[pre-release] macOS Ventura

[Cyberdevs]

@Henties

One thing that I don't understand is why go to all these trouble when you could just simply use your RX 580 and iMac18,3 SMBIOS.

[Guest ricoc90]

6 hours ago, Derty said:

I think your EFi is not right D3viL

No, no. The EFI works just fine. That is intented behavior.
 

[deeveedee]

27 minutes ago, Cyberdevs said:

One thing that I don't understand is why go to all these trouble when you could just simply use your RX 580 and iMac18,3 SMBIOS.

 

I thought it was a given that we hackers are all masochists at heart.  Why else would we do this?

[Cyberdevs]

15 minutes ago, deeveedee said:

I thought it was a given that we hackers are all masochists at heart.  Why else would we do this?

Of course we are, but judging from the issues Henties posted he was trying to get the iGPU to work which it will when you set the config correctly, it will handle the required tasks and the dGPU will handle the rest. What is confusing to me is that at the end he end up using the dGPU and not the iGPU.

In a real Mac like 2017 iMacs (iMac18,1- iMac18,2 and iMac18,3) the iGPU isn't show in the system reports but it still servers its purpose and in our hacks if it is enabled in the BIOS/UEFI and the config is set to activate it, it will do the same.

BUT getting it to work as a primary GPU like I do in My SkyLake rig (because of the lack of a supported dGPU) is whole other story.

[miliuco]

@D3v1L

I've tried your EFI.

My PC is not burning. For now...
But it won't start. KP right after the picker. I suspect it has to do with the SSDT but I haven't stopped to investigate.
Very nice OpenCore theme.

[Henties]

2 hours ago, Cyberdevs said:

@Henties

One thing that I don't understand is why go to all these trouble when you could just simply use your RX 580 and iMac18,3 SMBIOS.

You tell me🤪 because I don't know what the advantage would be going that route. I used iMac18,1 because of a number of users reported success with that SMBIOS on Skylake platforms.

 

Greetings Henties

 

OK an earlier post has covered this in detail.

Edited August 3, 2022 by Henties

[deeveedee]

@Henties - you are correct.  iMac18,x is a close match for Skylake.  Once you choose the MacModel (e.g., iMac18,x), look at the "sub-Models" (e.g. iMac18,1, iMac18,3).  You'll find that iMac18,1 uses iGPU and iMac18,3 uses dGPU.  Choose the submodel that's the best match for your hack (in your case, iMac18,3 which most resembles your hack with a dGPU).

Edited August 3, 2022 by deeveedee

[Cyberdevs]

5 minutes ago, Henties said:

You tell me🤪 because I don't know what the advantage would be going that route. I used iMac18,1 because of a number of users reported success with that SMBIOS on Skylake platforms.

You stated that you wanted to get the Intel HD530 to work (as my rig in the screenshot) so I gave you the instructions to activate it , and since the iGPU (HD 530 and even HD 630) won't work properly with the iMac18,3 I suggested to use the different SMBIOS.

Anyways IMHO the whole hackintosh experience is about learning stuff and having fun in the process and yes sometimes it could be frustrating and exhausting but that's what makes it even more fun.

[D3v1L]

42 minutes ago, miliuco said:

@D3v1L

I've tried your EFI.

My PC is not burning. For now...
But it won't start. KP right after the picker. I suspect it has to do with the SSDT but I haven't stopped to investigate.
Very nice OpenCore theme.

Tnx for theme 🙂

ssdt is only a merge of dortania ssdt's btw, i think maybe you need to set to true DevirtualiseMMIO quirk... Btw, tnx 4 try it 

[Henties]

@deeveedee  @Cyberdevs One never stops learning. After changing the SMBIOS to iMac18,3 my Skylake based hack is finally working the way desired and that without any iGPU entries under DeviceProperties-->Add, in addition it also prompts me to upgrade to Ventura 13 beta 4 when in the Monterey environment.

 

This certainly simplifies maintenance as well as future upgrading considerably.

 

Regards Henties 

[Henties]

@eSaF I certainly share your sentiments.

 

Greetings Henties

[Henties]

Some feedback on my quest to also elevate my Haswell build, driven by an Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz CPU, into a Ventura future.

 

Let the attached screenshots speak for themselves.

 

Even hardware acceleration is working, obviously only within the ambit of the CPU's capability.

 

I was quite surprised at the "Geekbench" performance I am still getting from this "grandad" of my hacking collection. This build remains quite a viable machine for general computing tasks, even the latest Adobe Lightroom Classic, Bridge as well as Photoshop are still performing to my satisfaction.

