trx40 [Discussion] - TRX40 Bare Metal - Vanilla Patches

[iGPU]

In my previous post above, I modified it today to contain a brief tutorial, shown in several Spoiler sections, on how to extract the SoftPowerPlayTable (sPPT) section from a ROM file.

 

One step needs to use ATOMBiosReader under Windows to locate the sPPT section in the ROM file. All other steps can be done on a Mac.

[fabiosun]

Following @iGPUprevious brief tutorial I have extrapolated my sPPT

Attached here 6900 xt reference ROM and its txt file

Also my device properties section for it

 

rom saved with GPU-Z in Windows, all other with @igpu tutorial

 

Navi 21.rom.zip Navi 21.rom.txt.zip 6900Xt_Reference.plist.zip

[valmeida]

On 3/20/2022 at 12:40 PM, fabiosun said:

 

https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/commit/a4b0c47f13e9d5d34534e14ec34cee09cdee666d

 

Maybe aquantia users could try this 🙂

 

Do i need to try this with OC 7.9. I tried 7.8 no good .

[fabiosun]

No @valmeida

you have to compile latest master version from  github (0.80)

[valmeida]

20 hours ago, fabiosun said:

No @valmeida

you have to compile latest master version from  github (0.80)

 

I have I211 and Aquantia both working on Big Sur 11.6.4 but can not get it to work on Monteray ;-(

 

Edited March 22, 2022 by valmeida

[fabiosun]

I211 does not work

for Aquantia have you followed my advice @valmeida?

you have to try new quirk only included in opencore 0.80

 

 

[valmeida]

1 hour ago, fabiosun said:

I211 does not work

for Aquantia have you followed my advice @valmeida?

you have to try new quirk only included in opencore 0.80

 

 

Are you talking about this one?  if yes I did and it did not work.

[fabiosun]

Yes it is

but you can’t use it in old opencore release

you must use 0.80 version and you have also to do some bios adjustment 

if you did all maybe you can open an issue on opencore GitHub bug tracker

[valmeida]

10 hours ago, fabiosun said:

Yes it is

but you can’t use it in old opencore release

you must use 0.80 version and you have also to do some bios adjustment 

if you did all maybe you can open an issue on opencore GitHub bug tracker

Were can i get OC 8. All i'm able to find is 7.9

[fabiosun]

10 minutes ago, valmeida said:

Were can i get OC 8. All i'm able to find is 7.9

https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg

click on green code button and download master

then open build_oc.tool from terminal

you may have need to download additional Xcode stuff

 

[fabiosun]

OpenCore-0.8.0-RELEASE.zip

 

I advice also to learn this app to update and check your EFI

https://github.com/ic005k/OCAuxiliaryTools

 

[Jaidy]

I do not have a windows machine. Is there anybody here who does and can extract the numbers for a 6800XT?

[fabiosun]

21 minutes ago, Jaidy said:

I do not have a windows machine. Is there anybody here who does and can extract the numbers for a 6800XT?

post config plist you are using

and remember it is useful only for Monterey 12.3 to inject a framebuffer to restore gpu performance

[Jaidy]

1 hour ago, fabiosun said:

post config plist you are using

and remember it is useful only for Monterey 12.3 to inject a framebuffer to restore gpu performance

config.plist.zip

[fabiosun]

28 minutes ago, Jaidy said:

config.plist.zip 6.25 kB · 1 download

backup yours and try this

 

config-2.plist.zip

[valmeida]

On 3/23/2022 at 12:33 AM, fabiosun said:

Yes it is

but you can’t use it in old opencore release

you must use 0.80 version and you have also to do some bios adjustment 

if you did all maybe you can open an issue on opencore GitHub bug tracker

I have upated my OC to 8.0 . 

 

Based on the OC 8.0 relase notes these are the changes in the bios we need to make for Aquantia card to work .

 

ForceAquantiaEthernet

Type: plist boolean

Failsafe: false

Requirement: 10.15.4

Description: Enable Aquantia AQtion AQC-107s based 10GbE network cards support.

