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~pcwiz

Dec 22 2008, 10:27 PM

From Voodoo Team Site:

QUOTE

21 Dec 2008

Yes, we know the 9.6 kernel sources are up - we started working on it a few minutes after it was made available :-) The bad news is that Apple made a lot of changes in the kernel, most of them directly modifying the same parts that Voodoo does. So the port is almost going to be a rewrite. Expect it to take a few weeks. Early January is a good ETA for a beta of Voodoo 2.0.

16 Dec 2008

bumby has confirmed that the new Nehalem-core based Intel Core i7 processors work with Voodoo kernel (Apple stock kernel doesn't work yet). It requires using the busratio= boot flag. The next update should include native support for Core i7.

15 Dec 2008

Apple has released Leopard 10.5.6 - which means new kernel! The 9.6.0 xnu kernel source code is not up yet, but we'll be working to bring you Voodoo 9.6.0 as soon as we get our hands on the source archive.

Things are looking good. Core i7 support is coming the the team's latest kernel for Mac OS X 10.5.6 which should be here in early January

But just a tip while we wait for another great kernel, the 9.5.0 Voodoo kernel works fine in 10.5.6 as long as you have the 10.5.5 System.kext installed.

EDIT: Comment from Dense: You need the 10.5.5 seatbelt.kext as well to install Voodoo on 10.5.6

hackz

Dec 23 2008, 09:09 PM

I hope it will restore my laptop,mouse almost,and i wish a most debbugging one

justvisiting

Dec 23 2008, 10:15 PM

a suggestion: can voodoo kernel have same "release number" as apple kernel as a naming convention?

Dense

Dec 23 2008, 10:15 PM

When using Voodoo under 10.5.6 you also need to use the 10.5.5 seatbelt.kext otherwise there will be a system panic opening disk images. It seems seatbelt.kext needs to match the same version of System.kext.

~pcwiz

Dec 23 2008, 10:17 PM

Thanks Dense, original post updated

Hussein

Dec 24 2008, 10:26 AM

Good news

QUOTE

Comment from Dense: You need the 10.5.5 seatbelt.kext as well to install Voodoo on 10.5.6

how (where) to know what others kexts do (system.kext ,dsmos.kext .... etc)?

SpeedfreaK

Dec 24 2008, 11:13 AM

what is this voodoo kernel?

SticMACâ„¢

Dec 24 2008, 11:18 AM

Looking at your SIG(and mine), nothing we need!!

SticMAC

QUOTE (SpeedfreaK @ Dec 24 2008, 12:13 PM)

what is this voodoo kernel?

fabriciom

Dec 24 2008, 12:57 PM

Can this be beta tested? If so where can I download?

-Thanks

XLR

Dec 24 2008, 03:08 PM

Can anyone pls explain what's the difference between Voodoo and Vanilla kernel?

SpeedfreaK

Dec 24 2008, 03:32 PM

QUOTE (SticMAC™ @ Dec 24 2008, 12:18 PM)

Looking at your SIG(and mine), nothing we need!!

SticMAC

lol, i thought so, but i do like to know it

kytzu

Dec 27 2008, 11:34 AM

QUOTE (XLR @ Dec 24 2008, 03:08 PM)

Can anyone pls explain what's the difference between Voodoo and Vanilla kernel?

vanilla kernel is the original apple kernel and it's not 100% compatible with x86 architecture (ex sleep, speedstep, sse2)
voodoo kernel is modified to make pc as much as possible compatible with osx os, download the pdf doc from link below and see the details

http://code.google.com/p/xnu-dev/downloads/list

XLR

Dec 27 2008, 01:03 PM

Thanks!

Synaesthesia

Dec 28 2008, 10:03 AM

Hi, sorry I thought I had posted this. A very nice clarification for anyone on the Voodoo Kernel
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=127896

tornadoclaw

Jan 8 2009, 01:57 AM

Any update on when the beta for Voodoo Kernel 2.0 will be released?

asdf1smith

Jan 11 2009, 09:14 AM

2 Voodoo team

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!
MY LOGIC PRO WORKS NOW!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! MWAH!!!

vbetts

Jan 11 2009, 03:27 PM

Can't wait for it! Using 9.5.0 voodoo kernel now!

marliwahoo

Feb 6 2009, 11:30 AM

What is the latest news on voodoo 9.6 ?

siefer

Mar 8 2009, 10:33 PM

any updates? is it possible to obtain a beta? i keep getting a KP using 9.5.0 with the new Radeon drivers, 4850.

cybercow

Mar 9 2009, 12:47 PM

If you look at their dev group on google the news about it is not so bright. They announced it, but seems the developers worked on this project are gone to other projects and things, and the final release date is not so close ...

http://code.google.com/p/xnu-dev/wiki/NewsArchive

DionisOsX

Mar 12 2009, 12:43 PM

I hav installed voodoo 9.5.0 and it seems to work great but still a kernel panik every three hours. I really don't know why. It's very annoing.
Do someone know how can I fix it?

Synaesthesia

Mar 12 2009, 09:28 PM

Get another kernel? Try this Anvkernel -> http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=153414

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