mercurysquad Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Voodoo 9.5 Kernel BETA 1 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! Please report success on this thread. Please report failures on GoogleCode's Issues section. Always attach log collected from debug Procedure 2, even for success reports! - this helps us mark off your setup as "working" on our internal testing chart. The release marks the beginning of a unification of all kernels and setups, including sleep+speedstep, sse3+sse2 and intel+amd among other things. Errata: Page 1 of Test Plan PDF, 2nd last line: should say debug procedure 1 (kernel panic), not 0. Page 2 of Test Plan PDF, tests 1 and 2 should refer to debug procedure 2, not 1. These were last minute changes, sorry about that. Thanks! ~VoodooLabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico_stang Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 OK, thanks. I may give it a shot. If something goes wrong, can I restore back my current kernel and system kext, if so how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realityiswhere Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 OK, thanks. I may give it a shot. If something goes wrong, can I restore back my current kernel and system kext, if so how? as MercurySquad already said in his first post, "novices should not attempt to test the kernel!" .. if you have to ask how to 'restore' the kernel, testing this is not for you. Competent testers should already be able to move the kernel to / without issue, boot from it, test it, and boot back into their old kernel without having to ask how to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico_stang Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 as MercurySquad already said in his first post, "novices should not attempt to test the kernel!" .. if you have to ask how to 'restore' the kernel, testing this is not for you. Competent testers should already be able to move the kernel to / without issue, boot from it, test it, and boot back into their old kernel without having to ask how to do that. Sorry, but I am testing this already. And yes, had no problems following the instructions. So far, so good. So I say anybody can test this, as long as you are willing to follow the instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B612 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I find it a bit slower than voodoo_alpha13... for the moment, I have restored the previous version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dxn Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I've loaded it, and everything seems stable. The only test which had an issue was shutting down (got a kp the first time I tried it), but that may have been the result of switching kexts, such as the System, AppleSMBIOS, and AppleSMBIOSEFI extensions in order to conform with the recommended platform. I haven't been able to repeat it, so I'm not opening an issue on it. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B612 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 hey guys, xnu team recommends to use Chun-Nan's AppleSMBIOSEFI.kext. In this moment I am using AppleSMBIOSEnabler. Which one would you prefer?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 It shouldn't have a big effect, but ritalin did some testing and it seems that chun-nan's was giving the most accurate results. I'm myself not using chunnan's kext by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dxn Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I found an interesting issue. With the Beta kernel, Marvin's patcher won't even launch. However, it works fine on Alpha 13. Additionally, if you let Marvin run rampant and patch the beta kernel, it won't even boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Patch the...kernel? Why patch the kernel itself? Don't do it! On the other hand if you are unable to boot on AMD with patched files, that's a bug - report it. This kernel is a transition version for the cpuid patcher so some things might behave differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mekk76 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Beta 1 Kernel is working on my Athlon 64 X2 4400+ on ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (nforce4). Small issues I've noticed so far: wrong cache size in System Profiler - should be 2M not 4M (1M per core). Alpha 13 reported 2M. Marvin's amd utility for patching files won't start on beta 1 - works fine on alpha 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 wrong cache size in System Profiler - should be 2M not 4M (1M per core) oh jeez I'm going insane trying to figure out what value to export! When I make it per core someone complains it should be total, when I make it total, someone else complains it should be per core Can someone confirm which way it should be? As for Marvin's -- can you please start it in a terminal and maybe get some sort of log info etc. ? Or could someone hook me up with a copy of Marvin's utility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mekk76 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Marvin's utility is here. Terminal reports something like bad executable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viiddee Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe CPU: ATHLON X2 4600+ (2400 Mhz) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleep/Resume Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues Shutdown Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues Audio/Video performance Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues eXecute Disable bit Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues TSC stability Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues 54742 08-10-03 17:34:29 31 0 0 418.1 UTC(NIST) * 54742 08-10-03 17:36:09 31 0 0 50.3 UTC(NIST) * Cache information Passed: [X Yes [_] No [_] With issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ everything seems ok, so far... gyros_gyross_macpro31.local.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dxn Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I've created a Marvin's issue with a screenshot of the error I get. I'm not sure how to start it in a terminal, because it still pops up the error message box when I use "open ..