site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com 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 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com