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Re: IOStorage filters in 10.6



Hi Tony,

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Tony Wong
<email@hidden> wrote:
> No.  Our product does not support 10.6 yet but we are in the process
> of porting the driver to 64 bit 10.6.   We actually thought it would work in
> 32 bit snow leopard but it does not seem possible.
>
> Our driver does not use any 64 bit data types and we thought a simple
> recompilation would suffice but NO, thanks to the new interface.
>
> We have not tried the upgrade from 10.5 to 10.6 with the old 10.5 drivers
> because our primary interest is 64 bit 10.6 and we know the 32 bit driver
> will
> not work.  I would like to get quick answer from you folks so we can
> save some time.

You can build a universal Kext that works on all architectures. You
need to use #ifdef's for the 64 bit stuff. You'll have to use the 10.6
SDK for 64 bit (obviously), and the 10.5 SDK for 32 bit stuff. Search
the archives for posts on building universal kexts.

Kind regards,

Chris
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 >IOStorage filters in 10.6 (From: Tony Wong <email@hidden>)
 >Re: IOStorage filters in 10.6 (From: Michael Smith <email@hidden>)
 >RE: IOStorage filters in 10.6 (From: Tony Wong <email@hidden>)



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