Comments on: Hidden files in the Apple TV kernel file

By: mike

mike — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:55:37 +0000

does anybody knows a link where i can get this kernel?
or is there a torrent??
please help me

By: Crash1784

Crash1784 — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:31:36 +0000

Does anyone know on an image of an Apple TV, why the OS changes files to a 4 character file name instead of the real file names, and is there anywhere you can find them?

By: Ag Primatic

Ag Primatic — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:37:05 +0000

I think this is described in detail at

http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_boot.html

especially the 3rd bullet towards the bottom that states:

The next step is to “decode” the kernel. If the kernel header indicates a compressed kernel, BootX tries to decompress it (typical LZSS compression is used, as you compress this kind of data once but expand it many times). Since the kernel binary can potentially be a “fat” binary (code for multiple architectures residing in the same binary), BootX checks if it indeed is (fat), and if so, “thins” it (figures out the PowerPC code).

By: f41qu3

f41qu3 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:34:48 +0000

great job semthex. we going to “hackTV” =)

By: Tom @ AppleTVHacks.net

Tom @ AppleTVHacks.net — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:44:45 +0000

Thanks, missed that out of the write up– I updated the tutorial.

By: an nVidia user

an nVidia user — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:34:01 +0000

The instructions state the following:

“Run ./configure in the main directory, and then run make inside the â€˜testsâ€™ directory, which will build the â€˜complzssâ€™ utility.”

That results in missing file errors, you must run make in the main directory as well:

cd //sword-1.5.9/

./configure

make

cd tests/

make

… results in proper compiling of the complzss utility.