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An mkext should be created by kextcache in pd_setup #17

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run pd_setup to create an ISO or VM

What is the expected output? 
An Extensions.mkext file is created to speed up the boot process

What do you see instead?
In the bootloader, I see that every kext is loaded individually

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
PD9

Please provide any additional information below.
DFE mentions
kextcache -m mach.macosx.kext /path/to/System/Library/Extensions
as the command to create the mkext on 
http://tgwbd.org/blog/2009/10/17/be-free-little-
pxes-be-free/

Original issue reported on code.google.com by appeng...@puredarwin.org on 2 Jan 2010 at 12:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
This is when creating Nano

Original comment by appeng...@puredarwin.org on 2 Jan 2010 at 5:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
I've noticed problems on read-only medium when the hardware where the 
Extensions.mkext has been generated 
on is different than the hardware which boots. 

Original comment by Aladin.Q...@gmail.com on 3 Jan 2010 at 12:15

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
This is interesting. The DFE page mentions a switch to include more kexts in 
the mkext, maybe we need to use 
that.

Original comment by appeng...@puredarwin.org on 3 Jan 2010 at 12:27

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
Switch added in revision 2b6333219b (enabled by default).

Original comment by Aladin.Q...@gmail.com on 5 Jan 2010 at 12:53