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Member #20,181 · 2009-12-23 → 2012-08-01
#192 by Dispatches #169 by Author Reads #95 by Thread Reach Member #20,181 AMD OSx86 Retail DVD / USB Voodoo / XNU Kernel

@sulphide

InfiniteMac community contributor with 37 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (60,917 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 2,096,915 historical readers.

Dispatches 37 Ranked #192 of 6,691
Author Reads 60,917 Ranked #169 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 2,096,915 Ranked #95 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 30,458 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #20,181 Joined 2009-12-14
Active Window 2009–2012 2009-12-23 → 2012-08-01
Archive Standing
#192 of 6,691 by Dispatches (37 notes) · #169 of 3,454 by Author Readership (60,917 reads across 2 dossiers) · #95 by Thread Reach (2,096,915 cumulative reads)
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Member #20,181 · Joined 2009-12-14
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (9) · Retail DVD / USB (3) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (3) · ASUS P5K / P5Q (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
20 (54%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @sulphide (2)

60,917 cumulative reads on threads started by @sulphide

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
Here it is x32 + x64 (all in one) version of Medevil's AppleNForceATA.kext recompiled by me for Snow Leo, all x64 compatability issues were solved, almost nothing changed. Tested on NForce4 s939 Asus A8N-SLI... so try it. ps SATA DVD…
10.X Core32,676 reads
2010-01-08 · 26 notes
AppleAC97Audio.kext with AppleAC97IntelICH + nForce 3/4 support. New x64 SL version.
Compiled from 10.4.1 apple sources AppleAC97Audio for Snow Leo with x64 support. (Both x32 and x64 versions of kexts in one). It does not contain AppleAC97AudioAMD, AppleAC97AudioVIA, AppleAC97CodecAD198x plugins, contains only…
10.X Core28,241 reads
2010-01-09 · 16 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (35)

