scousi Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 By popular demand here is the kext for the SB400 ATA controller of the ATI x200. This is for ATA device id 0x43761002 I have been receiving some PMs about it so here it is. This uses Darwin open source code so it is OK with the moderators. Add this to your /System/Library/Extensions directory Make sure you rename (or delete) the AppleGenericPCATA.kext to AppleGenericPCATA.kext_disabled command = "mv /System/Library/Extensions/AppleGenericPCATA.kext /System/Library/Extensions/AppleGenericPCATA.kext_disabled EDIT: Somtimes, the AppleGenericPCATA.kext extension has been found in the System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns directory. Remove or rename it from there too. If you run into a problem, you can use the trial version of MacDrive to access your installation partition from XP. If you are not comfortable with all these strange unix commands, you can enable the root user that allows you to perform all these manipulations with the GIU. Here's how: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106290 2007-04-11 (Fix typo in command) AppleOnboardPCATA.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davi6228 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Thanks again scousi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincy2000 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Hi Scousi! That was fast ;-) thx a lot! Rince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincy2000 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Hi again! Changed the kext and osx86 boots up really fast -- UDMA 5 works, but now there is another problem: The login window crashes. Anyone experienced that prob? Maybe a timing issue? Under Windows XP UDMA 5 works flawlessly.... Rince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdFlyer Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Freaking works like a charm......that's awesome. Have you thought about the ATI audio, 4370 1002. I wonder if it loads the same way as the AppleOnboardAudio. I hope to look into it soon, but I can't guarantee I'll have time. Trimester system here at college leaves no time at the end of the quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireshark Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 the only x86 audio kexts afaik are ac97, applehda, and appleazalia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzlet Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Does this support SATA or just IDE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 Does this support SATA or just IDE? I would think it would only be P-ATA. I don't even know if SB400 has S-ATA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberwolf Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I have both SATA and PATA on mine and I can confirm that only PATA works. However, it's still a brilliant fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdFlyer Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I know that ATI IXP audio isnt supported, that's why I was wondering if this was similar to the AC97 implementations for other drivers, but so far it doesn't appear that it is. the IXP audio chip has more features that the other codes. I figure scousi may have some idea how to get it working.....if i get it working on my own i'll post what i did, but don't expect anything from me for a few weeks. i have finals coming up (trimesters) and other code projects due, so I can't devote full time to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanbo Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Scousi, will this kind of patch work for SIS chipsets? I see you added this line of code: { 0x43761002, 0x00, 3, "ATI IXP" } to AppleServerWorksATA. Do you think it may work adding a similar line for SIS chipsets? BTW, where did you get 0x43761002 from? Using reggie? What should I look for: PCI devices -> IDE controller/Host PCI or what? How did you exaclty get this number? Thxs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 Scousi, will this kind of patch work for SIS chipsets? I see you added this line of code: { 0x43761002, 0x00, 3, "ATI IXP" } to AppleServerWorksATA. Do you think it may work adding a similar line for SIS chipsets? BTW, where did you get 0x43761002 from? Using reggie? What should I look for: PCI devices -> IDE controller/Host PCI or what? How did you exaclty get this number? Thxs! Yes Reggie would work in your case if you want to get the IDs. You can also use this on the XP side. http://siv.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanbo Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Scousi, it's strange but the only AppleOnboardPCATA.kext I can find in my system is in: /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleOnboardPCATA.kext I have modiffied this one for the SiS chipset, but I think that the one the system is loadin is "AppleGenericPCATA.kext" which is in: /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleGenericPCATA.kext The profiler under the "Extensions" menu is telling that the driver being load is: AppleGenericPCATA: Version: 1.3 Last Modified: 11/25/05 7:33 AM Get Info String: 1.3, Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 2000-2004 Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleGenericPCATA.kext kext Version: 1.3 Load Address: 0x29147000 Valid: Yes Authentic: Yes Dependencies: Incomplete Dependency Errors: com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found com.apple.kernel.iokit: No valid version of this dependency can be found com.apple.kernel.libkern: No valid version of this dependency can be found Integrity: Kext has no receipt Do you have any clue on what's going on? Thxs again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 Scousi, it's strange but the only AppleOnboardPCATA.kext I can find in my system is in:/System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleOnboardPCATA.kext I have modiffied this one for the SiS chipset, but I think that the one the system is loadin is "AppleGenericPCATA.kext" which is in: /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleGenericPCATA.kext The profiler under the "Extensions" menu is telling that the driver being load is: AppleGenericPCATA: Version: 1.3 Last Modified: 11/25/05 7:33 AM Get Info String: 1.3, Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 2000-2004 Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleGenericPCATA.kext kext Version: 1.3 Load Address: 0x29147000 Valid: Yes Authentic: Yes Dependencies: Incomplete Dependency Errors: com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found