Shawn Erickson writes:
> On 8/18/06, Andrew Gallatin <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> > What possible details in the XNU source are specific to the mac pro
> > and are something that an untrained monkey could not have deduced
> > from Apple's partnership with Intel?
>
> Those untrained monkeys happened to be guessing all over the map on
> what would be in the Mac Pro and the XNU source could have narrowed
> down what was coming in much more detail (with a minor level of
> analysis).
Again, how? Xnu doesn't include drivers, which is what
really differentiates the Mac Pro from any other x86 box.
AFAIK, 10.4.7 isn't 64-bit on a Mac Pro (don't have one yet),
but even if it were, (nearly) all of Intel's processors are
64-bit these days, as are AMDs. Nothing to be learned there.
Etc. Etc.
Basically it boils down to Apple's open source (for at least the
kernel) is read-only, and only when they are in the mood to make it
available.
That's fine as it is their code and their license. But my original
point still stands: Darwin, and Xnu in particular is far from a
shining example of what an open source project should be.
Drew
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