Legacy kernel 10.4.0 updated
 

I finished the modifications to the kernel.
It now builds for both 32/64bit easily.
The patch is also here, as well as the binaries
Update: I fixed the patcher and updated it to be able to recognize any Intel instruction.
Since we don't have an auto-patching dyld yet, it's only for application binaries + dyld qua patching but it's definitely good progress.
I also created an auto-patching cpuid + sysenter tool which can operate on any Mach-O file, even directly on universal binaries.
There is also an extended tool included for patching certain sse3 instructions along with cpuid + sysenter.
Update (V4): I worked on the patcher so that it can decrypt and patch encrypted binaries (works, shows failures untill DSMOS has arrived though)
Kernel patcher (V3): Updated code to solve minor issues and not to generate output files if there is no patching done
Kernel patcher (V4): Updated code to solve no output file generated on UB if x86_64 part had no patches needed but i386 part did
Update (V5): Fixed CoreSymbolication support and fixed backtraces

Patch (V5):
http://rapidshare.com/files/42308129...ated5.diff.zip

Kernel Binaries (V5):
http://rapidshare.com/files/42308342...0.4.0_rel5.zip

AMD Instruction Patcher (V4):
http://rapidshare.com/files/42192593...patcher_V4.zip

Testing it now, I had to boot with arch=i386 and patcher_opts=2 like before otherwise kp or instant reboot. Seems to work fine for now, I've seen a new message in the console, I guess it's related to the kernel or sysenter patch but I don't know for real.
Overall the system feels snappier (advanced tech term hehe) but perhaps it's a placebo effect.
Thank you again Andy for your work

thanks this work my quicktime but it crashes with mp4 and safari when open vedio on it with quick time
thanks andy for all your work

Thank you very much for your hard work.

Gracias amigo, no me iba a dar la paja de parchar xDDD

Like for eMatoS:

• without arch=i386 and patcher_opts=2: reboot
• with arch=i386 but without patcher_opts: kernel panic (see attachment but it's similar to those I've reported before)
• with both it boots and somewhat works but still not really usable.

Unlike eMatoS I still have the same problems I wrote about here:
http://osx86.net/f36/qoopz-anv-xnu-1...post50208.html
(graphics problems, and missing dates and times) now with a 10.6.3 install on an AMD Athlon64 3200+

Does SYSENTER patch work via Kernel this time? (going to try later by myself...)

try running them in 32 bit.
it is ssse3 related

Try the latest kernel on, lots of updates and it works now like a charm ;)

It does now for dyld.
libSystem.B(_debug/_profile).dylib won't get patched as I haven't been able to build a stable custom dyld yet.
There is however now a tool for AMD which can do the hard work for you...

Thanks for yet another kernel andy!

I still have the problems i had before with steam and abobe cs3 pse and cs5 and some au plugins though.

Just out of curiosity, does this make any sense to you?:

thanks andy for yours hard work

after tests with new clean install
i must use sysenter patcher if not many programs crashes
i put amd instruction patcher on usr/bin but i can't see any benefit for it
no more patcher_opts=2

on 32bit mode every things work good except sound volume dont change and and quicktime crashes when use subtitles

on 64bit mode sound volume change work but qiucktime totally not work

thanks andy keep your good working

The patcher is made to patch out bad instructions from single binary files - not made for patching complete folders...

For example:

sudo -s
amd_insn_patcher /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib.patched
cp /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib.patched /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

Patcher is working great and Kernel is able to boot without patcher_opts=2 now, thanks Andy. ;) I am going to do further testing once I am back from work this evening. :cool:

which files is needed to be patched with this tool
and is there need for sysenter patcher ?
thanks

Hey Andy! Thanks for your work!

Installed your updated kernel and VmWare Fusion stopped working. With the 10.4.0 rel 4 kernel everything good.

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/9...0918153445.png

Wow it does feel snappier compare to legacy 10.4.0 kernel.
Vmware not working for me too parallel is.
Great work ! thanks

Well the tool patches out sysenter traps as well as it is able to patch cpuid checks into interrupt 0xfb, like we already have been doing using good old maxxus patcher.
I would recommend you to use the kernel in order with -force64 bootflag, as the 64-Bit code of OS X doesn't contain any cpuid trouble, what is making our lifes much easier and working great thanks to Andys hard work. :cool:

On my testing installation I have actually patched only these files and no issues (mp4 Playback and DivX De- & Encoder Plugins in QTX, iTunes etc all working just great):

/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore

/System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeComponents.component/Contents/MacOS/QuickTimeComponents

/System/Library/QuickTime/AppleProResDecoder.component/Contents/MacOS/AppleProResDecoder

If Developer Tools are installed libSystem.B_debug.dylib & libSystem.B_profile.dylib need to be patched as well.
The two Quiktime folder ones might not be required, but I patched them as I am still having QT7 in use - I haven't tried without patching those, yet. (going to try that later)
[EDIT]OK. Those two files have to be patched furthermore QTX needs to be executed in 32-Bit mode for mp4 playback to work - I haven't seen that the coresponding checkbox was still set true.[/EDIT]

Anyway this is the best Snow Leopard XNU release for the AMD folks out there by now.
You have done a realy great job to the point and I hope you'll keep it going. ;)

when patching with amd ins patcher
it says bus error

Same here:S

Can't boot into 64-bit mode
 

I tried using arch=x86_64 and -force64 together but it just won't boot into 64-bit mode, it always goes into 32-bit mode.

Andy, why is it that with the latest kernel I can't get chameleon to take the arch=x86_64 command? If I boot with Wait=Yes arch=x86_64 -force64 when Chameleon stops before the kernel loads it always says Loading i386 System or something similar, not X86_64. Maybe it's just cosmetic? Don't know. Perhaps you forced the loader to boot with the i386 command...