Direct links into threads where @sulphide contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Lion with AMD
“it would be great to have x64 kernel special for bulldozer processors no ssse3 emulator needed at all...”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-03
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“fx-8150, m5a97 mobo, 8 gig ram, everything is working fine, except qt and itunes and some apps closes, seems due to the old problem with syscall, sysret, sysenter, sysexit... ssse3 and upto avx extensions supported with fx processors. finde…”
Lion – Catalina2012-03-31
1,075,710 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“Differences between AMD64 and EM64T There are a small number of differences between each instruction set. Compilers generally produce binaries that target both AMD64 and EM64T, making the differences mainly of interest to compiler developer…”
Lion – Catalina2012-08-01
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“think that the performance of our Bulldozer's is the standard? i got almost 6 in os x and same in windows 7 x64 (fx-8150)”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-24
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“Be sure to patch dyld & libsystem_kernel.dylib only - do not touch any other files in /usr/lib with amd_insn_patcher Thanks, i forgot to unpatch libSystem.B.dylib... now unpatched and the problem has gone.”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-22
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“Can you describe with more details, what the problem is? this happens only to third-party apps, as i can see... all native apps look as they should. ps not all third-party apps, opera e.g. looks good.”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-22
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“One issue remains... font rendering is wrong in some apps.”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-22
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“fx-8150, seems all main issues have gone with the latest kernel...”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-19
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“Sorry I was wrong previously. Now I took 2 those libs and patch them manually using the pattern rawx86 gave. So there are no changes at all. There are same authentication problems as before. fx-8150 ps i chown and chmod libs and of course d…”
Lion – Catalina2012-06-09
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“Can you test wether this is related to the Kernel or patching sysenter traps? Actualy I have not been using amd_insn_patcher - I applied the sysenter patch manualy. (5A 89 E1 0F 34 90 has to be replaced with 59 CD FC 51 C3 90) The patcher b…”
Lion – Catalina2012-06-09
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“I just can tell you that even on bulldozer its not running perfect. As you can see a few posts above I have heavy authentication issues with a clean bulldozer install and problems like diskutilty doesnt show any device You can try it but it…”
Lion – Catalina2012-06-08
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“Some people (including Bulldozer users) may need to advice the correct clock multiplier to the Kernel as auto-detection fails. Examples: busratio=13 (multiplier 13) or busratio=105 (multiplier 10.5) THANKS! It's ok now Don't know why my bus…”
Lion – Catalina2012-06-03
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“I tested your first kernel and my fresh 10.7.4 installation works great with flags -v npci=0x2000 -legacy! But your newest one from today just restarts my pc over and over again, I tried the following flags in many combinations: -force64 -l…”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-31
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“fx-8150, 64-bit, reboot right after kexts loaded. previous kernel works ok even in 64 bits.”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-29
486,363 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“Thanks R:A:W:X86, this kernel works for me on my FX-8150, but only v1 from Bronzovka worked for me. It would be great to make bulldozer x64 kernel with on the fly sysenter/syscall patch. Now all x64 bit apps work and x32 don't.”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-20
486,363 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“always get KP with this kernel when uTorrent tries to hash big (~2.6 gig) file... problem in IOBufferMemoryDescriptor - out of 32bits... someone using int instead of unsigned long int?”
10.X Core2010-01-08
194,515 dossier reads
Blackknight (AnV/Qoopz-based) kernel w/corrected Phenom FSB detection
“vmware fusion 3.0.2 is not working with 10.3.0 of this kernel - always get kp on launch... with 10.3.0 Legacy Kernel for INTEL/AMD by qoopz/nawcom everything is ok, currently running win xp... don't know maybe reinstalling vmware will help?…”
10.X Core2010-04-18
90,162 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“got no result just bkack screen after loading mach_kernel 0.9, on amd system, what should i do instead of fust replaycing mach_kernel?”
10.X Core2009-12-25
76,126 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“Pcj, you'd better upload your kernel somewhere else ^_^ BRSBOX is not breathing... there is no pulse... dead... ))”
10.X Core2009-12-24
76,126 dossier reads
Support for some HD5000 series GFX cards emerged in MacMini 10.6.4 Image
“thanks! everithing is working! got phenom hack with 5850... but it seems that video playback is not accelerated or it is the problem of the latest qoopz kernel... in every video player got 1 core 100% busy and video lags while other 3 are f…”
10.X Core2010-07-04
65,749 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“well, actualy i don't remember which version i'd uploaded before, so reuploaded now "release" but not a debug one.. try it if it helps with dependecies... and guys i'm sorry again - i can't support this kext anymore because i dont have a8n-…”
10.X Core2010-03-25
32,676 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“btw problems with usb mice on nforce4 may be due to nvenabler64, try to use strings instead...”
10.X Core2010-02-12
32,676 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“Have you noticed and problems with your mouse after prolonged usage? I use a usb mouse and keyboard and after a while the mouse begins to jump around the screen sporadically eventually to a point where it is impossible to do anything. (edit…”
10.X Core2010-02-11
32,676 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“it seems that all my problems were due to wrong settings in smbios.plist, i've changed them to MacPro3,1 settings and corrected memory timings and fsb and everething works fine now, no strange KPs, no lags or something... usb mouse pointer …”
10.X Core2010-01-11
32,676 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“I've taken a look at the sources... there is no problem with xnu from 10.5.5 leo but latest xnu seems to be hardly rewritten.. so it will take a while before we see working x64 kernel... though everything seems to be clear. and i don't unde…”
10.X Core2010-01-10
32,676 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“Hey sulphide, on a side note, I've seen you own the same mother as mine, are you able to run snow leo in 64bits? I can load it fine with anv-qoopz-voodoo kernel but can't run any 32bits apps. I really want to get 64bits mode running cause i…”
10.X Core2010-01-10
32,676 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“Thanks. Works fine here. But I would be happy if you share the sources. uploaded. see the first post..”
10.X Core2010-01-09
32,676 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“reuploaded debug version (see the first post), resolved all x64 compatability issues... KPs seems to be due to new ANV/QOOPZ kernel...”
10.X Core2010-01-08
32,676 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“Sorry it's not debug version and i got kp while checking hashes in utorrent in 2.5 gig file, but do not know if it is due to this kext... need to be tested...”
10.X Core2010-01-08
32,676 dossier reads
AppleAC97Audio.kext with AppleAC97IntelICH + nForce 3/4 support. New x64 SL version.
“Had my own dsdt for this mobo... can't say anything about the other ones. as i remember, i had usb mouse and keyboard, and got no any problem using this kext. now i have phenom mobo, so can't test it for you, sorry.”
10.X Core2010-07-29
28,241 dossier reads
AppleAC97Audio.kext with AppleAC97IntelICH + nForce 3/4 support. New x64 SL version.
“amm sorry.. will upload not a debug version later... i've only tested it under 10.6.2”
10.X Core2010-01-30
28,241 dossier reads
Are AMD w/ SL doomed
“As i can see, Billdozer supports all needed CPU instructions and I it is interesting can it run native kernel or slightly pathced kernel? got FX-8150 and can't wait the patched kernel”
Snow Leopard 10.62012-02-19
18,971 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“BRSBOX is under maintenance, waiting to test it on my amd system... thanks from Russia”
10.X Core2009-12-23
76,126 dossier reads
AppleNForceATA x32/x64 version recompiled.
“fixed "out of 32bit" KP. reuploaded. =)”
10.X Core2010-01-14
32,676 dossier reads
OS X Mountain Lion released
“waiting for your kernel...”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-26
28,402 dossier reads