mitch_de Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 VoodooBETA available ! I ´ll be back after installing it and report. If i´ll be not back soon then: - kernel panic > hd burned > house burned > homeless > .... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 LOL. Thanks for posting this before I even had the chance to visit insanely mac! Yes the Beta is available now. Hope it doesn't bork out Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 BACK ! First boot,even removed kernel caches gave my desktop with spinning wheel in background (never seen that before - if spinning wheel then ever on gray startup, not later). Second boot (-v) boots up normal. ALL OK , 64 Bit OK. Platform Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) Compiler GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465) Operating System Mac OS X 10.5.5 (Build 9F33) Model Hackintosh Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP35-DS3 x.x Processor Intel® Core2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 2 Logical Processors 2 Physical Processors 1 Processor Frequency 2.40 GHz L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB L2 Cache 2.00 MB L3 Cache 0.00 B Bus Frequency 960 MHz Memory 2.00 GB Memory Type 800 MHz RAM SIMD 1 BIOS Award Software International, Inc. F3 Processor Model Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 Now i will play Crysis Warhead - but with "other" kernel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dxn Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Perhaps I missed it, but where can I download the beta kernel? It's not showing up on the xnu-dev page. Edit: nevermind, new post in the forums Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Changes comparing the infos files A13 with B1 kernels with diff sysctl_A13.txt sysctl_B1.txt: hw.optional.patcher_opts: 0 (is that new?) whats that, some changes: --- > machdep.pmap.hashmax: 21 > machdep.pmap.hashcnts: 2113030 > machdep.pmap.hashwalks: 1714503 ??? SLEEP WORDED Internet (DSL Login) OK (sure, automatic reconnet after sleep needed) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Changelog ?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Changelog ?? Same as every Apples update changelogs : optimized, stability fixes - mercurysquad is an Mac OS X hero and so he must be mystic too (Without joke: He will tell us that things sure) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico_stang Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 If I install this and something goes wrong, how can I restore or revert back to my current kernel and system kext? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 If I install this and something goes wrong, how can I restore or revert back to my current kernel and system kext? Please read the documentation included with the package. The first paragraph itself mentions how to install the kernel and how to make sure it doesn't interfere with your existing kernel! Thanks for testing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico_stang Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Alright! Will report back how it went. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Changelog ?? Here. NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT ask questions about individual changesets because it is all internal and not everything makes sense or even made it into the binary version currently uploaded. user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Fri Oct 03 04:59:42 2008 +0530 summary: Added tag beta1 for changeset 8231c2ee01e1 tag: beta1 user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Fri Oct 03 04:59:16 2008 +0530 summary: Changed version tag to remove 'based on ToH' and tagged it as Beta 1 in preparation. user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Fri Oct 03 04:52:32 2008 +0530 summary: Merged the stabs/dwarf reversal back into default user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Fri Oct 03 04:50:00 2008 +0530 summary: Backed out changeset 6e9e50fcb130 - don't modify Makefile to generate stabs because it interferes with VoodooBuild user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Fri Oct 03 04:46:35 2008 +0530 summary: Pre-Beta merge user: kaitek date: Sun Sep 28 21:19:09 2008 -0700 summary: Add missing patcher_opts.h file user: kaitek date: Sun Sep 28 19:36:47 2008 -0700 summary: Improved error detection for instruction decoding. Added optional support for fisttp to opcode patcher. user: kaitek date: Sun Sep 28 18:37:00 2008 -0700 summary: Change IOBSDGetPlatformUUID() to publish and return a fake platform UUID if none is found user: kaitek date: Sun Sep 28 18:36:31 2008 -0700 summary: Generate stabs debugging symbols by default instead of dwarf user: kaitek date: Sun Sep 28 18:35:53 2008 -0700 summary: Move CPU_FAMILY_* definitions to cpuid.h user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Fri Sep 26 23:11:20 2008 +0530 summary: Merged latest changes from 'cutdown' user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Thu Sep 25 12:31:47 2008 +0530 summary: Avoid possible divide by zero in amd cache info function in case ncores is returned as zero (you never know..) user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Thu Sep 25 12:21:30 2008 +0530 summary: Backed out changeset 092a56d595b1 because of incorrect tag - that copy was modified after alpha13, so can't be called alpha13-verified. user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Thu Sep 25 12:16:49 2008 +0530 summary: Added tag alpha13-verified for changeset 02206f17deaa user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Thu Sep 25 12:03:11 2008 +0530 summary: More cache fixes - L2 should be reported as total size apparently... all you multicore people should be happy now. user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Thu Sep 25 11:15:50 2008 +0530 summary: Fixed L1 cache to use bytes, not KB, in cpuid.c user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Thu Sep 25 10:00:55 2008 +0530 summary: Changed hw.cachesize to be exclusive rather than inclusive, so we use apple's code only for apple-supported intel cpus. This should fix any remaining system profiler crashes. user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Thu Sep 25 08:48:47 2008 +0530 summary: Merged commpage sse3emu 32bit fix. user: Dense <slipstreamosx@gmail.com> date: Thu Sep 25 12:43:10 2008 +1000 summary: Attributed wait queue unlock fix patch user: Dense <slipstreamosx@gmail.com> date: Thu Sep 25 12:35:25 2008 +1000 summary: Restored etimer.h back to vanilla user: Dense <slipstreamosx@gmail.com> date: Thu Sep 25 12:34:13 2008 +1000 summary: Whitespace cleanup in commpage.c and tsc.c user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Thu Sep 25 08:46:43 2008 +0530 summary: Moved sse3 emu commpage stuffing out of generic stuffer and in between 32-bit and 64-bit stuffers, so it's stuffed only for 32 bit user: mercurysquad <mercurysquad@yahoo.com> date: Thu Sep 25 07:34:15 2008 +0530 summary: Added tag alpha13 for changeset 1e55e4b19e3c Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 If I install this and something goes wrong, how can I restore or revert back to my current kernel and system kext? As m said, its better to use new kernel with kernel boot floags: vooddoo_kernel -v (means loading that named kernel). Dont overwrite your mach_kernel for first tests ! You can get it back: 0. Boot with kernel flag : mach_kernel.backup (you must have such named kernel for this), and restore it afterwards or 1. Boot from an bootable backup volume and restore that mach_kernel to your working volume or 2. boot from DVD and get into terminal and restore your kernel from an backup If you cant 0, 1 and 2 you have an problem , if the system didnt boot up Give an TRY: boot into safe mode (once) -x and then shutdown, try boot I had also use 2 boots to get it worked ! Tested(Intel C2D) one hour : Cpuinfos OK, Network OK, Sleep OK, 64 Bit OK Audio with new voodooB1: NO problems! - only a bit loud+hard+heavy ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-915980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico_stang Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 OK, testing now. Everything seems to be working, and faster than before. X Bench score is higher. Only thing that partially works is sleep. It goes to sleep fine, but when I press the power button, it wakes up, however, the monitor stays black. So far, that's the only issue. Will continue testing for a few more hours and report back. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-916036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Beta1 is out, please refer to http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=129295 for further success reports. Please read the docs before posting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126896-private-alpha-test-of-voodoo-95-kernel/page/9/#findComment-916044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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