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BlackKnight Phenom FSB detection 9.8.0 kernel

I know this has taken forever, but for those of you out there that still use Leopard 10.5.8 and Phenoms, here is a kernel based on Voodoo's 9.8.0 with my corrected Phenom FSB detection (no more fsb=200000000 or Busratio=xx). Sorry it took…

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@blackknight Published 2010-06-19
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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7,630 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 6 dispatches) · 2010-06-19 – 2010-06-22
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I know this has taken forever, but for those of you out there that still use Leopard 10.5.8 and Phenoms, here is a kernel based on Voodoo's 9.8.0 with my corrected Phenom FSB detection (no more fsb=200000000 or Busratio=xx). Sorry it took so long, but better late than never, right?

innovativec inemasystems.com/files/mach_kernel_9.8.0-BK.zip

innovativec inemasystems.com/files/9.8.0_BK-Voodoo_diff.zip

Note: BK-voodoo.diff contains the entire patch from voodoobuild-0.3.980d plus my patch and can be applied to the stock xnu-1228.15.4 source, whereas BK.diff is just my patch applied to any xnu-1228.15.4 based kernel source. Both are included in the same zip file.

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Author Update #1 @blackknight 2010-06-22

You should probably check for a fix in your DSDT. I had a similar problem before I did some tweaks. I personally couldn't tell you what fixes you need, but you should be able to get some help based on your board.

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Field Note #1 @RayFlower 2010-06-22

This works perfectly, been testing it for a few days now and there is no new issues with this kernel so this works perfectly.

Just curious though, I get a kernel panic when i reboot but its after every service has shut down and unmounted everything, is there a specific restart kext i should use?
I've used the ovareboot from the iDeneb install dvd so it might be outdated.

Corroborated & Participated: @RayFlower @rals2007
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@blackknightPrimary Author32010-06-19 → 2010-06-22
@RayFlowerContributor22010-06-19 → 2010-06-22
@rals2007Contributor12010-06-20