Voodoo Kernel - Release candidate is out now

[mercurysquad]

Download here

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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[bns2000]

Works great keep up the Good Work!!!

[steffx]

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

[mercurysquad]

Originally Posted by steffx What means "Suggested kexts: def --> dfe" ??

Just correcting a typo in the docs.

[naquaada]

@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.

[maya77]

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.

[Aydinz]

just linking back to what has been said here:

Originally Posted by R0GUE Remember that updating to 10.5.5 from software update will also install a vanilla kernel overwriting any XNU kernel that you have installed, so be very careful and take steps to ensure that you can reinstall the XNU kernel after updating. This is why Zeph's ASU omits the mach_kernel when performing system updates in order to stop systems breaking on reboot.

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.

[Aydinz]

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

[mercurysquad]

Originally Posted by maya77 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.

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.

[mercurysquad]

Originally Posted by naquaada @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.

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.