fabiosun Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 @Slice @CloverDevs users Is it possible to add this block in Clover Bootloader?  2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2846963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockDown Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 15 hours ago, fabiosun said: @Slice @CloverDevs users Is it possible to add this block in Clover Bootloader?  Give ths a try by reversing AppleEthernetRL 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2846980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 @LockDown @MakAsrock thank you  Have you tested these?   Dont work and same instant reboot with or without this patch 1 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2846991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/issues/790 Â 3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2846993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockDown Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) 1 hour ago, fabiosun said: @LockDown @MakAsrock Have you tested these?  No i did not. It just so happened that is what i do if i disable a kexts. I guess it should be done at earlier part of the boot process. But based on your screenshot, there was an error regarding invalid size 🤔 could it be just a simple lack of characters😮🤔  Edited January 30 by LockDown 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2846994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 5 minutes ago, LockDown said: I guess it should be done at earlier part of the boot process. I think this is a good part to understand  attached plist used  aaa.plist.zip 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2846995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakAsrock Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) 3 hours ago, fabiosun said: @LockDown @MakAsrock thank you  Have you tested these?   Dont work and same instant reboot with or without this patch I didn't need to do this. Everything worked fine for me with LucyRTL8125Ethernet.kext and IntelMausi.kext. I made the correct VT-d implementation for my RIG. But I'm not surprised. This is the correct playlist. AAB.plist.zip Edited January 30 by MakAsrock Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2846997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, MakAsrock said: I didn't need to do this. Everything worked fine for me with LucyRTL8125Ethernet.kext and IntelMausi.kext. I made the correct VT-d implementation for my RIG. But I'm not surprised. This is the correct playlist. AAB.plist.zip 925 B · 0 downloads What do you mean? i have to add also filevault patch? Explain please because i never had this need to have clover booting 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2846999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Without any surprise ( ) same instant reboot but now patches is not found...i have to check your plist if it is the same of the previous one done by lockdown 1 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Â always the same but patch is found as before (lockdown patch) Â 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 19 minutes ago, MakAsrock said: Shabbat Shalom! Sabato di pace anche a te!  Same reboot:  Now i have to stop to test because from OC and clover Nvram creates problem here so i will wait for Jieef response if he is always in the clover business However thank you for your tries to help  2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry2010 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 On 1/29/2026 at 2:57 PM, Henry2010 said: @jlrycm @Marcinho  Yes, ResizeAppleGpuBars is set to 0. Thanks again, but I don't plan to test again because of the soaring prices of SSD and RAM.  This config and the EFI folder have been working perfectly with all the Clover updates these years. A bit confusing to see it becomes incompatible this time.  My bad. I totally forgot to attach my config.plist (with the SMBIOS edited) and dsdt.aml.  Thanks to everyone.  config copy dsdt.zip 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) for the devs interested: @laobamac_yyds gave here some indiction  if some clover devs is interested to find a solution, i saw only here in main.cpp clover bootloader code that instance: Edited January 31 by fabiosun 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 On 1/31/2026 at 1:03 AM, Henry2010 said: I totally forgot to attach my config.plist EFI Henry2010.zip 6 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry2010 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) 17 hours ago, MaLd0n said: EFI Henry2010.zip  Thank you for taking time to fix my EFI folder. Would you mind telling us why my old config works with 5166 but not 5167?🙂   Edited February 2 by Henry2010 3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max.1974 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 On 1/29/2026 at 7:37 AM, fabiosun said: @Slice @CloverDevs users Is it possible to add this block in Clover Bootloader?  @Hnanoto 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max.1974 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) 16 hours ago, Henry2010 said:  Thank you for taking time to fix my EFI folder. Would you mind telling us why my old config works with 5166 but not 5167?🙂   Maybe need add ACPI patches (look mine):   And try add Recovery Volume:   My boot args and XMP Profile 1:         Edited February 2 by Max.1974 4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakAsrock Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) On 1/31/2026 at 1:24 PM, fabiosun said: for the devs interested: @laobamac_yyds gave here some indiction  if some clover devs is interested to find a solution, i saw only here in main.cpp clover bootloader code that instance: Hey friend, here’s a special Clover build for you! It blocks IOSkywalkFamily on macOS 23+, and both IOSkywalkFamily and AppleEthernetRL on macOS 26+. Not 100% sure it’ll work, but give it a shot and see how it goes!  Hey friend, here’s a special Clover build for you! It blocks IOSkywalkFamily on macOS 23+, and both IOSkywalkFamily and AppleEthernetRL on macOS 26+. Not 100% sure it’ll work, but give it a shot and see how it goes! if (gSettings.KernelAndKextPatches.BlockSkywalk) { BOOLEAN blockTwo = FALSE; CONST CHAR8 *minKernel = "23"; // by default if (AsciiStrCmp(minKernel, "26") == 0) { blockTwo = TRUE; } UINTN count = blockTwo ? 