On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Tomas Carnecky <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/29/2009 12:49 AM, Amit Singh wrote: >> >> * Custom-compiled MacFUSE under a 64-bit kernel? >> >> I noticed that some of you are compiling/distributing a MacFUSE kernel >> extension for the 64-bit kernel. Simply recompiling it is not going to >> work--a bunch of non-trivial work is needed. If you simply recompile >> it (by commenting out the #ifdef guards, as I believe folks did), >> it'll load under K64 and might even appear to work. But at best, >> you'll get a kernel panic, and at worst, you'll get data corruption. >> >> You can "test" this yourself under K64. Use the custom-compiled >> version to mount some file system with a bunch of files. Then, from >> multiple terminal windows, cause some continuous file activity, say, >> some 'find' loops. You should get a kernel panic in no time. >> >> Unless you are a kernel developer who wants to "hack" on MacFUSE, I >> wouldn't advise you recompile MacFUSE, specially the kernel extension. >> Even if you do, distributing it is likely to cause pain and confusion. > > Do you at least know what needs to be changed or are you completely in the > dark as to which changes there have been in Snow Leopard which make the > 64bit MacFUSE kext incompatible? > > If you know that you don't have time to work on MacFUSE maybe you should > make an announcement to the group that you are looking for someone to take > over the project. I don't think anybody is going to rush to work on it given > the uncertainty whether you will pick it up in the future or not.
I would second this. If you don't have enough time to work on snow leopard compatibility, please list out what all you know and where someone should start. Maybe some good quality patches will follow. SG
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