Bearcat Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 OK Thanks, That's only if you use the -core2 optimization flag. So thats controllable when compiling your code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Netkas has modified the darwin bootloader to enable it to directly boot the UNMODIFIED EFI kernel that apple uses on real macs. Not to discount Netkas's excellent progress, in no way does this represent a complete "mastery" of EFI as your thread title states. A true master of EFI would also be able to use Apple's EFI firmware options like boot selector, target disk mode and bootcamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Not to discount Netkas's excellent progress, in no way does this represent a complete "mastery" of EFI as your thread title states. A true master of EFI would also be able to use Apple's EFI firmware options like boot selector, target disk mode and bootcamp. Yeah, I think you're right. I just said that because it's the only sentence that came to my mind when I read the blog. Maybe I should change the title to EFI finally hacked" or "works"... Any suggestions?! moderators... feel free to modify the title if it's misleading. I'm not a native English speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envying Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Haha, don't take it too serious! EFI for x86 is a better way to go for happle pc! Give it a little more time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Maybe I should change the title to EFI finally hacked" or "works"... Any suggestions?! moderators... feel free to modify the title if it's misleading. I'm not a native English speaker. Don't worry about it so much, it's no big deal. There is a lot of confusion about what EFI is and such, so I just wanted to point this out. We have an EFI project here, while Netkas certainly is making significant progress towards that project's goals, he certainly has not finished all work on EFI, which may require real EFI firmware (not EFI firmware that emulates BIOS) for EFI motherboards like those from Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 OK Thanks, That's only if you use the -core2 optimization flag. So thats controllable when compiling your code. I'm not sure if it's added by default by XCode or Apple-specific optimisations when compiling for AMD64 on OS X, but even if it's not, we can expect people compiling 64-bit apps for OS X to use it because there's no reason not to except Hackintosh users... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonkoala Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Oh dear... this is bad... My PC is going to start having identity issues over whether its a Mac or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 O.K. We have released it. (OHAI Hagar) DISCLAIMER: You need Core 2. You need to not be a n00b. You need to remove NVRAM plugin from EFIRuntime. Put in Stock Kernel. Still need dsmos for decryption atm (soon to be fixed). And... You can use ALL vanilla kexts. . If this messes up ur computer, dont blame us, is still very new atm. oh, and available at irc.osx86.hu in #leopard channel, the last link in the topic. /me waits to see Hagar on hu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipguy Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 got it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I know what I'm doing tonight! This is awesome news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Not to discount Netkas's excellent progress, in no way does this represent a complete "mastery" of EFI as your thread title states. A true master of EFI would also be able to use Apple's EFI firmware options like boot selector, target disk mode and bootcamp. Yes, i agree 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEHAWKs Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 going to try this great news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Pfft... Now we just need a way for users to dump things like their Natit & HDAInject configuration into the bootloader (is there room in 62KB?!) and we can have 'clean room' OS X. Well nearly, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvil Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Is working fine on a DP965LT mobo with a Core 2 Duo at 2.13 Ghz, but the bus speed even if is correctly reported in "About this mac", is not set accordingly and the clock keep sliding of the real time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Now I need to get a Core 2 duo computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nos4ar2 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 hey can anyone tell if my dell d620 with an old core duo (not core 2 duo) has hpet and if it will work with this bootloader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 This is Great News, but sadly i have to upgrade..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingerr Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Hi all! These are really great news! Any chance for Core 1 DUO in the near future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zef Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 hey can anyone tell if my dell d620 with an old core duo (not core 2 duo) has hpet and if it will work with this bootloader? The chipset has hpet support not the CPU. This bootloader can even work with any cpu, the kernel is the picky guy about CPUs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flama Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 efi boot-132 with r21 patch Intel915GAVL + CeleronD 3.2GHz Edit: Kernel is modified to work on CeleronD, but all factory kexts works from 9a581, including ACPI and SMBIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myzrael Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I will try this tonight with my Core 2 duo CPU. Hope it works! Awesome work! At the moment it says connection refused though. So the IRC server might be overloaded. edit: Works now......must have been my connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC Coyote Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 What's the irc link for the channel and server? I am on the insanely mac irc channel but do not see anything :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Very n00b question (sorry but I couldn't resist :mellow:). What this represents for a noob OSx86 user? That we would be able to use unmodified OS X kernel and extensions and to update our OS straigth from Apple without any problems (assuming you have the compatible hardware)? Just help me understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 OK, now I REALLY want a new computer with a core 2 cpu but I don't have enough money. :mellow: I'll buy a new motherboard this week, but the cpu will have to wait till my exam results are published for my parents to give me money. This looks really good. I can't wait to see what else will happen in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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