Dell Radeon R7 350X framebuffer patching

[DKnoto]

Hi,

I have been trying to run this card in macOS Catalina 10.15.7 on a Dell OptiPlex 7040 for a long time. I use Clover 5127, Lilu 1.5.0 and WhateverGreen 1.4.6. In the first attempt, I only tried to change the PCI ID to match the AMD7000Controller and AMD8000Controller drivers.  My SSDT-GPU-SPOOF looks like this:

 

//
//  GPU: AMD Radeon R7 350X from Dell, PCI-ID: 0x6610
//
DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 2, "DKNOTO", "AMDGPU", 0x00001000)
{
    External (_SB_.PCI0, DeviceObj)
    External (_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP, DeviceObj)
    Scope (\_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP)
    {
        if (_OSI ("Darwin"))
        {
            Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)  // _DSM: Device-Specific Method
            {
                Local0 = Package (0x04)
                {
                    "device-id",
                    Buffer (0x04)
                    {
                        0x2B, 0x68, 0x02, 0x10
                    },
                    "model",
                    Buffer ()
                    {
                        "AMD Radeon R7 350X"
                    }
                }
                DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                Return (Local0)
            }
         }
    }
    Scope (\_SB.PCI0)
    {
        Method (DTGP, 5, NotSerialized)
        {
            If (LEqual (Arg0, ToUUID ("a0b5b7c6-1318-441c-b0c9-fe695eaf949b")))
            {
                If (LEqual (Arg1, One))
                {
                    If (LEqual (Arg2, Zero))
                    {
                        Store (Buffer (One)
                            {
                                 0x03
                            }, Arg4)
                        Return (One)
                    }
                    If (LEqual (Arg2, One))
                    {
                        Return (One)
                    }
                }
            }
            Store (Buffer (One)
                {
                     0x00
                }, Arg4)
            Return (Zero)
        }
    }
}

 

After these changes, the system restarts for the PCI-ID from the set contained in the AMD7000Controller drivers. For the PCI-IDs contained in the AMD8000Controller driver, the system works but the DP and DVI-I graphics outputs are not activated. System boot logs view mode remains, -v option in bootargs. I can log into the system via SSH and shut it down safely. AMD drivers are loaded.

 

 

In the second try I dumped the video card BIOS and decoded it.

ATOM BIOS Rom:
        SubsystemVendorID: 0x1028 SubsystemID: 0x0081
        IOBaseAddress: 0xe000
        Filename: C8720100.101
        BIOS Bootup Message:
Samoa XT C87201 4GB DDR3 256Mx16 DELL

PCI ID: 1002:6610
Connector at index 0
        Type [@offset 42614]: DisplayPort (10)
        Encoder [@offset 42618]: INTERNAL_UNIPHY (0x1e, 0x)
        i2cid [@offset 42680]: 0x90, OSX senseid: 0x1
        HotPlugID: 1
Connector at index 1
        Type [@offset 42624]: DVI-I (2)
        Encoder [@offset 42628]: INTERNAL_UNIPHY (0x1e, 0x)
        i2cid [@offset 42717]: 0x91, OSX senseid: 0x2
        HotPlugID: 2
Connector at index 2
        Type [@offset 42634]: DVI-I (2)
        Encoder [@offset 42638]: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1 (0x15, 0x)
        i2cid [@offset 42717]: 0x91, OSX senseid: 0x2
        HotPlugID: 2

 

C8720100.101:

Samoa XT C87201 4GB DDR3 256Mx16 DELL

Subsystem Vendor ID: 1028
       Subsystem ID: 81
Object Header Structure Size: 187
Connector Object Table Offset: 34
Router Object Table Offset: 0
Encoder Object Table Offset: 88
Display Path Table Offset: 12
Connector Object Id [19] which is [DISPLAY_PORT]
        encoder obj id [0x1e] which is [INTERNAL_UNIPHY (osx txmit 0x10 [duallink 0x0] enc 0x0)] linkb: false
Connector Object Id [1] which is [DVI_I]
        encoder obj id [0x1e] which is [INTERNAL_UNIPHY (osx txmit 0x20 [duallink 0x0] enc 0x1)] linkb: true
Connector Object Id [1] which is [DVI_I]
        encoder obj id [0x15] which is [INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1 (osx txmit 0x00 enc 0x10?)] linkb: false

I calculated the code to correct the outputs:

 

01 [DISPLAY PORT]

    redsock_bios_decoder:
    enc obj 0x1e transmitter 0x10 dual link 0x0 enc 0x0

    radeon_bios_decoder:
    Connector at index 0
    Type [@offset 42614]: DisplayPort (10)
    Encoder [@offset 42618]: INTERNAL_UNIPHY (0x1e, 0x)
    i2cid [@offset 42680]: 0x90, OSX senseid: 0x1

    code: 10 00 01 01

02 [DVI-I]

    redsock_bios_decoder:
    enc obj 0x1e transmitter 0x20 dual link 0x0 enc 0x1

    radeon_bios_decoder:
    Type [@offset 42624]: DVI-I (2)
    Encoder [@offset 42628]: INTERNAL_UNIPHY (0x1e, 0x)
    i2cid [@offset 42717]: 0x91, OSX senseid: 0x2

    code: 20 01 02 02

 

And I added the appropriate sections to the DSDT:

 

Local0 = Package (0x08)
{
    "device-id",
    Buffer (0x04)
    {
        0x2B, 0x68, 0x02, 0x10
    },
    "model",
    Buffer ()
    {
        "AMD Radeon R7 350X"
    },
    "connectors",
    Buffer ()
    {
        0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01,
        0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x00, 0x20, 0x01, 0x02, 0x02
    },
    "connector-count",
    Buffer ()
    {
        0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
    }
}

 

Unfortunately, these changes did not have a positive effect. The system behaves the same as before the changes to the connection description.

 

I would be grateful for any ideas to solve this problem.

 

Best regards.

 

[DKnoto]

When creating the line for fixing the connector definition, I used the Baladi framebuffer:

macOS Mojave 10.14.4 beta 1

-------------------------AMD8000Controller.kext-------------------------

Baladi (6) @ 0x5a3f0
DP, DP, DP, DP, DP, DP
000400000403000000010300000000001204030300000000
000400000403000000010100000000001102010100000000
000400000403000000010200000000002103020200000000
000400000403000000010400000000002205040400000000
000400000403000000010500000000001000050500000000
000400000403000000010600000000002001060600000000

 

Many thanks for encouraging me to continue my experiments. I did tests of this card on High Sierra. The first configuration how it worked is as follows:

Boot args   : ... radpg=15 -raddvi
SSDT/PCI-ID : 0x683D

[Slice]

@DKnoto

I may recommend you to read this thread

 

[DKnoto]

Thanks @Slice. I was reading this thread but wanted to run this card on macOS Catalina. Besides, I can't add any content to that thread yet ;-)

Edited February 2, 2021 by DKnoto