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Voodoo 9.5 Release Candidate Please read the Test plan and debug procedure PDFs before proceeding with the beta test. Please understand that this is a beta test - it may break your system, and novices should not attempt to test the kernel!…

“Also the point of putting the HPET code back in the kernel is simple... It also has emulation of HPET code added which allows the standard timers and so on to be used for people without HPET... In essence thus emulating HPET with an older (…”

“R0GUE just identified a bug where sleep/resume resets the workaround. So we'll probably package this up as a .kext which AMD users can dump in their Extensions folder and it will take care of everything - rather than modifying the kernel's …”

“This is now fixed as of Voodoo beta 2 One question though: would people prefer to have it as a kext or in-kernel as it is now?”

“Voodoo Kernel has now been released. http://code.google.com/p/xnu-dev”

“i tried to boot with the flags -v -x -f and leopard starts to the point where i can see the blue sreen and then stops. Do you have dsmos.kext or AppleDecrypt.kext installed? If not, install one of those.”

“So i don't need any other kext? only the kernel update as for other voodoo's releases? is it right? thanks... No. Yes. Yes. You're welcome.”

“And my CPU now shows as a Core Duo. This is a public service announcement -- AMD processors are identified as Intel Core Solo/Duo on purpose.”

“My cpu it's seen correctly but doesn't run in 64bit mode (as report Geekbench) You have to test with the 64bit version of geekbench which needs a registration key. Free version comes only with 32bit version enabled.”

“I'm not sure about this. OK. Explanations follow. In System Profiler the processor is detected correctly as AMD Opteron, in 'About this Mac' (I'll shorten it with 'ATM' now) is it Intel Core Duo. If a program/installer needs system informat…”

“It seems that my applications did not become obsolete ... I'm happy ! Zephyroth your excellent utility is not yet obsolete but I'd recommend re-channelizing your expertise to other areas than cpuid patching, as 100% parity between intel & a…”

“What Dies said. In fact I can confirm that the crash at 12% was because of AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext -- I hosed my system recently because of just that (and I have an Intel Pentium M..). So in short for updating, follow Intel guides…”

“@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 cu…”

“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 Silv…”

“What means "Suggested kexts: def --> dfe" ? Just correcting a typo in the docs.”

“Updated the first post to indicate beta 2 is available. Anyone know how to edit the title of this thread? I tried but it still shows up as beta 1. Oh and AMD users start stress testing this kernel already. Timing bug should be gone for good…”

“After much delay: Beta 2 will be released in a few minutes. Theme Track being finalized at the moment”

“Do we need the cpuid.kext from the package? No, it's only a diagnostic tool used in one of the debug procedures. It is not required during general use of your computer.”

“45 seconds with prelinked kernel. Pentium M 1.73 Ghz, 5400 rpm SATA drive (no ahci) and 1.5GB RAM. That's not bad - it's faster than linux on this same machine which takes at least 75 sec or more from bootloader to hdd idle.”

“Quick note about the cpuid patcher, since I'm sure all AMD users are curious about it : It works, but not 100%. Turned out dynamic libraries (ie. frameworks) are read in userspace, not kernel, so they can't be auto-patched by the kernel yet…”

“If it's anonymous, how do you make sure the kext is legit and not some rogue code? Since kexts run in kernel space with full access to hardware, it might not be something I want to use unless I can hold someone accountable if something blow…”

“But this only works if there's enough RAM. If you have 'only' 2 GB the 64bit version has to swap too. Not true. 64bit capability is useful for a lot of things other than accessing >4GB memory. Like being able to do arithmetic on 64bit integ…”

“Crap.. that sucks. From what I know the kernel and many many kexts have had a lot of changes. If apple decides to drop the bombshell so soon just near voodoo release we're gonna have a busy next few days...”