platform by @ksco in #1292
• [RV64_INTERP] Added TSC freq support by @ksco in #1293
• LARCH64 dynarec by @factfinding in #1295
• [LONGAARCH_DYNAREC] Added 00...05 and 28...2D opcodes by @factfinding in #1297
• [CI] Added loongarch64 by @ksco in #1298
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added some LBT instructions by @ksco in #1299
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Removed F_OF2 trick as it's unnecessary by @ksco in #1300
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added basic LBT support, setup xMASK by @ksco in #1302
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added LBT support to all implemented emit functions and fixed some typos by @ksco in #1303
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes and fixed more things by @ksco in #1304
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added 1 more opcode and more fixes by @ksco in #1305
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added 70-7F Jcc opcodes, refine printer and some fixes too by @ksco in #1307
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Adopt to ARM64 way of CALL/RET optim since there is a dedicated register by @ksco in #1309
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes with CALL/RET optimization by @ksco in #1310
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added CC native call support, fixed call_c by @ksco in #1312
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1313
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more and more opcodes by @ksco in #1314
• Added a warning on interpreter only build when DynaRec is available by @ksco in #1316
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Enable co-simulation and fixed an important issue by @ksco in #1317
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes and more fixes, SuperHexagon is working by @ksco in #1319
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1321
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @factfinding in #1322
• [WRAPPER] Fixed a typo in the signature of my___libc_start_main by @xctan in #1323
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Utilizing bitmanip instructions because they're great by @ksco in #1324
• [LA64] Detect the existence of LBT extension by @ksco in #1325
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more and more opcodes by @ksco in #1326
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1327
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Made eflags synchronization lazy by @ksco in #1329
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes and some fixes in the printer by @ksco in #1330
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes and some fixes too by @ksco in #1331
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes and more instructions in emitter and printer by @ksco in #1332
• Added 2 pthread wraps by @mcagabe19 in #1334
• [ARM64_DYNAREC] Fixed some typos by @ksco in #1336
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Added 66 0F 38 61 PCMPESTRI opcode and some refactors too by @ksco in #1337
• Fixed a warning by @ksco in #1335
• some gcrypt wrapping by @mcagabe19 in #1338
• [ARM] Added immediate encoding by @rajdakin in #1340
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added C1 /4 and /6 opcodes and some fix by @factfinding in #1341
• [ARM64_DYNAREC] Fixed a falsy optimization on PSHUFHW by @ksco in #1344
• [DYNAREC] Made shift operations handle count==0 more uniformly by @ksco in #1345
• [DYNAREC] Revert some fasly changes to the shift opcodes by @ksco in #1346
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1354
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes and some fixes by @ksco in #1355
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more LBT instructions to the printer by @ksco in #1356
• Update GH-Actions workflows to remove Node.js deprecation warning. by @tristanmorgan in #1359
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added some FP/LSX/LASX instructions to the emitter by @ksco in #1374
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added CMOVcc opcodes and some fixes too by @ksco in #1375
• [REFACTOR] Refactor main.c by @Howard0o0 in #1362
• update clang-format for IFX and QUOTE by @f1yby in #1390
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added basic SSE infra and 66 0F 6E MOVD opcode by @ksco in #1391
• Add BOX64_RCFILE variable by @olegos2 in #1392
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Fixed EBBACK by @ksco in #1399
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more SSE/SSE2 instructions by @ksco in #1400
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fixed some issue with x87 stack managment (ported from ARM64) by @ksco in #1401
• Create libssl/libcrypto symlinks by @ksco in #1402
• Force the use of spaces in .clang-format by @ksco in #1406
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Add more opcodes by @LiZhuoheng-coder in #1405
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Add 1E/1F opcode by @LiZhuoheng-coder in #1407
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Added 0F 70 PSHUFW opcode by @ksco in #1408
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more SSE/SSE2 instructions by @factfinding in #1410
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Fixed SSE issues by @ksco in #1415
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1416
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1417
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1418
• [DYNAREC] Fixed REP opcodes for correct register state recovery by @ksco in #1420
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Fixed missing LBT path and more by @ksco in #1419
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more SSE/SSE2 instructions by @factfinding in #1421
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1422
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcode and fixes by @ksco in #1423
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1424
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1425
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fixed various bugs in shift instructions by @xctan in #1426
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Fixed 0F A3 BT opcode by @ksco in #1427
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Refined MOV64 macros by @ksco in #1430
• Add Oxygen Not Included to box64rc by @sehraf in #1431
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes to the printer by @ksco in #1433
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Small fix on emit_or32c LBT path by @ksco in #1436
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Implementation of some CRC32 instructions by @kaixindeken in #1435
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Made the CALLRET optimization complete by @ksco in #1438
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes and fixed more issues by @ksco in #1439
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fixed 66 C7 MOV opcode by @ksco in #1440
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1441
• [DYNAREC] Fixed shift xw macros by @ksco in #1443
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added 1 more opcode and some fixes too by @ksco in #1444
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1447
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @LiZhuoheng-coder in #1451
• [DYNAREC] Fixed CF flag computation by @ksco in #1453
• Wrapped 1 more function for mpg123 by @ksco in #1454
• [RCFILE] Added Yandare Simulator Profile by @mcagabe19 in #1459
• [DYNAREC] Fixed emit_shift functions and more by @ksco in #1466
• [RCFILE] Update weixin profile by @ksco in #1467
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1468
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more useful extensions detection by @ksco in #1469
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes and fixes by @ksco in #1472
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1473
• Fixed my_prepare_thread in dynarec build by @ksco in #1474
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fixed DIV and IDIV for zero divisor by @xctan in #1476
• [COSIM] Added thread-safe tests by @ksco in #1477
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Fixed dynarec infra by @ksco in #1479
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1480
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1481
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1482
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Added some missing fastnan handling by @ksco in #1483
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Remove useless code by @ksco in #1484
• [DYNAREC][32BITS] Fixed and improved 66 prefix opcodes by @ksco in #1485
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1486
• Added wrapping of libicuuc64 and libicui18n64 by @ksco in #1487
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1488
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fixed OF flag computation by @ksco in #1489
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1490
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1491
• [DYNAREC] Small improvements to atomic functions by @ksco in #1492
• [DYNAREC_LA64] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1496
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fix SIGABRT handling in x87cache testing by @kaixindeken in #1498
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Added more opcodes by @ksco in #1503
• Added more symbols for libcrypto by @ksco in #1504
• [INTERPRETER] Fixed CMPXCHG16B opcode for la64 by @ksco in #1506
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Fixed LOCK ADD opcode by @ksco in #1507
• [LA64_DYNAREC] Fixed 66 0F 67 PACKUSWB opcode by @ksco in #1508
• [INTERPRETER] Added more opcodes and fixed some opcodes too by @ksco in #1511
• [ARM64_DYNAREC] Fixed PSLLD/PSLLQ opcodes by @ksco in #1512
• [RV64_DYNAREC] Fixed some MMX opcodes by @ksco in #1513
• [RV64] Made Zba and Xthead* detection mutually exclusive by @ksco in #1514

New Contributors

• @fbenkstein made their first contribution in #1192
• @leonpano2006 made their first contribution in #1219
• @factfinding made their first contribution in #1251
• @Coreforge made their first contribution in #1260
• @Howard0o0 made their first contribution in #1362
• @f1yby made their first contribution in #1390
• @olegos2 made their first contribution in #1392
• @sehraf made their first contribution in #1431

Full Changelog: v0.2.6...v0.2.8