Re: Apple Opens Up: Kernel, Mac OS Forge, iCal Server, Bonjour, Launchd

On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:05 PM, Joe Auty wrote:

> Hmmmm...
>
>> Source code for the kernel of Mac OS X 10.4.7 for Intel are now  
>> available. Several changes were made in order to publish the  
>> kernel (xnu) sources. As a result, the kernel built from these  
>> sources differs from the one found in the 10.4.7 software update.  
>> In order to accommodate these changes, several kernel extensions  
>> were also modified and must be downloaded and installed in order  
>> to run a kernel built from these sources on Mac OS X 10.4.7 for  
>> Intel.
>>
>> Kernel sources are available as xnu-792.10.96. Stay tuned for  
>> detailed instructions for building and installing the kernel for  
>> Intel.
>
>
> Pretty vague. Doesn't really describe what these changes were...  
> hmmmmm.....

Sorry if my post was vague, it wasn't really meant to be.  There were  
some portions of xnu for Intel which could not be released as open  
source.  These portions have been moved to kernel extensions so the  
xnu sources can now be made available.

- Kevin