com.apple.kernel.iokit: No valid version of this dependency can be found com.apple.kernel.libkern: No valid version of this dependency can be found Integrity: Kext has no receipt Do you have any clue on what's going on? Thxs again! rename it with a new extension (ie AppleGenericPCATA.kext_remove), delete your caches in /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache and /System/Library/Extensions.mkext and reboot. Make sure you have the correct ID in the Info.plist of the AppleOnboardPCATA.kext. I guess you also recompiled the new kext with the device ID in the ServerWorks source code. This could however brick your installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanbo Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 rename it with a new extension (ie AppleGenericPCATA.kext_remove), delete your caches in /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache and /System/Library/Extensions.mkext and reboot. Make sure you have the correct ID in the Info.plist of the AppleOnboardPCATA.kext. I guess you also recompiled the new kext with the device ID in the ServerWorks source code. This could however brick your installation. Yes I have recompiled and changed Info.plst and I already had removed everything you said except /System/Library/Extensions.mkext. I'm removing this one and rebooting now... Yes, I know it's risky ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanbo Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Well... This is me again ............. form windows :-) Yup! I've broken my Mac Installation. I can confirm that the trick of modifying the serverworks driver for the sis chipset doesn't work :-) Hopefully I'll be able to access the mac drive from windows with some program and restore the files removed. I have backups of the other drivers. Too bad I didn't make a backup of /System/Library/Extensions.mkext and /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache. Perhaps those will be created on the fly or I can get them form my installation dvd. But, I had to try! Scousi, do you have any idea if the same thing could work by modifying another driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Well... This is me again ............. form windows :-) Yup! I've broken my Mac Installation.I can confirm that the trick of modifying the serverworks driver for the sis chipset doesn't work :-) Hopefully I'll be able to access the mac drive from windows with some program and restore the files removed. I have backups of the other drivers. Too bad I didn't make a backup of /System/Library/Extensions.mkext and /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache. Perhaps those will be created on the fly or I can get them form my installation dvd. But, I had to try! Scousi, do you have any idea if the same thing could work by modifying another driver? Try the free trial version of MacDrive to access you MAC partition from XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanbo Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Try the free trial version of MacDrive to access you MAC partition from XP. Macdrive doesn't detect any mac partition... I guess I should see a new "disk" in my computer, right? There's nothign there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Macdrive doesn't detect any mac partition... I guess I should see a new "disk" in my computer, right?There's nothign there. You can access a HFS+ partition in r/w modus with a linux live-CD, if you doesn't have any here is a small one (50MB): http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanbo Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Thanks DrJägermeister. I solved the problem with macdrive after uninstalling daemon tools and removing sptd.sys (anyone with this problem should check the macdrive forums) Now, if only I knew where to start to modify/create a driver for the sis chipset... Any ideas? Changing the serverworks driver didn't do the trick. Any expert on chipsets on the Linux front? Perhaps there are some similarities which can be exploted. I have compiled again with level 3 and it doesn't work either. And I have also modified the nforce drive with no luck. What is strange is that other people with sis chipsets, but different versions, have DMA enabled. I have no clue where in the code the DMA capabilities are detected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlepage Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 does this have to be installed in 10.4.4? I already have a booting system out of the box. DVD-installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbohz Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 after placing the AppleOnboardPCATA.kext inside /System/Library/Extensions/, i could not find the AppleGenericPCATA.kext to rename. so i rebooted and osx86 booted natively. then after another reboot, it reverted back to "Waiting on root device" error. however, i did find it inside AppleGenericPCATA.kext inside /System/Library/Extensions/IODATAFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/ i'm going to rename it and see if it hoses the system edit: doh! just reread page 1 which pertains to me missing a step - deleting the cache. edit2: do i have to keep deleting the caches in /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache and /System/Library/Extensions.mkext each time i boot? my system keeps reverting to the old state "still waiting for root device" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimbulb Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Turned out to be unrelated. n/m I'm having a problem related to this here: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=8088&st=80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maq Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 does this have to be installed in 10.4.4? I already have a booting system out of the box. DVD-installed. If you have this chipset, yeah, you probably do. I could boot fine after working around the USB/PS2 conflict, but my Xbench scores were disgusting. Luckily, the 10.4.3 kext works in 10.4.4 and .5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackintosh007 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I wanna ask that will this driver works with IXP 250? My laptop has a ATI mobility 9100 IGP chipset, and I beleive its southbridge is IXP 250. I've already found out the ven id and dev id of its IDE controller, which is 1002, 4349. There are no sepcific driver aviliable currently so the optical is not deteced by 10.4.5 and the harddisk is slow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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