2 : 1; mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Count = count; mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.AllocCount = count; mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.ValueSize = sizeof(__typeof_am__(**mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values)); valuesSize = count * sizeof(*mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values); mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values = (OC_KERNEL_BLOCK_ENTRY **)malloc(valuesSize); memset(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values, 0, valuesSize); for (UINTN i = 0; i < count; i++) { mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[i] = (__typeof_am__(*mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values))malloc( mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.ValueSize); memset(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[i], 0, mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.ValueSize); mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[i]->Enabled = 1; OC_STRING_ASSIGN( mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[i]->Arch, OC_BLOB_GET(&mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Scheme.KernelArch)); OC_STRING_ASSIGN( mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[i]->Comment, "Allow IOSkywalk Downgrade"); OC_STRING_ASSIGN( mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[i]->MaxKernel, ""); OC_STRING_ASSIGN( mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[i]->MinKernel, blockTwo ? "26" : "23"); OC_STRING_ASSIGN( mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[i]->Strategy, "Exclude"); } // Always block IOSkywalk OC_STRING_ASSIGN( mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[0]->Identifier, "com.apple.iokit.IOSkywalkFamily"); // Only when MinKernel = "26" — we block the second kext if (blockTwo) { OC_STRING_ASSIGN( mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1]->Identifier, "com.apple.driver.AppleEthernetRL"); } // mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1] = // (__typeof_am__(*mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values))malloc(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.ValueSize); // memset(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1], 0, // mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.ValueSize); // mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1]->Enabled = 1; // OC_STRING_ASSIGN(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1]->Arch, // OC_BLOB_GET(&mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Scheme.KernelArch)); // OC_STRING_ASSIGN(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1]->Comment, // ""); // OC_STRING_ASSIGN(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1]->MaxKernel, // ""); // OC_STRING_ASSIGN(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1]->MinKernel, // "23"); // OC_STRING_ASSIGN(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1]->Identifier, // "com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient"); // OC_STRING_ASSIGN(mOpenCoreConfiguration.Kernel.Block.Values[1]->Strategy, // "Exclude"); } CLOVERX64.efi.zip BOOTX64.efi.zip Edited February 3 by MakAsrock 3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Thank you for your tries @MakAsrock same problem   It seems no others have interest to have for now clover working as Opencore does so I will stay in Opencore Thank you again! 1 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakAsrock Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 9 hours ago, fabiosun said: Thank you for your tries @MakAsrock same problem   It seems no others have interest to have for now clover working as Opencore does so I will stay in Opencore Thank you again! It's a pity, but Clover works no worse than Open Source. I don't panic if I block AppleEthernetRL as described in Clover_Of_Khaki_Color_5160.pdf. A custom-compiled Clover also works on my RIG. 😉 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosun Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) If I esclude my realtek 8126a I can use clover and this is the point Only applying thing without hardware causing the problem is not a solution having that Ethernet and applying any solution proposed here does not work so i hope that someone else could help to debug for now i will use opencore which is working only using that block in proper config plist section In the past jieef solved many problem more complex and useful only for AMD cpu users i thing in a future clover would be usabke also with a 5GbE realtek ethernet 😉  Edited February 3 by fabiosun 4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry2010 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 On 2/3/2026 at 6:13 AM, Max.1974 said: Maybe need add ACPI patches (look mine):Â Â Â And try add Recovery Volume:Â Â Â My boot args and XMP Profile 1: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Thank you for the tips. I'll study it further after I get home. 3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 is it possible to install from DVD? it appears the laptop I'm trying to hackintosh is allergic to booting with a USB drive plugged in 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdazil Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 2 hours ago, SevenTheAppleKitty said: is it possible to install from DVD? it appears the laptop I'm trying to hackintosh is allergic to booting with a USB drive plugged in Creating installers for macOS Sonoma, Sequoia, and Tahoe requires almost 20 GB of disk space. Do you have these DVDs? USB allergy can be treated with proper USB port mapping. 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, verdazil said: Creating installers for macOS Sonoma, Sequoia, and Tahoe requires almost 20 GB of disk space. Do you have these DVDs? USB allergy can be treated with proper USB port mapping. I'm installing OS X 10.7, the installer is small enough for a DVD-RW. The USB allergy isn't an issue with OS X but rather the BIOS of the machine I'm installing to, it just gets stuck on the logo screen and does nothing else if there is a bootable USB plugged in 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284656-clover-general-discussion/page/1231/#findComment-2847134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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