Beta 2 of Voodoo XNU 9.5 Kernel now available
[float=right] Development at Voodoo Labs keeps on progressing with the team releasing Beta 2 of the Voodoo XNU 9.5 Kernel. NOTE: Pentium 4/D users: If you experienced instant reboot with Beta 2, please download Beta 2c. We decided to delay…
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[float=right]Development at Voodoo Labs keeps on progressing with the team releasing Beta 2 of the Voodoo XNU 9.5 Kernel.
NOTE: Pentium 4/D users: If you experienced instant reboot with Beta 2, please download Beta 2c.
So the second beta has been released without a fully-functional AMD patcher, like previous beta. There have been many other fixes in this beta too, including an experimental patch which should fix AMD timing/mouse issues. Pentium 4 model 2 users should no longer need to use busratio flag. A lot of AMD users who reported audio issues (specially Phenom) should no longer experience those problems.
Once the cpuid patcher is functional a 3rd and final beta might be released. It is always a priority to release a stable and functional kernel rather than releasing early.
Note that this does not affect sse3->sse2 patching for P4 or Pentium M user. This part of the patcher is stable now.
Head on over to the Downloads section (code.goo gle.com/p/xnu-dev/downloads/list) and grab the archive. More information can be found here →. Please ensure that you leave feedback to allow the XNU team to keep improving the kernel.
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I am extremely impressed with this kernel. My machine has been up and stressed for more than 5 days without a single problem. TSC drift has completely disappeared from my machine even after sleep/resume. Very happy indeed
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wow, great. i`ll give it a try today, hope it works. And just to cheks - should this kernel eliminate the mouse bug ?
@R0GUEThere have been many other fixes in this beta too, including an experimental patch which should fix AMD timing/mouse issues.
Yeah, Taisto, I think it should be fixed. Depends on your CPU though. There is still some drift between the cores but that is coming down as well from what I understand from mercurysquad.
Also make note that by now, almost everyone should be able to boot without the busratio bootflag. AWESOME!
I installed the beta2c today and it seems to be a lot faster, especcially booting and the starting of my browser. Now I hope that it fixes the problems the sometimes occuring iTunes crashes and the audio drop-outs. Sadly I still can't use Quicktime 7.5.5, it's still too slow.
EDIT: iTunes still crashes when using a virtualizer:
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000f184ad03
Crashed Thread: 17
This is impressive. The mouse timing bug was my biggest complaint with Leo on my AMD x2 Opteron, course now I have an Intel rig so it isn't an issue. Course when I put together a secondary rig with my old AMD parts this will make it a helluva lot easier to install Leo Good work!
boot0: error after Time Maschine restore
i had a very good working hackintosh based on iDeneb v1.3 (10.5.5).
I used xnu-dev kernel 2c-beta as the default kernel, as it was working fine and i am running a vmware.
Then i decided to change NVKush against EFI-Strings and messed something up and the system did not boot anymore.
So I decided to make a restore from Time Maschine. The restore runs well, but as I was trying to boot i got the boot0: error.
After searching the Forum i was trying to boot my OSX from the IDeneb-DVD using "rd=disk0s2 -v" to repair the bootloader.
The System starts booting but after a while I see "CPU halted" and the hackintosh is switched off
Any help out there ?
thanxx
steffx
Sources & Contributor Provenance (7 credited usernames · Thread #1425)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @R0GUE | Primary Author | 2 | 2008-10-14 → 2008-10-20 |
| @pαuℓzurrr. | Contributor | 1 | 2008-10-14 |
| @Taisto | Contributor | 1 | 2008-10-14 |
| @nfoav8or | Contributor | 1 | 2008-10-15 |
| @naquaada | Contributor | 1 | 2008-10-18 |
| @StealthMode | Contributor | 1 | 2008-10-20 |
| @steffx | Contributor | 1 | 2008-10-21 |