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Adding dependencies with kmodload
(HTML)
QA1097: Illustrates how to specify dependencies when using kmodload.
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Device Drivers, Kernel |
2001-12-05 |
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Are the Name Registry device tree nodes unique?
(HTML)
Deprecated - HW64: Discusses whether Name Registry nodes copied from the Open Firmware device tree are unique.
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Device Drivers |
1999-10-11 |
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Avoiding Kernel Event Conflicts
(HTML)
QA1063: Documents the namespace for the vendor_code field of the kern_event_msg structure.
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Kernel |
2001-09-14 |
Can't attach during two-machine debugging with GDB
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Deprecated - QA1019: Describes a workaround for a problem attaching during two-machine debugging on Mac OS X 10.0.x.
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Device Drivers, Kernel |
2003-06-02 |
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Checking for the Printer Driver
(HTML)
DV42: Describes a legacy Mac OS technique avoiding system hangs when using serial drivers on USB systems.
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Printing |
2000-06-19 |
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The "chosen" node in the device tree
(HTML)
HW88: Describes how to find the "chosen" node in the Open firmware device tree.
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Networking |
2000-09-05 |
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Common QA and Roadmap for USB Software Development on Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1370: Roadmap for development of USB Software on Mac OS X and some Common Questions and Answers
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Device Drivers |
2004-09-22 |
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Determining Open Firmware configuration variables
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HW56: Discusses how to determine the Open Firmware variables on a system.
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Device Drivers |
1999-03-29 |
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Determining user login/logout status
(HTML)
QA1133: Tells how to determinine if a user is logged in, and how to get login/logout notification
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Tools |
2002-04-08 |
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Developer Tools JBoss and Tomcat Do Not Start After Installing Java 1.4.2 Update
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QA1025: Describes how to re-enable JBoss and Tomcat after installing the Java 1.4.2 update.
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Open Source |
2004-03-04 |
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Directories Appear as Volume Aliases
(HTML)
QA1351: Discusses how VFS plug-ins should handle device numbers to ensure compatibility with Carbon applications.
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File Management, Kernel |
2004-05-25 |
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Disabling a Processor on a Multiprocessor System
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QA1141: Describes how to disable a processor on a multiprocessor system for testing purposes.
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Performance |
2002-05-22 |
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Discovering all advertised Rendezvous service types
(HTML)
QA1337: Explains how to discover all Rendezvous service types being advertised on the local network.
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Networking |
2004-06-01 |
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Documentation for getattrlist
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QA1327: The behaviour of getattrlist, and other Apple enhancements to the BSD file system programming interface.
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File Management |
2003-12-15 |
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The dreaded "incompatible flag -framework" error
(HTML)
QA1096: Explains how to eliminate the incompatible flag -framework error in Project Builder.
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Device Drivers |
2001-12-05 |
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Enabling X11 Forwarding
(HTML)
QA1383: Describes how to enable ssh clients to receive X11 communication from a Mac OS X system.
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Open Source, Security |
2004-10-25 |
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Energy Star PCI Device
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QA1108: Provides useful information for developers of Energy Star-compliant PCI devices.
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Kernel |
2002-01-15 |
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Expansion ROM device properties
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HW50: Describes the Open Firmware properties that should be included in a boot device's expansion ROM.
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Device Drivers |
1999-03-29 |
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File Manager Text Encoding Hints
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QA1223: How to use Text Encoding Hints.
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File Management |
2003-01-20 |
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Generating an NMI Without a Programmer's Switch
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QA1264: Explains how to generate a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) on CPUs without programmer's switches.
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Device Drivers, Kernel |
2004-04-26 |
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Getting a Packet Trace
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QA1176: Lists tools available for looking at the network packets on the wire.
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Networking |
2004-07-13 |
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Getting List of All Processes on Mac OS X
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QA1123: Describes how, using Carbon and BSD respectively, to list all applications and processes.
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Kernel, Porting |
2002-03-05 |
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Installing an I/O Kit KEXT Without Rebooting
(HTML)
QA1319: Describes the state of the art of installing I/O Kit kernel extensions (KEXTs) without requiring a restart.
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Device Drivers, Kernel |
2003-10-28 |
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IODeviceTree & the IORegistry
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QA1120: Describes the IODeviceTree plane in the Mac OS X IORegistry.
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Device Drivers |
2002-02-13 |
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IOKit Framework Headers
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QA1107: Describes the differences between the headers in IOKit.framework and the I/O Kit headers in Kernel.framework.
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Device Drivers, Kernel, Networking, Open Source, Porting, Printing, Tools |
2002-01-15 |
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IOLog and Interrupt Context
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QA1100: Describes when IOKit runs at primary (hardware) interrupt context.
