Voodoo Kernel - Release candidate is out now
 

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Lots of goodies specially for AMD users! Grab your RC package and read the documentation for more info.

Errata - Documentation update.

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- List of contributors, testers list inadvertently omitted sckevyn for helping test the SSE3 emulator
- The IRC server is incorrect, please reverse the subdomain and domain names.
- Suggested kexts: def --> dfe
- Getting in touch: mailing list address inadvertently omitted: http://groups.google.com/group/xnu-dev/topics

AMD users please update to the latest 10.5.5 updates. 10.5.4 and lower might face problems.

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Works great keep up the Good Work!!!

Hi thanxx a lot .. i was on the site every day to don't miss the release :-)
Will start testing this evening !


What means "Suggested kexts: def --> dfe" ??

steffx

Just correcting a typo in the docs.

@mercurysquad:

What for 'problems' could apperar in systems lower than 10.5.5? I can't update and did not found a proper working 10.5.5 image for my AMD system yet.

In 'About this Mac' it shows '2.9 GHz Intel Core Duo'. In System Profiler is shown correctly 'Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 185'. Is this a problem of the kernel or of the System.kext which was posted from R0GUE ? The 'AboutThisMac'-Fix from the Leo4All DVD doesn't work.

It is possible to activate hardware virtualization for AMD CPUs with this kernal? If the K8/K9 Athlon/Opteron-Series (Socket 939) support this at all. This would be neccessary for Parallels 4.

I have the same problem with processor info. Instead of "Opteron 180" it says "2.4 GHz Intel Core Duo". It worked fine with BETA 2.

Otherwise, this is great update. Runs in 64-bit mode, and I'm happy that system can be updated directly, without any patching for AMD.

Thanks people for the great work.

just linking back to what has been said here:

if i just edit my boot.plist to boot from my voodoo kernal instead of my mach_kernal i shouldnt have any problems should i? in terms of it being replaced via updates.

sorry dont worry about this, i was reading through the documentation and found my answer :)

"another name different from the default. Software updates from Apple frequently update
the default kernel, which might overwrite the Voodoo kernel and result in an un-
bootable system. "

so it basically means if i just edit the boot.plist or i enter voodoo into my computer at startup it should boot fine. Cheers

AMD processors are identified by the kernel as either Core Solo or Core Duo. Otherwise some things like Silverlight installer don't work. It doesn't have any other significant effect.

Random application crashes have been reported. This is an issue with our custom-dyld built for opcode patcher support, so make sure you are using latest 10.5.5.

The update has a kernel and the intelcpupm kext etc. which need to be avoided. You can follow the Intel guides to update to 10.5.5. Please make a backup first, however, just to be safe.