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OpenCore notes

Configurations here are considered experimental. Use at your own risk.

Tested version: 0.5.4

Configurations

ACPI

Add

  1. DSDT.aml (Patched one)
  2. SSDT-DDGPU.aml (Disable discrete graphics card)
  3. SSDT-PLUG.aml (Alternative for Clover's PluginType)
  4. SSDT-PNLF.aml (Backlight support)
  5. SSDT-PNLFCFL.aml (Backlight support for Coffee Lake machines)
  6. SSDT-EC.aml (Override AppleBusPowerController profile for Catalina beta 5)
  7. SSDT-UIAC.aml (Disable unused USB ports)
  8. SSDT-XOSI.aml (TBD)
  9. SSDT-XHC.aml (USB3)

Patch

  1. Rename EC0 to EC (Really need it?)
  2. Rename _OSI to XOSI
  3. Rename HDAS to HDEF (Audio)

Quirks

All NO.

Booter

Quirks

Enabled:

  1. AvoidRuntimeDefrag
  2. DevirtualiseMmio
  3. DisableVariableWrite (NVRAM)
  4. SetupVirtualMap
  5. ShrinkMemoryMap

DeviceProperties

Add

Only the important configurations are shown here:

  1. PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x3) (Audio - ALC255)
    1. layout-id as 0x03000000 (which is 3)
  2. PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0) (Graphics - Intel UHD 630)
    1. AAPL,ig-platform-id as 0x00009b3e (which is 0x3E9B0000)
    2. device-id as 0x9b3e0000 (which is 0x00003E9B)
    3. disable-external-gpu as 0x01000000 (which is 1, disabling discrete graphics card)
    4. framebuffer-unifiedmem as 0x00000080, framebuffer-stolenmem as 0x00003001 and framebuffer-fbmem as 0x00009000 (increase VRAM from 1536 MB to 2048 MB)

Kernel

Add

Orders matter. Think about which kexts should load before which.

  1. Lilu (First of all)
  2. VirtualSMC (Second always)
  3. CPUFriend (CPU power management)
  4. CPUFriendDataProvider (CPU power management profile)
  5. SMCProcessor
  6. SMCSuperIO (maybe not)
  7. SMCLightSensor (maybe not)
  8. SMCBatteryManager
  9. WhateverGreen (Graphics)
  10. AppleALC (Audio)
  11. NoTouchID
  12. VoodooPS2Controller (PS/2 keyboard) (Must also be installed at /Library/Extensions)
  13. USBInjectAll (USB ports, built-in webcam)
  14. RealtekRTL8111 (LAN internet)
  15. XHCI-unsupported (USB3)
  16. SATA-300-series-unsupported (SATA drives)

Quirks

  1. AppleCpuPmCfgLock enabled (maybe not)
  2. AppleXcpmCfgLock enabled
  3. DisableIoMapper enabled (Disable VT-d)
  4. ThirdPartyDrives enabled (TRIM for SSD)
  5. XhciPortLimit disabled (no need)

Misc

Boot

  1. ConsoleBehaviourOs as ForceGraphics
  2. ConsoleBehaviourUi as ForceText
  3. HibernateMode as None
  4. Resolution as 1920x1080 (Or your actual screen size)
  5. ShowPicker and UsePicker enabled

Security

  1. AllowNvramReset enabled (If you want to)
  2. ExposeSensitiveData as 3 or 4

NVRAM

Add

  1. 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82
    1. boot-args containing:
      1. darkwake=0 (Sleep/wake)
      2. -lilubetaall -vsmcbeta -alcbeta -wegbeta (If you are on a newer beta)
      3. -v debug=0x100 keepsyms=1 (Debugging, optional)
      4. -no_compat_check (In case OS doesn't support your machine)
      5. -igfxmlr enable-dpcd-max-link-rate-fix (Read WhateverGreen README)
    2. LegacyEnable enabled (Emulating NVRAM)

PlatformInfo

  1. Automatic enabled
  2. Update* options enabled

Generic

This is where you put SMBIOS data, make sure you provide the following:

  1. MLB
  2. ROM (MAC address)
  3. SpoofVendor enabled
  4. SystemProductName as MacBookPro15,2 or similar
  5. SystemSerialNumber
  6. SystemUUID These values are masked from the provided config file, make sure you enter your own before testing!

UEFI

  1. ConnectDrivers enabled

Drivers (must-have)

  1. UsbKbDxe.efi
  2. VboxHfs.efi
  3. ApfsDriverLoader.efi
  4. FwRuntimeServices.efi (UEFI + AptioMemoryFix)
  5. VirtualSMC.efi
  6. NvmExpressDxe.efi (NVMe SSD)
  7. XhciDxe.efi (Peripherals)

Input

  1. KeySupport disabled (already use UsbKbDxe.efi)

Protocols

  1. ConsoleControl enabled

Quirks

  1. ClearScreenOnModeSwitch enabled
  2. ProvideConsoleGop enabled
  3. RequestBootVarRouting enabled
  4. SanitiseClearScreen enabled

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