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGJulius Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hey, I have an ASUS M2NPV-VM Mobo (nForce 4) and an AMD Athlon X2 4200+ Everything seems to go good but after about 30 of use my mouse get buggy and jumps around alot. However this only happens when i have my ethernet up and running. Any help would be appriciated MGJulius_mgjuliuss_macpro31.local.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viiddee Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Asus A8N-E CPU: ATHLON 64 3200+ (2000 Mhz) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleep/Resume Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues Shutdown Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues Audio/Video performance Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues eXecute Disable bit Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues TSC stability Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues 54742 08-10-03 18:20:35 31 0 0 644.2 UTC(NIST) * 54742 08-10-03 18:22:15 31 0 0 134.4 UTC(NIST) * Cache information Passed: [X Yes [_] No [_] With issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ everything seems ok, so far... both systems uses the vanilla 10.5.5 AppleSMBIOS.kext and Chun-Nan's AppleSMBIOSEFI.kext... gyros_gyros_macpro31.local_2.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hey everyone, please only post success reports here (thanks viiddee for the excellent report ^ can be used as an example). Or discussion is also welcome. But: All bugs go on Google Code. Let's keep it organized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 System is Stable and all programs run fine. Sleep : sometimes Gateway from my Sig sleeps with issues if linux FS driver is loaded. other then that all programs seem to launch and run Great, I included all the logging info and the syslog cuts around working sleep and Crashed sleep, udmarket Causes the crash on wakeup: { udmarket: Description: Userspace Driver Market Location: /Library/StartupItems/udmarket Provides: udmarket Enabled: Yes Requires: Resolver, mDNSResponder, Core Services } this kernel will do both, depending on if I have Ext loaded, and that is not often. Shutdown : Yes Audio/Video : Good Xd : Yes TSC : seems ok, will test more later. (1 second off) Keep up the Great work. HBP112358 GatewatMac.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B612 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Asus A8N-ECPU: ATHLON 64 3200+ (2000 Mhz) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleep/Resume Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues Shutdown Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues Audio/Video performance Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues eXecute Disable bit Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues TSC stability Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues 54742 08-10-03 18:20:35 31 0 0 644.2 UTC(NIST) * 54742 08-10-03 18:22:15 31 0 0 134.4 UTC(NIST) * Cache information Passed: [X Yes [_] No [_] With issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ everything seems ok, so far... both systems uses the vanilla 10.5.5 AppleSMBIOS.kext and Chun-Nan's AppleSMBIOSEFI.kext... sorry for my stupid question, but HOW DO YOU RESUME after putting your hackintosh to sleep?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 sorry for my stupid question, but HOW DO YOU RESUME after putting your hackintosh to sleep?!?!? LOL. Read the included PDF! To resume you press the power button on desktops/laptops, or put the lid up on laptops. Unless I'm totally missing the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B612 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 LOL. Read the included PDF! To resume you press the power button on desktops/laptops, or put the lid up on laptops. Unless I'm totally missing the question? WOW, you were not missing the question! Since I could sleep-resume so easily with my macbook pro, I assumed it would be impossible to do the same with a normal hackintosh! BTW it works perfect with beta1 voodoo. WOW!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dxn Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 sorry for my stupid question, but HOW DO YOU RESUME after putting your hackintosh to sleep?!?!? @B612 just hit your power button to turn it back on (or open the lid if you're using a laptop) I just wanted to do an official success report: Tests 1-5 passed Test 6 N/A Test 7 Not Attempted All programs are working properly (including programs such as parallels). The only issue was not being able to run Marvin's, but using the patcher_opts=0 boot flag, Marvin's is working just fine. I've attached my system report. My spec summary is in my signature. deja_dejas_macpro31.local.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeRunner Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I had initial problems with kernel panic caused by using a kextcache in the efi-boot partition - long story. That was resolved by removing the mkext file and adding the Extensions folder used to build it. The only residual that I see so far is that I must use the -f kernel flag to boot. I didn't need it with the alpha kernel. Test 1 Sleep/Resume Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues first time it ever worked on my system Test 2 Shutdown Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues Test 3 Audio/Video performance Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues used iTunes while running other apps - no skipping etc.. used VLC to play dvd rip stored on a NAS server - no skip or video problems Test 4 eXecute Disable bit Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues accurately reflect XD support in your CPU? [X] Yes [_] No bash-3.2# sudo sysctl -w kern.nx=1 kern.nx: 0 sysctl: kern.nx: value is not available Test 5 TSC stability Passed: [X] Yes [_] No [_] With issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nargilem Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Tests 1-5 passed CPU: AMD Athlon64 3500+ Venice Motherboard: Asus A8N SLI Premium Current uptime: 5hrs, without any problems.. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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