Re: mac 68k progress
|~~>No, it's probably never going to happen. The kernel needs some
|~~>information about the machine (video base address, video
|~~>resolution, Gestalt ID, processor type, FPU type, fairly low
|~~>level stuff) in order to boot. This information is passed to the
|~~>kernel by the booter, which can figure it out by asking the
|~~>MacOS.
I'm guessing the reason that the kernel can't figure this stuff
out by itself (like Linux on Intel machines does) is because Apple has
been less than forthcoming with hardware specs on these older machines.
Is this accurate?
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| Jason Reeves - javaGeek - <jhr@comp.uark.edu> - KC5TTQ - 575-2330 |
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