Platon Fomichev writes:
> Hey Andrew
>
> Thanks for quite a complete answer! Btw speaking about 32-bit kernel
> - will Leopard feature a full 64-bit kernel? From what I've heard
> this seems to be the case. Hope things will improve then a bit.
>
The first rule of Leopard is that you don't talk about Leopard, but
the the publically available information talks only about "64-bit
drivers". Note, there is no mention of a 64-bit kernel.
The "64-bit driver" stuff is talking about overcoming the limit in
Tiger where 64-bit applications couldn't talk to devices through the
Apple IOKit mechanisms, as there was no 64-bit version of libIOKit.
FWIW, you can get around this in Tiger by using (faster, more
portable) Unix ioctls via 64-bit applications.
Drew
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