[email protected] writes: >Message: 1 >Subject: Re: Determining whether Mac platform is Intel or PPC? >From: "Theodore H. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:25:55 +0100 > >I'm curious. > >Why does it matter if it's intel or PPC? With Rosetta, the idea is >that you don't need to worry about it? > >-- >http://elfdata.com/plugin/ >
I can answer this two ways. By the way, keep in mind that the situation is that we are talking about a current-RB application (i.e. Power Mac only) that _installs_ a product that is itself a universal binary application. a) We OEM a software product from another vendor, add drivers for our own devices, and make a significant number of other changes. Our installer needs to install "the same thing" they install, whatever that may be, plus our delta. And their installer offers slightly different installation choice and installs slightly different things in the Intel and Power Mac environment. We need to do "whatever they do," so we need to do different things on Intel and Power Mac. b) Some of the differences are related to a dongle driver (which _they_ OEM from the dongle manufacturer). I'm not sure I understand all the issues yet (I have queries in), but in the Power Mac environment the dongle driver is a kernel extension in the /System/Library/Extensions directory, whereas in the Intel environment it's a framework in a directory local to their software. In other words, don't ask _me_ why it matters whether it's Intel or PPC, all I know is that two other vendors say it does. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
