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From: <sv...@va...> - 2009-08-16 00:21:48
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Author: njn Date: 2009-08-16 01:20:58 +0100 (Sun, 16 Aug 2009) New Revision: 10827 Log: tweak 32/64-bit darwin stuff Modified: trunk/NEWS Modified: trunk/NEWS =================================================================== --- trunk/NEWS 2009-08-16 00:00:17 UTC (rev 10826) +++ trunk/NEWS 2009-08-16 00:20:58 UTC (rev 10827) @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Here is a short summary of the changes. Details are shown further down: -* Support for Mac OS X 10.5.x. +* Support for Mac OS X (10.5.x). * Improvements and simplifications to Memcheck's leak checker. @@ -41,21 +41,24 @@ * Valgrind now runs on Mac OS X. (Note that Mac OS X is sometimes - called "Darwin" because that is the name of the OS core.) + called "Darwin" because that is the name of the OS core, which is the + level that Valgrind works at.) - Supported machines: + Supported systems: - - x86 machines are supported fairly well. + - It requires OS 10.5.x (Leopard). Porting to 10.4.x is not planned + because it would require work and 10.4 is only becoming less common. - - amd64 (a.k.a. x86-64) are supported, but not as well. In - particular, start-up is slow. + - 32-bit programs on x86 and AMD64 (a.k.a x86-64) machines are supported + fairly well. For 10.5.x, 32-bit programs are the default even on + 64-bit machines, so it handles most current programs. + + - 64-bit programs on x86 and AMD64 (a.k.a x86-64) machines are not + officially supported, but simple programs at least will probably work. + However, start-up is slow. - PowerPC machines are not supported. - - It requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or later. Porting to 10.4 is not - planned because it would require work and 10.4 is only becoming less - common. - Things that don't work: - The Ptrcheck tool. |