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Old 04-21-2010, 02:55 AM
m28ew m28ew is offline
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JaS: If you want to experiment with 64bit mode, boot with -force64. True 64bit kernel space doesn't boot into a gui(as seen above).
Please correct me if I'm wrong

But on my AMD, by using "-force64", I can still boot into the GUI in 64-bit mode

All installed kexts (both 32 & 64-bits) were running fine,
including the sleepenabler.kext

I'm also still able to run all applications which were built using 64-bit compiler
such as: Mac's Finder, Safari, TextEdit, QuickTime, Colloquy, etc

Even the 64-bit GeekBench (www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench) gave me a better/higher score than I got in the 32-bit mode

The ONLY problem was ONLY all 32-bit apps refused to start in 64-bit mode & quit unexpectedly,
with the same repetitive errors: "Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)"
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Old 04-21-2010, 03:06 AM
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-force64 means you can run 64bit apps but retain all your 32bit kexts. It's just like snow leopard in 32bit mode with a 64bit Intel Core cpu.

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Old 04-21-2010, 03:56 AM
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Please correct me if I'm wrong

But on my AMD, by using "-force64", I can still boot into the GUI in 64-bit mode

All installed kexts (both 32 & 64-bits) were running fine,
including the sleepenabler.kext

I'm also still able to run all applications which were built using 64-bit compiler
such as: Mac's Finder, Safari, TextEdit, QuickTime, Colloquy, etc

Even the 64-bit GeekBench (www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench) gave me a better/higher score than I got in the 32-bit mode

The ONLY problem was ONLY all 32-bit apps refused to start in 64-bit mode & quit unexpectedly,
with the same repetitive errors: "Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)"
I think need to explain this kernel,
1. if you want to boot with 64bit kernel, AMD cpu need add arch=x86_64 into com.apple.Boot.plist. but your AMD CPU must support SSE3, if not, you only can boot with 32 bit kernel(and can't using -force64)!
2. the -force64 is 64 bit mode enbler! this support runing 64 bit app,
but this kernel still not add on-the-fly opnode, so if you boot with arch=x86_64 or -force64, you system only runing 64bit app, you can't runing 32 bit app, it will crack!
3. if you using arch=x86_64 can't into gui, you must confirm you graphics driver, can't into gui isn't this kernel problem!
4. this kernel has been testing on some AMD system, it can boot with 64bit kernel(not -force64, using arch=x86_64)!

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Old 04-21-2010, 11:47 AM
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I have an amd 64 Athlon system w/ 2GB ram.I am thinking about throwing it together, would have a nvidia 7300 LE pcie gfx card so I am thinking It would have decent support. I want to put it together to try and see how / if 64 bit is working for amd. What do you guys think ?
As you can see from my photo, an obstacle with using this, is that there is no properly working 64-Bit capable Chipset driver for the two most common ones on AMD based setups (AMD/ATI & nForce) - so you should check if the one of the mainboard your're going to use, can run SATA devices in AHCI mode...

Though it doesn't work flawless with all apps, I would love to see an screenshot showing 64-Bit Kernel been booted hundret percent succesfully on AMD....

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Old 07-17-2010, 10:20 PM
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Did the development of this kernel stop? Because it is the only kernel that works right for me on my AMD x2, all the other legacy kernel's are buggy on my AMD X2 and it makes me quite annoyed.

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Old 07-24-2010, 11:20 AM
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scififan68 I pm pcj and he send me the link for new version of kernel
You can download it from here
http://u.115.com/file/f9e07137e

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Old 07-24-2010, 11:59 AM
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scififan68 I pm pcj and he send me the link for new version of kernel
You can download it from here
http://u.115.com/file/f9e07137e
Thanks, NghiaDev, for the link and i want to thank pcj for such a great kernel! And here's another mirror for v1.1: http://www.mediafire.com/?y3jj2ht2wfn use the older version, I get random kernel panics on both my amd x2 and pentium 4. Also look here. the Applenforceata patched to work in 64bit mode, proof



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