tweak 32/64-bit darwin stuff
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@10827 a5019735-40e9-0310-863c-91ae7b9d1cf9
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Here is a short summary of the changes. Details are shown further
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-* 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 @@
* 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.