arbitrarycode Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 As I understand it, the semthex kernel has both EFI and TPM features removed. As such, I take it that this will not run on actual mac hardware? I thought that it would be an interesting exercise to run a kernel modified to not support TPM such as the semthex but with EFI so that people who like macs and want to run OSX can do so without having TPM crammed down their throats. Such use would actually be legal as the user would not be violating EULA because said software would be running on a mac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/31685-semthex-kernel-on-mac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbitrarycode Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 P.S., did semthex make documentation to the changes he made to the kernel? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/31685-semthex-kernel-on-mac/#findComment-220861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopazBar Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 yeah, this is very interesting from two aspects, legality and undoing EFI. I think it is legal to run the kernel because you are still running Apple's kernel - just eTPM vs TPM. Once you download the source code, you will be able to compile and run (if you know the keys to eTPM). Undoing changes are minor (less than handful of files). What was hard was trying to figure out what/where to change, and few are as talented as mifki, semthex, aRt, and maxxuss. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/31685-semthex-kernel-on-mac/#findComment-220931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbitrarycode Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 D'OH! I just thought of something. Depending on how large the sources for the kernel are, one could just use "cmp" and "grep" utilities to display all of the changes between the moded kernels and the original source. Silly me. It would be nice to have docs for guidelines, but usually there isn't with this sort of thing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/31685-semthex-kernel-on-mac/#findComment-221100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom H Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 D'OH! I just thought of something. Depending on how large the sources for the kernel are, one could just use "cmp" and "grep" utilities to display all of the changes between the moded kernels and the original source. Silly me. It would be nice to have docs for guidelines, but usually there isn't with this sort of thing.If you install Apple's Xcode, use it's FileMerge utility. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/31685-semthex-kernel-on-mac/#findComment-221183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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