MAME & MESS source layout

This document describes the organization of the various source files MAME and MESS use.

Overview

makefile – Makefile for MAME
makefile.mes – Makefile for MESS
makefile.sdl – Makefile for SDLMAME/SDLMESS
docs/ – Documentation
src/ – Source code
- emu/ – generic emulation files
  - cpu/ – CPU cores
  - sound/ – sound cores
  - debug/ – debugger code
  - audio/ – generic audio files
  - layout/ – generic layout files
  - machine/ – generic machine files
  - video/ – generic video files
- mame/ – MAME-specific files
  - drivers/ – drivers
  - includes/ – includes
  - layout/ – layouts
  - machine/ – generic hardware
  - audio/ – sound hardware
  - video/ – video hardware
  - etc/ – misc files
- mess/ – MESS-specific files
  - audio/ – audio hardware
  - devices/ – devices descriptions
  - drivers/ – drivers
  - formats/ – cassette and disk formats
  - includes/ – include files
  - layout/ – layouts
  - machine/ – generic emulations
  - osd/ – OS-dependent code
    - sdl/ – for the SDL port
    - windows/ – for the Windows versions
  - tests/ – XML test descriptions for MESSTest
  - tools/ – MESS-specific tools
    - dat2html/ – Converts sysinfo.dat to HTML files
    - imgtool/ – Can read and write files from various image formats
    - messdocs/ – Used to create mess.chm
    - messtest/ – Regression test tool
  - video/ – video hardware
- lib/ – libraries
  - util/ – various files
  - zlib/ – zlib library
  - expat/ – expat library
- osd/ – OS-dependent code
  - osdmini/ – mini OS-dependent code
  - sdl/ – SDL OS-dependent code
  - windows/ – Windows OS-dependent code
- tools/ – misc tools