@Fumoboy007, don't pay attention to what System Profiler (and many other apps) says, you should check in activity monitor for 64bit apps.



Anyway, great work again Andy, the system's been very stable, it works better than in 32bit though I have to force some apps to run in 32bit but that's no big deal. Thank you...

But it seems to be loading 32-bit kexts though…so…iunno. In the kernel logs it says "64 bit mode enabled" but it also says "Darwin Kernel Version 10.4.0: vr 17 sep 2010 14:40:38 CEST; annappirtrvh v4 :xnu-1504.7.4-legacy/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386"…i386?

I'm using the binary that andy uploaded…maybe it wasn't compiled for 64-bit? hehe..just a thought.

WOAH…im actually right…i just did a "lipo -info" on that file and it's only i386!

…and since I don't know how to apply a patch…could someone upload the hybrid version of the kernel please =).

With v after the 2 binaries it works but I've made a V2.
This release also strips code signatures from the binaries it patches (even on universal binaries).

I'll make (compile) a 32+64bit kernel soon ;)

thanks andy
hope next one will be more featured and x86-64 compile work because i love to work with x86-64 kernel

You should read more precisely, no one here has ever said that the released binaries would be universal. Andy only wrote:

And as I tried myself, I can confirm that it does. Just that the Kernel in BUILD/obj/RELEASE_X86_64 doesn't work nor it's possible to merge both builds into one universal bin file. ;)

But as eMatoS wrote using 32-Bit Kernel does not mean that 64-Bit support doesn't work. Good explanation is avaible at http://www.macworld.com/article/1423...rd_64_bit.html

What would be the advantage you promise yourself from running 64-Bit Kernel? :) Even real Macs don't use this by default...

PS: You might want to use http://osx86.net/images/infinitemacpro/buttons/edit.png next time...

@Andy
Do you have any idea how I could fix IPC for Quiktime to load 32-Bit Codecs & Safari to work with Flash Player? ;)

Imkantus, what is the problem with Flash Player and Safari? Have you tried the beta build? It runs in 64bit now. You can download it from the Adobe Labs.

Thx, just installing latest flash player plugin (no preview release) did the trick for Safari... sometimes solutions are even closer as expected. :D

iunno…are my EXC_I386_DIV crashes related?

Got a geekbench error with this kernel:

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7...00920at121.png

the quick time crashes with latest kernel and patcher
hope it is solved in new kernel and arch x86-64 work also
thanks andy for your time spending it on programing this kernel

anther problem with this kernel is that vmware and parallel software cant be setuped it says it isnt intel cpu
but with anv 10.4 rel4 works fine with this software
thanks andy

There is another update to the kernel.
This time it can auto patch encrypted binaries (decrypting them to the new dsmos_page_transform, I figured out how it works).
Ignore the failures at beginning boot, they are because it waits for "DSMOS has arrived".
It will continue to load the binaries untill they are succesfully loaded :)
All that is left now is getting a stable custom dyld built (for library + framework auto patching) and then we will have everything where we need it ;)
I could however use some help on this because the issue (I think) is that the coresymbolication functions aren't available.

thanks andy you are very good i love your work :)
will test it ;)
with out you what will we do :D

after first test
x86-64
not work dont know what is problem with x86-64 bulid

-force64 causes instant restart
 

Great work so far, Andy! There is one more issue which you should add to your list and that is 64-bit. When I use the kernel flag -force64, it just causes my computer to restart.

new kernel work for me and with -force64 now, can some one tell me how to apply those patches? thanks

The kernel patches?
You wont need them unless you plan to modify the source yourself, i haven't done it in osx for ages but check out this if you're interested.

http://shantonu.blogspot.com/2009/09...-has-been.html

And please read this:
http://linux.die.net/man/1/patch

There is no sense in going trough this unless you know what you're doing and actually commit some changes.

what about amd_ins_patcher. ? is it necessary ?

Also…the original legacy kernel allowed me to boot into 64-bit albeit without the ability to run 32-bit apps.

Safari sometimes crashes
 

This happens sometimes:

With your latest kernel (v4) iTunes 10 doesn't work, FAIL

Itunes 10 is working here, at first the system felt slow but maybe it was busy with something cause it runs fine now. This time I needed arch=i386 to boot, otherwise I would get an instant reboot.
Andy, I haven't seen thoes errors before DSMOS you mention in the first post (I guess you have to un an unpatched system to see them), also what does these messages mean:
Another thing I've noticed is that "About this Mac" says Unknown CPU since V3 of your kernel, though I'm not sure if it's your kernel or Chameleon as I've been testing their latest RC5 release.

I'll stay in V3 XD

hi people who use updated legacy kernel is vmware fusion allowed to be setuped or say non intel cpu
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2204/vmware.png
thanks
anv kernel rev4 vmware work perfect but with legacy not work

Thank you Andy for the V4. Everything seems to work fine here.
Though I am still not able to boot with arch=x86_64 kernel flag - getting into reboot loop.
Also I had to patch Firefox as it was randomly crashing. After patching with your AMD patcher it now seems to be stable.

Also I have a question: how do I determine which files need patching? I previously used Marvin AMD utility, which scanned all files in a specified directory and created a patcher package. Unfortunately Marvin utility does not work in 64-bit mode...

Thank you,
FX

It's probably Chameleon, try my branch as it has a CPU auto-detect fix.

Try setting the patcher to forcing for every app it encounters with:
patcher_opts=50

=FORCE+CPUID+SYSENTER
=2+16+32