 

Let me therefore take the opportunity to thank all those hackers that helped me to reach this milestone, in particular singling out @Cyberdevs for his valuable inputs and patience.

 

Greetings Henties

[galisrule]

Question to anyone. Is there a way of disabling CSM other than from the bios? 

 

[Slice]

27 minutes ago, galisrule said:

Question to anyone. Is there a way of disabling CSM other than from the bios? 

 

It is a part of BIOS so it can be disabled only inside it.

Anyway even if CSM enabled then you can live without asking for him. You still have the ability to call UEFI boot and use hardware NVRAM.

[chris1111]

Update: Eject EFI Ventura 13-V2 can unmount any EFI partition

Spoiler

Enjoy 😃

 

 

Edited August 4, 2022 by chris1111

[ISPP3015]

On 8/4/2022 at 5:54 PM, Henties said:

Some feedback on my quest to also elevate my Haswell build, driven by an Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz CPU, into a Ventura future.

 

Let the attached screenshots speak for themselves.

 

Even hardware acceleration is working, obviously only within the ambit of the CPU's capability.

 

I was quite surprised at the "Geekbench" performance I am still getting from this "grandad" of my hacking collection. This build remains quite a viable machine for general computing tasks, even the latest Adobe Lightroom Classic, Bridge as well as Photoshop are still performing to my satisfaction.

 

Let me therefore take the opportunity to thank all those hackers that helped me to reach this milestone, in particular singling out @Cyberdevs for his valuable inputs and patience.

 

Greetings Henties

 

 

 

Z170-AR+6700K+ RX580

 

 

 

Edited August 5, 2022 by ISPP3015

[Slice]

3 hours ago, ISPP3015 said:

 

 

Z170-AR+6700K+ RX580

 

 

 

It will work only with WhateverGreen else KP on KBL graphics kext can't connect to skylake GPU.

[PoMpIs]

Hi ☺️

 

a quick question...

 

Is it normal for all those GPUs to appear in ioregistryexplorer with SMBios MacPro7.1?

Shouldn't there be only one?

 

 

Thank you very much 🙇‍♂️

[Pavo]

12 minutes ago, PoMpIs said:

Hi ☺️

 

a quick question...

 

Is it normal for all those GPUs to appear in ioregistryexplorer with SMBios MacPro7.1?

Shouldn't there be only one?

 

Thank you very much 🙇‍♂️

That isn't on the GPU, that's just the AGPMController, which has a list of GPUs it supports for that SMBIOS. You need to check the first display device on the GPU itself in order to determine if your GPU is being controlled by the AGPM Controller. 

[miliuco]

5 minutes ago, Pavo said:

...You need to check the first display device on the GPU itself in order to determine if your GPU is being controlled by the AGPM Controller. 

Something like this? Does this mean that the GPU is handled by AGPM controller? Thanks.

Spoiler

 

[PoMpIs]

15 minutes ago, Pavo said:

That isn't on the GPU, that's just the AGPMController, which has a list of GPUs it supports for that SMBIOS. You need to check the first display device on the GPU itself in order to determine if your GPU is being controlled by the AGPM Controller. 

 

I don't have that on the first GPU device 😦 

 

I only get that related to AGPM in my Alder lake system:

 

 

😪 It has a solution?

 

 

[Pavo]

16 minutes ago, miliuco said:

Something like this? Does this mean that the GPU is handled by AGPM controller? Thanks.

  Hide contents

 

Yes

3 minutes ago, PoMpIs said:

 

I don't have that on the first GPU device 😦 

 

I only get that related to AGPM in my Alder lake system:

 

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😪 It has a solution?

 

 

If it's not being loaded on the first GPU display device then the AGPM Controller isn't controlling the GPU. You need to create an injector kext with your SMBIOS and GPU device info. You can check out OC Gen-X app that has a feature to generate a AGPMInjector.kext.

[D3v1L]

11 minutes ago, PoMpIs said:

 

I don't have that on the first GPU device 😦 

 

I only get that related to AGPM in my Alder lake system:

 

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😪 It has a solution?

 

 

 

Same here:

 

 

 

and it works perfectly.

But i think Is 'couse i don't use weg...

Edited August 8, 2022 by D3v1L

[Slice]

5 minutes ago, D3v1L said:

 

Same here:

 

 

 

Same answer by @Pavo for you too.

[D3v1L]

1 minute ago, Slice said:

Same answer by @Pavo for you too.

But, I really need it?