@fumoboy007

History I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor. If I boot into Snow Leopard as is, I get EXC_I386_DIV crashes across my entire system after a few hours. If I boot with the cpus=1 kernel flag, I do not receive the crashes but I lose…

I am attempting to install Mac OS X on an HP Vectra VL420 (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/lpv06569/lpv06569.pdf). This computer has an Intel Pentium 4 CPU (MMX, SSE, SSE2) and all of the hardware is in working…

“Uhm am i the only one that desires a ssse3 emulator for snow leopard? No, you are not.”

“Is there any way i can fix H.264 and Quicktime in 64 bit mode on an AMD procesor? Anything i can do with amd_insn_patcher or should i just give up and go back to 32 bit mode? You will need to run QuickTime in 32-bit mode if your processor d…”

“As you should know, Finder (and some other stuff) is 64-Bit only since Lion DP2 (and any later release). Confirmed. Time to make legacy kernel 11.0 64-bit exclusive.”

“Ok, if all Lion apps are 64bit only I'll construct the current kernel as I will make it. It'll only work on 64bit computers then too... Well actually, I'm just speculating...I don't know for sure that all of Lion's apps are 64-bit only. I'l…”

“I think it's like Snow Leopard, when using a 32-bit kernel you can still run 64-bit apps (hybrid mode). I know about 32-bit kernel + 64-bit userland mode. What I'm wondering is...if Finder is a 64-bit only app, 32-bit processors won't be ab…”

“Yes but that guy, geek (with a number behind it) would have a kernel that works in 32bit mode too. If we can get our hands on that patch, we can make the legacy kernel also available for 32bit booting. If we can't, it's gonna require 64bit …”

“I am having an issue that I think is related to the kernel. Pretty much whenever I'm on youtube in Chrome or Safari, the video stutters so bad that its unwatchable. Everything else runs well enough. I'm Using an AMD X2 4200+ cpu. Try this: …”

“Changed SSE3 emulator code. It now supports 2 SSE3 emulators (Toh one and Voodoo one). By default the Toh one is used (Voodoo one can be toggled using the following boot argument: -VoodooSSE3emu). It should now also work for 64bit apps (not…”

“I could not boot without -force64 - all Kernels since Darwin 10.5.0 have this issue for me - without it fsck just shuts down my system. Darwin 10.4.0 and earlier works - independend from the applied patches. This issue is not related to thi…”

“there are no Supplemental SSE3 instructions available. The only solution is running it in 32bit mode (Get Info, check "run in 32bit") You can't just make an SSSE3 emulator?”

“I get this KP sometimes: Edit: Nevermind..it was because I was using an older AppleNForceATA.”

“how to make parralers work, its says its not an Intel cpu, can any one help? 1. Turn on virtualization support in your BIOS. 2. Make the Parallels dmg read/write and mount it. 3. Open Terminal and navigate to the mounted dmg. 4. cd Install.…”

“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. Also…the original legacy kernel allowed me to boot into 64-bi…”

“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.”

“What would be the advantage you promise yourself from running 64-Bit Kernel? Even real Macs don't use this by default... iunno…are my EXC_I386_DIV crashes related?”

“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 =).”

“maybe it wasn't compiled for 64-bit? WOAH…im actually right…i just did a "lipo -info" on that file and it's only i386!”

“@Fumoboy007, don't pay attention to what System Profiler (and many other apps) says, you should check in activity monitor for 64bit apps. But it seems to be loading 32-bit kexts though…so…iunno. In the kernel logs it says "64 bit mode enabl…”

“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.”

“Also, since you have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor, you will probably need this too: AMD Dual-Core Optimizer for Snow Leopard.”

“And when you say the _patcher_ext is for some extensions, by that do you mean kexts? No, Andy is saying that amd_insn_patcher_ext contains some extra functionality for patching up some SSE3 instructions to their SSE2 variants.”

“But, how do I know which binaries need patching? I guess I don't, so am I supposed to try every single binary or just those such as QuickTime, safari iTunes etc? Since you are using the new legacy kernel, on the fly CPUID patching is availa…”

“Need any help, Andy? By the way, when I try to boot into 64-bit mode, it just restarts.”

“I have a problem where WindowServer, Safari, QuickTime, and other applications crash randomly. Before, I used to have crashes due to the sysenter trap in libSystem.b.dylib (divide by zero error) but after patching those libraries and using …”

“Only patcher_opts=2 works and all others like patcher_opts=18 or patcher_opts=34 or the no patcher_opts gives me a KP saying: EDIT: forgot to add that my processor is AMD Athlon X2 4400+”

“Can you tell me what your video card is (AGP?) on your P4? How have you been able to get Core Image/Quartz Extreme working? I am still stuck with Leopard because Snow Leopard does not support any AGP video cards on P4 (AGP) boards Does this…”

“Does the following bootflag not work? - maybe it syncs only at boot also? "tscsync= Certain multi-core CPUs suffer from a timestamp counter drift between the cores causing unpredictable timing behaviour or audio stutters. The kernel automati…”

“USB not working, wireless not working, bluetooth input not working. USB fixed using old IOUSBFamily and IOUSBMassStorage, wireless fixed using old IO80211Family (only the executable is needed), bluetooth input fixed using old IOBluetoothHID…”

“USB not working, wireless not working, bluetooth input not working.”

“Since the app store was mentioned... I bought Chopper 2 today from the app store, it works but only in 32bit mode, if i run it in 64bit mode i get this: [ulr]paste bin.com/7pD3G06f This is due to no SSSE3 support in your CPU and no SSSE3 em…”

“Does anybody know how long it takes until the new legacy_kernel for 10.6.7 gets out? Apple has not released the kernel source yet, so an updated legacy kernel cannot be made until then.”

“Nah, the code for VoodooTSCSync is generic, meaning it'll work on any multi-core CPU. Also, the "Unsynchronized TSC" message will still pop up but you should also see "VoodooTSCSyn::doTsc: stamp_tsc was called: 2 times" which means your TSC…”

“Sounds like a TSC synchronization problem. To be sure, boot up with both cores, open Terminal.app, and then type If you see something like then you have a TSC synchronization problem. In that case, compile the sources found here and use the…”

“Try this: AMD Dual-Core Optimizer for Snow Leopard”

“You need to provide more information about your PC components (network card, sound card, etc.). But so far, the outlook is looking good.”

“I have the same error on an old Pentium 4.”

“This happens sometimes:”

“This is phenomenal.”