This option enables Aquantia AQtion AQC-107s based 10GbE network cards support, which used to work natively

before macOS 10.15.4.

Note: In order for Aquantia cards to properly function, DisableIoMapper must be disabled, DMAR ACPI table

must not be dropped, and VT-d must be enabled in BIOS.

 

None of these settings DisableIoMapper , DMAR ACPI table and VT-d are avalaible on my bios seetings. I could be wrong but  these bios settings are for Intel chipsets. 😞

Edited March 25, 2022 by valmeida

[fabiosun]

@valmeidaDisableIoMapper is a parameter in your kernel quirk (and we have always disabled it in the past)

 

VT-D is an Intel thing

For AMD you have to search in your bios SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) 😉

 

 

 

[valmeida]

On 3/26/2022 at 10:53 AM, fabiosun said:

@valmeidaDisableIoMapper is a parameter in your kernel quirk (and we have always disabled it in the past)

 

VT-D is an Intel thing

For AMD you have to search in your bios SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) 😉

 

I tried and still no luck I bought a USBC 2.5 GHZ Ethernet adapter. it recognizes it but now i need to force  OSX to see it as a built in adapter so my icloud and I message works . How can i do that?. One more question how can i update my OC so that i can get the log to update my MmioWhitelist. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084L4JL9K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

 

On 3/26/2022 at 10:53 AM, fabiosun said:

 

 

EFI.zip

[fabiosun]

@valmeida

attached files will give you 080 debug open core boot loader with aquantia card forced (to try you have also to enable SVM or IOMMU in your bios

leave all other parts unaltered 

it is also enabled the chance to have debug txt saved in your EFI folder

 

Archive.zip

[Kennyhack]

I am trying to install Big Sur on an Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI Threadripper 3970X (32 Core-CPU)

I have a Nvidia GTX 770, which is supported by Big SUR.

The installation starts. But :

The Screen freezes while the installation shows "about 12 minutes remaining". Then I have to shutdown the computer. 

I already did the MMIO Whitelisting. But no success.

opencore-2022-03-31-144340.txt.zipEFI.zip

Edited March 31, 2022 by Kennyhack

[fabiosun]

@Kennyhackwelcome here

your MMIO list is not applied properly

check this image of your log

you have to convert properly first six areas with correct number correction to achieve there skip1 also

 

then why voodoo kext?

Our chipset does not need any kext for internal audio

 

you shouldn't have the need of kernel patch number 15 (you can disable it)

 

[fabiosun]

updated with no problems

I haven't done any test on ethernet

GPU is working fine with device properties declared in config.plist

 

[Kennyhack]

On 3/31/2022 at 5:53 PM, fabiosun said:

then why voodoo kext?

Our chipset does not need any kext for internal audio

@fabiosun
Thanks for your reply.
The voodooHDA.kext is mentioned in the official opencore installation guide for AMD Cpus, if AppleALC is not working. But I will delete it.

 

I also deleted kernel Patch 15.

I used the latest DEBUG.TXT to correct the mmio whitelist. I did this in the beginning of the installation with one of the first DEBUG.txt files and never double checked if the numbers have changed, but obviously they did. 

Anyway, here the latest EFI with the DEBUG.txt I used.EFI.zipopencore-2022-03-31-144340.txt.zip

I will try to install Monday again. Will post results here.


 

Edited April 1, 2022 by Kennyhack

[fabiosun]

@Kennyhack

in your config.plist you have right conversion for MMIO but some are disabled (only latest for must be disabled)

attached config.plist enable it and reorganise your kext config.plist declaration 

if you like backup yours and try

config.plist.zip

[23d1]

On 3/31/2022 at 1:23 PM, fabiosun said:

updated with no problems

I haven't done any test on ethernet

GPU is working fine with device properties declared in config.plist

 

 

I've been seeing reports that the GPU performance issue is fixed in 12.3.1, have you tried booting without the plist patch for the 6900XT?