From: Nicholas Nethercote Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:20:58 +0000 (+0000) Subject: tweak 32/64-bit darwin stuff X-Git-Tag: svn/VALGRIND_3_5_0~23 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f9d42655d8766aed5916e386a1ea2d79035f5cf8;p=thirdparty%2Fvalgrind.git tweak 32/64-bit darwin stuff git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@10827 --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 00e21628cd..e7b89c8376 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ and X86/Darwin. Support for recent distros and toolchain components 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 @@ minor changes. * 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.