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Device Drivers, Kernel |
2002-02-13 |
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Is the Open Firmware device tree object oriented?
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HW80: Discusses the object-oriented attributes of the Open Firmware device tree.
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Device Drivers |
1999-11-15 |
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Issues with boot time KEXT loading
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QA1087: Explains how to solve problems with loading KEXTs at boot time.
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Device Drivers, Kernel |
2004-01-15 |
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Mac OS X and root access
(HTML)
QA1013: Describes how to enable root access in Mac OS X.
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Device Drivers, Kernel, Security |
2001-03-13 |
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Mach Absolute Time Units
(HTML)
QA1398: Describes how to convert Mach absolute time units to real time, and vice versa.
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Process Management, Resource Management |
2005-01-06 |
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Making sense of IOKit error codes
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QA1075: Explains how to interpret I/O Kit error codes.
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Device Drivers, Kernel |
2002-02-07 |
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Mapping kernel memory to user space on Mac OS X 10.2
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QA1197: Describes a change to mapping kernel memory to user space affecting Mac OS X 10.2 and later.
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Device Drivers, Kernel |
2002-09-13 |
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Open Firmware Memory bus speed
(HTML)
HW97: Describes a method to display memory bus speed for G3 or G4 Macintosh in Open Firmware.
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Device Drivers |
2000-09-22 |
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PCI/PCI-X slots on the Power Mac G5
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QA1307: Discusses installing PCI/PCI-X cards of different speeds in the Power Mac G5.
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Device Drivers |
2003-09-30 |
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Power Management; Policy Maker vs. Power Controller
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QA1121: Describes the differences between a Power Management Policy Maker and a Power Management Power Controller.
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Device Drivers |
2002-02-13 |
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Preventing sleep
(HTML)
QA1160: Explains how your application can prevent the system from sleeping.
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Resource Management |
2004-10-22 |
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Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout
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QA1134: Describes how to programmatically cause restart, shutdown, sleep or logout.
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Device Drivers |
2003-02-10 |
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Registering for sleep notifications
(HTML)
QA1340: Explains how register for sleep notifcations on Mac OS X.
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Resource Management |
2004-10-25 |
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Rendezvous enforces the TXT record format in Panther
(HTML)
QA1306: Explains how mDNSResponder enforces the proper TXT record format in Panther.
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Networking |
2004-07-14 |
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Retain Counts of io_object_t Objects in IOKit.framework
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QA1195: Distinguishes between the retain counts of an I/O Kit kernel object and its io_object_t user space proxy.
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Device Drivers |
2002-09-04 |
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SCSIAction and IOSCSIUserClient on Mac OS X 10.2
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QA1201: Describes migrating to a new API for SCSI Parallel devices starting with Mac OS X 10.2.
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Printing |
2002-09-13 |
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Setting environment variables for user processes
(HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
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Porting, Tools |
2001-10-25 |
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Signals and Threads
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QA1184: Describes how threads and signals interact.
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Performance, Tools |
2002-08-27 |
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Sleep vs. Doze on Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1309: Discusses and demonstrates sleep versus doze detection on Machintosh Mac OS X
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Device Drivers |
2003-10-09 |
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The state of mDNSResponder
(HTML)
QA1339: Explains how to obtain information regarding the internal state of mDNSResponder.
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Networking |
2004-02-06 |
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Static linking of user binaries on Mac OS X
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QA1118: Explains why static linking of user binaries is not supported on Mac OS X, and possible workarounds.
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Open Source |
2002-02-07 |
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Suppressing the "unexpectedly quit" alert
(HTML)
QA1288: Describes how to suppress the "unexpectedly quit" alert.
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Security |
2003-10-10 |
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Text Encodings in VFS
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QA1173: How to handle text encodings correctly when writing a file system (VFS) plug-in for Mac OS X.
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File Management |
2003-02-10 |
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Timely Issues - 1904
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OPS23: Explains why the beginning of the year 1904 was chosen for epoch of the Time global variable.
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Resource Management |
1999-05-17 |
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Updating the TXT record of a Rendezvous service
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QA1302: Explains how to update a Rendezvous TXT record while running on either Jaguar or Panther.
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Networking |
2004-07-14 |
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Where is dlopen?
(HTML)
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QA1180: Describes how to dynamically link to libraries and plug-ins, typically done with dlopen.
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Open Source, Tools |
2002-08-19 |
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Working with Configuration Variables
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QA1119: Explains how to delete a specific Open Firmware configuration variable without using Command-Option-P-R.
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Device Drivers |
2002-02-13 |
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X11 FAQ
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QA1232: Frequently Asked Questions about using Apple's X Window System (X11) implementation.
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Tools |
2003-11-17 |
