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Incredible. Emulating AppleSilocon before they even announced it. Does anybody know where one can learn about how these people approach and learn about the inn
by protoman3000 6y ago
Incredible. Emulating AppleSilocon before they even announced it.
Does anybody know where one can learn about how these people approach and learn about the inner workings of what is essentially a black box from the outside?
- saagarjha 6y agoLoad the file into a decompiler, run it in QEMU with GDB attached, compare. Also have a general idea of how XNU boots.
- protoman3000 6y ago> Also have a general idea of how XNU boots. I guess Jonathan Levin’s Books should then be mentioned here. However, that then leads to the question how Levin reversed this black box.
- saagarjha 6y agoYou don't need his books, but they might be helpful if you're trying to get up to speed quickly.
- anitil 6y agoI remember a comment (maybe from HN) that said "Everything's open source when you can read assembly".
- saagarjha 6y agoXNU happens to be mostly open-source.