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pαuℓzurrr.
09-17-2008, 06:19 PM
This was first named StageXNU ;)



Download, copy to your Leopard partition's root directory, then reboot. At the bootloader prompt, type voodoo_beta1 -v to boot into the kernel (with verbose boot messages).

Kernel Features (those with asterisk* need further testing):

Supports sleep/resume as well as SpeedStep on most systems (use in conjunction with the SpeedStep kext)
Massively improved SSE3 Emulation layer, up to 3 times faster and fully multithread-capable (thanks Turbo)
Real-time clock fix for SSE2 users (no system slowdown/stutter when speedstep is on, supports less than 1 GHz cpu speeds)
*Raw ethernet packet support, useful for MAC spoofing and other kinds of network diagnostics (patch by Peter Bartoli)
*More secure: Execute-Disable (XD/NX) is turned on by default for supported systems
HPET enabled on supported systems, cleaner boot-up code
Legacy Vmware support by using busratio= bootflag.



Website Link :) (http://groups.google.com/group/xnu-dev/web/voodoo-9-4-0-kernel)

http://xnu-dev.googlegroups.com/web/cpus.jpg?gda=V3NT2ToAAACV7GZGqgT6_CBMAlp0nNeNemhDW-27x8a8N1YH7G1ABy72oGzHaR3hljbG92iOTMn97daDQaep90o7 AOpSKHW0


Edit: Tested it just here, and i'm having a instant reboot. So be sure to not install it as default before testing.
http://img.skitch.com/20080726-garep9uaanfm5ba2pc24srdaxm.jpg

Edit2: There is a new build version, this one does work on my system, but i'm getting some audio lag. Trial and error on you're system, DON'T install as default kernel before testing! :)

Download Link: http://xnu-dev.googlecode.com/files/mach_alpha_7.zip

creative_
09-17-2008, 06:44 PM
Sounds promising. :)

R0GUE
09-17-2008, 07:39 PM
It doesn't work for me either, I get the reboot after the darwin prompt too.

Taisto
09-17-2008, 08:39 PM
Does not work. restart after 1-2 seconds of booting.

zephyroth
09-17-2008, 10:30 PM
Same here ...

eMatoS
09-18-2008, 11:56 AM
works great for me, the system seems faster now.

Try adding busratio=X as bootflag for the AMD systems (X is your CPU multiplier)

Dies
09-18-2008, 08:22 PM
works great for me, the system seems faster now.

Try adding busratio=X as bootflag for the AMD systems (X is your CPU multiplier)

Yup, that works. :D

Can't say whether it's made any real difference or not ? I'll let it run for a while...

Does seem a little smoother though.



Edit - Nevermind, instant freeze with VMware. :(