MacOS PPC S5R3 App 4.43 available for Beta test
24 Apr 2008 9:35:55 UTC
Topic 13666
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A new MacOS PPC App is available from our Beta Test page.
This is a new App for MacOS PPC that uses the same "App switching" mechanism we have in the 4.38 Linux App, here to distinguish between AltiVec- and G3 machines.
Both Apps included in this package use BOINC API as of 2008-04-18, which means that they should run with all available Core Clients (with possible exception of versions 6.1.12 - 6.1.14, which have been deprecated anyway AFAIK).
The AltiVec App (running on G4 and G5) features a new "kernel loop" that should give some speedup compared to 4.29/4.41 (about 10% averaged over a whole Task).
The app_info.xml should allow for "smooth" transition from App versions 4.03, 4.29 and 4.41. 4.03 Tasks should be finished with 4.03, all other with the new 4.43. Users that don't have a 4.03 on their machine anymore would probably see an error message in the Client logs, but that's better than the 4.03 being deleted while there are still tasks assigned to it, as it would happen with a different app_info.xml and some Core Clients.
You are encouraged to check the app_info.xml on your own before starting the client.
Plese test and report!
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MacOS PPC S5R3 App 4.43 available for Beta test
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My AltiVec Machines see it roughly 33% faster than the current official 4.03.
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I just "officially released" this App. You may now switch back to the "official" path by deleting app_info.xml. Note that this will probably terminate all tasks in progress.
I intend to try a new Beta App which will probably be only beneficial for G5, but I don't know when I'll find the time for this.
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Thanks for reminding me - yes, won't come to this during S5R3.
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