Re: 64-bit Mac OS X kernel
Re: 64-bit Mac OS X kernel
- Subject: Re: 64-bit Mac OS X kernel
- From: Mo McRoberts <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:47:43 +0100
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 14:41, Esteban
Bodigami<email@hidden> wrote:
> so... Xnu is 64 bit, but just for Apple employees...
No. I'm not an Apple employee. As I said: I just wasn't logged into a
10.5.8 machine when I posted that. I really can't say any more than
that.
> The PowerMac G5 shouldn't have being advertised as 64-bit if the kernel
> wasn't...
> hey, even Carbon or Cocoa isn't 64bit (I don't care which API).
There are plenty of 64-bit Cocoa apps on 10.5. 64-bit libSystem-only
apps can run on Tiger, as far as memory serves. The PowerMac G5 is a
64-bit machine. It doesn't stop being a 64-bit machine if you decide
to only run 32-bit apps.
Similarly, a 64-bit _kernel_ is mostly irrelevant for the vast
majority of people. All it means in practice is that your kexts will
break.
M.
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