Thanks, Benjamin! Many people, myself included, would be in a far worse situation without your support!!
Ed On Mar 18, 8:40 pm, Benjamin Fleischer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Edward, > > > I must say, this is all very confusing. > > Agreed. > > > Benjamin, the thread you posted has the last post listing this: > > >> The source code of the first build can be found here > >>http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse/msg/08b51b5bb0744358 > >> Some build instructions > >>http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse/msg/3e241f9f051bfa6a > >> The source code of the second build and build instructions can be found > >> here > >>http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse/msg/b1e3b98fd491b8e6 > >> The whole thread 64-bit MacFUSE 2.1.7 thread > >>http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse/msg/3e241f9f051bfa6a > > > The source code of the "first build" (the first link) refers to > > version 2.1.9 but the "second build" seems to refer to 2.1.7. > > In short: There have been two recent builds of MacFUSE that support 64 bit > kernels. > > The build I listed first (2.1.9) uses a superior locking mechanism compared > to the secondly listed build (2.1.7). Therefore you should try the build I > listed first (2.1.9). > > > This is the confusion. Are the version numbers going backward? There's > > a ways to go until version 0.0... > > As the version number suggests 2.1.7 actually was done before 2.1.9. I just > listed 2.1.9 first because this is the way to go. Hope this clears up the > confusion. At the moment 2.1.9 is the most recent version. > > You can download the unofficial MacFUSE 2.1.9 build from > Tuxerahttp://www.tuxera.com/mac/macfuse-core-10.5-2.1.9.dmg > or the source codehttp://www.tuxera.com/mac/macfuse-rebel-2.1.9-src.tar.bz2 > > If you have any further questions, shoot! > > > > > On Mar 6, 5:40 pm, Benjamin Fleischer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Daniele, > > >> 8 GB of RAM does not mean you need the 64 bit kernel. The whole 8 GB of > >> RAM can be used when running the 32 bit kernel. The previous generation > >> MacBook Pros (2010) could be ordered with 8 GB, too, but they defaulted to > >> the 32 bit kernel. Even the 2008 MacBook Pro could address the whole 4 GB > >> while running the 32 bit kernel. > > >>> Here is the solution > > >>>http://blog.caurea.org/2009/09/14/unofficial-macfuse-release-for-64bi... > > >> This is the worst solution you could have picked! AFAIK the build at > >> caurea.org just removed the safeguards that prevent the 32 bit kernel > >> module from being loaded into the 64 bit kernel. They were there for good > >> reasons. This will most likely lead to data corruption since the kernel > >> module at caurea.org is not thread safe! But the 64 bit kernel requires > >> filesystem implementations to be thread safe. Not so the 32 bit kernel. > > >> As Sam told you already there is an unofficial version of MacFUSE 2.1.9 > >> which supports 64 bit kernels, is thread safe and can be considered stable. > > >> Have a look at this > >> threadhttp://groups.google.com/group/macfuse/browse_thread/thread/9c44e83b0... > > >>> a 64-bit version of MacFUSE. > > >>> it works great!!! :) > > >> Benjamin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacFUSE" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse?hl=en.
