[B2-devel] SS MacOSX on PPC problem (precise timer patch issue?)

[Ronald P. R. <ron...@xs...>]

There is a problem with recent builds of SheepShaver MacOSX on PPC Macs.

SheepShaver launches normally and the virtual machine begins to  
startup normally. But then SheepShaver freezes at the MacOS welcome  
screen before extensions start loading. The same when trying to  
startup with extensions disabled. The message that extension are  
disabled appears in the welcome screen, but that is as far as it gets.  
SheepShaver does not react to anything anymore, it uses more than 90%  
of CPU time and the OSX side shows the spinning beachball. There are  
no unusual messages in Console.

The problem must have started with a change in August.

A 2009-07-14 build does not have the problem.

The 2009-07-26 build that Michael Schmitt posted here:
<http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=30434#30434>
also does not have the problem. That build already contains the memory  
allocation error fix, although that fix was not yet committed to CVS  
then. If the fix was applied as it was used for this build, that  
excludes this fix as the cause of the problem.

A 2009-08-23 build and all later builds have the problem on PPC Macs.
Could the "precise timer" patch be the cause of the problem?

If I know which files are involved with that patch, I can try to build  
with earlier versions of those files.

Ronald.