mercurysquad Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Any updates? Yes. My rtc part is in the repository now. Waiting on kaitek to confirm he committed the last few fixes. Then we have to merge the two branches, compile and upload. There won't be much documentation update sadly because we don't have the time for it, and there will be full docs during final release around the weekend anyway. Also if there are any users with half-fsb ratio (AMD specially) who were getting timer error without specifying fsb or busratio manually, come on IRC if you want to quickly check my tsc fix branch. I should be on for the next 2 hours. EDIT: I'm really sleepy now. RC comes tomorrow morning. Sorry guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Dent Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 This sound great also will i be able to install full retail using this kernel and say the slimbuild iso on a AmD ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 This sound great also will i be able to install full retail using this kernel and say the slimbuild iso on a AmD ? Yes. Including 64bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauℓzurrr. Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Wow, this is so nice ! Thnx for all the efforts you guys are putting into this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnekton1 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Will the dl include the new Chameleon, which I guess is a must have for the new kernel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dxn Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Great work! I can't wait to load it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entitas Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Hey, it's already 26 in New York and where is that 25th November release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howarchaic Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Hey, it's already 26 in New York and where is that 25th November release? learn to read updated posts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Hey, it's already 26 in New York and where is that 25th November release? Didn't I say I'm waiting on kaitek to confirm his fixes are in? The guy is probably busy with something more important. I mean I don't have a problem just compiling what we have now and putting it online. But then you'll get unbootable systems, crashed programs and all sorts of problems. Then people will complain it doesn't work and KP's and I can't boot yadayada. There is a certain quality standard that the Voodoo kernel has to maintain, even if that means delaying releases. The policy is no (or as few as possible) regression between releases. And it's not like several month delay. It's just a few hours, at max days... 24 Novthere are a few major memory leaks in the current kernel and i'm polishing up some fixes that should be ready to be pushed tomorrow. kernel seems ready for rc after that [...] it's been a busy month for me and i'll still probably be in and out for the next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howarchaic Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Oh, one thing I noticed was a system lockup while extracting a large zip file (2 gigs) under 2c. Could that have anything to do with setting my fsb manually? I had no problem with my 10.5.2 install, I didn't try with 10.5.5 under modbin, though. And it didn't panic, it just straight locked up, so no logs unfortunatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Will AMD on-the-fly be Online ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Will AMD on-the-fly be Online ? Yes. But we cannot directly help people with booting retail on AMD, as it's more than just the kernel. How it will be is like: AMD specialists/distro makers will pick up the kernel and use it to make universal distros that end users will install. If you like experimenting, go ahead and try a retail install on your own, but to restate: we can't help with AMD retail booting past the kernel's boundaries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Well if the kernel is as good as the previous ones it will work out great it seemed to make my mobilty Sempron 4000+ faster then In windows. I'm going to try The retail Leopard disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entitas Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 learn to read updated posts... Hey Mr. Archaic, you thought it's a big deal, huh? I knew that Mercurysquad finished his work on the kernel and waiting for kaitek's to finish. I just wanted some update, only if available from mercurysquad, nothing else. Who are you to get into this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 People let's keep it friendly. Updates: kaitek's fixes are ready to go into the repo tomorrow (I don't know what time zone but I'm assuming central european). So RC will be out then. The good news is that this is basically it - unless a major problem is detected, the RC will turn into final version. In the buffer period between rc and final we'll write the documentation and audit the source to prepare for the release. That's the final update for now. Order your beer crates already.. make sure it's Beck's* * no affiliation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dxn Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Oh, one thing I noticed was a system lockup while extracting a large zip file (2 gigs) under 2c. Could that have anything to do with setting my fsb manually?I had no problem with my 10.5.2 install, I didn't try with 10.5.5 under modbin, though. And it didn't panic, it just straight locked up, so no logs unfortunatly. I had a similar problem, and it was related to the chipset drivers, not the kernel. Try booting into safe mode (-x). You might be able to work with the large files if the offending kext isn't loaded. Otherwise, finding a fixed chipset driver is probably your only option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Dent Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I appreciate your rigorus testing Voodoo team I wouldnt want a unstable final release like the microsoft people anyways cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Yeah let the voodoo team work in peace and let them make an really voodoo kernel - right in the eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dense Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 A small update. The patches we needed have now been submitted, just waiting for Mercurysquad to do the branch merges. There will be one outstanding issue that we will release with though. AMD 64bit support will not work with translate, so if you need PPC binary backward compatibility support then you will need to drop back to 32bit mode. The number of people needing translate support is minimal so its not much of a restriction and 64 bit support is far more valuable enabled by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dies Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Thanks for the update. Do you think that's something that should be sorted when you guys decide to make a final release? Not that it really matters much, at least not to me, but knowing everything is 100% is always nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnekton1 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Great work guys and thanks for your time and talents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daikatana Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Well, I think is not worth to waste time with the translation issue (at least right now), considering that Apple has been using Intel for three years, all the important apps has been ported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Dent Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I know i'm still learning but is leopart run native 64-bit and with a performance gain or not till snow leo? I'm just wondering also why do i need voodo kernel on mah atom processor ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 Merge done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 Couple of hours. I have to have breakfast first then update the documentation. Dense & kaitek worked all day to get it ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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