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Solution to the IOKitWaitQuiet problem

I´ve been having a problem with long boot time on my machine. Finally I found out that the problem was caused by the IOATAFamily.kext I started a thread about this on insanelymac, and thanks to two guys there, coolyou and ar4er, this…

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@Ztardust Published 2008-12-04
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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18,791 historical reads · 6 curated field notes (from 12 dispatches) · 2008-12-04 – 2010-01-18
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I´ve been having a problem with long boot time on my machine.
Finally I found out that the problem was caused by the IOATAFamily.kext

I started a thread about this on insanelymac, and thanks to two guys there, coolyou and ar4er, this problem is a thing of the past.

Here is the thread:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=138460… ↗

- Ztardust -

Synthesized Community Field Notes

6 technical responses curated from 12 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @lanceomni 2008-12-04

Problem on shutdown: Break on __THE_PROCESS_HAS_FORKED....

Well this sweet action dropped my boot time to 28.6 Seconds from Post to Desktop but now when I shut down I get this error:

Break on __THE_PROCESS_HASFORKED_AND_YOCANNOT_USE_THIS_COREFOUNDATION_FUNCTIONALITY__YOU_MUST_EXEC__ to debug.
The process has forked and you cannot use this CoreFoundation functionality safely. You Must exec.

Field Note #2 @gipo 2008-12-04

This is a great work... my boot time is half time than before...
It really works.

p.s. now i'll try the shutdown

edit: shutdown was without errors.

Field Note #4 @Aydinz 2008-12-17

which msg should your startup be hanging n for this to have an effect on your startup time?

Field Note #5 @nfoav8or 2008-12-17
Solution to the IOKitWaitQuiet problem!

hangs on IOKitWaitQuiet...

This is the problem that is fixed.

Field Note #6 @lanceomni 2010-01-18

I posted a new thread and I forgot all about this one. Here is a new IOATAFamily.kext version 2.0.1 from 10.5.8 with the timing changed and recompiled. Boot time 24 seconds with and 72 seconds without.

rapid share.com/files/336922881/IOATAFamily.kext.zip

Corroborated & Participated: @R0GUE @zuz242 @inhibitor @lanceomni @pαuℓzurrr.
Sources & Contributor Provenance (9 credited usernames · Thread #1674)
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@lanceomniCore Contributor32008-12-04 → 2010-01-18
@pαuℓzurrr.Contributor22008-12-04 → 2008-12-17
@ZtardustPrimary Author12008-12-04
@R0GUEContributor12008-12-04
@zuz242Contributor12008-12-04
@inhibitorContributor12008-12-04
@gipoContributor12008-12-04
@AydinzContributor12008-12-17
@nfoav8orContributor12008-12-17