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UPDATE: Pinguinii invadeaza Mactel iMac Core Duo ruleaza Linux	By Mihai Holinschi, Linux News Editor 17th of February 2006, 10:15 GMT Adjust text size:


Intocmai ca cele mai multe sisteme cu procesor la mai mult de 12MHz, noul Mac Intel ruleaza Linux. Eroul responsabil este Edgar 'Gimli' Hucek, developer la proiectul xbox-linux. Potrivit ale loaderului elilo, kernelului si ale unor drivere. Principala problema legata de rularea pe noul Mac consta in faptul ca acestea nu mai au BIOS. Se foloseste in schimb asa numita EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) de la Intel, aceasta fiind conceputa initial pentru Itanium. Exista suport de EFI in linux, sub forma unui loader numit elilo, dar acesta e scris pentru Itanium. Hucek a depasit problema, pornind de pe un disc USB si activand suportul pentru tastatura si un adaptor de retea pe USB. Deocamdata, a reusit sa ruleze Gentoo si sa compileze kernel-ul de Linux. Mai este foarte mult de lucru, dar asta-i pasul cel mai important. Inevitabil, acum se vor implica si alti programatori care vor obtine pana la urma o distributie completa pentru Intel Mac. Pana la aparitia unor noi informatii, va las cu primele doua linii de la dmesg: Linux version 2.6.16-rc3 (root@t43) (gcc version 4.0.2 (Gentoo 4.0.2-r3, pie-8.7.8)) #135 SMP Thu Feb 16 14:03:20 CET 2006 EFI: EFI v0.00 by Apple Simpatic, nu?

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