OpenCore 0.9.5 - Sonoma

Welcome to this EFI release! There are some minor changes from the v3.3 to comply with Sonoma. Please provide feedback since I do not use my E7250 as a daily driver any more and enjoy this release!

Discussion Link: #67

Changelog

• added RestrictEvents
• updated AppleALC to 1.8.6
• added contentFlavour
• added contentVisibility
• adjusted config
  • updated AirportItlwm to Beta 5 [Sonoma EFI only]
  • removed Reroute kern.hv_vmm_present patch (1)
  • removed Reroute kern.hv_vmm_present patch (2) Legacy
  • removed Reroute kern.hv_vmm_present patch (2) Ventura
  • added revpatch
  • added amfi=0x80
  • removed PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)
  • removed PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x16,0x0)
  • removed PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x16,0x3)
  • cleaned up PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1B,0x0)
  • cleaned up PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1C,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)
  • removed PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1C,0x3)/Pci(0x0,0x0)
  • removed PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)
  • removed PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x2)
  • removed PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x3)
  • removed PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)
  • removed PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x4,0x0)

OpenCore 0.9.5 - Ventura

Welcome to another new EFI release! After a long pause (due to a vacation 😎), there is a new update. This release will update OpenCore and its kexts to the latest version. Additionally, the EFI is configured to be compatible with OpenCore Legacy Patcher 0.6.8. Therefore, AMFI and Library Validation is enabled again by using the AMFIPass kext.

This will be the last supported version for Ventura.

Changelog

• updated OpenCore to 0.9.5
• updated AirportItlwm to 2.3.0 (d939230) [Ventura EFI only]
• updated AppleALC to 1.8.5
• updated BlueToolFixup to 2.6.8
• updated FeatureUnlock to 1.1.5
• updated IntelBluetooth to 2.3.0
• updated Lilu to 1.6.7
• updated VirtualSMC and its plugins to 1.3.2
• updated VoodooPS2Controller to 2.3.5
• updated WhatseverGreen to 1.6.6
• added KDKlessWorkaround
• added RSRHelper
• added AMFIPass
• adjusted config
  • added DisableIoMapperMapping
  • added InstanceIdentifier
  • added backlight-level
  • added BootCampHD
  • added ConsoleFont
  • added GopBurstMode
  • added InitialMode
  • added PciIo
  • added ShimRetainProtocol
  • removed 'Reroute HW_BID to OC_BID'
  • added OCLP-Settings
  • removed amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1
  • added -nokcmismatchpanic
  • removed 'Force IOGetVMMPresent'
  • renamed Reroute kern.hv_vmm_present patch (2) Monterey to Reroute kern.hv_vmm_present patch (2) Legacy
  • added 'Disable _csr_check() in _vnode_check_signature'
  • added Force FileVault on Broken Seal
  • added 'Disable Library Validation Enforcement'

OpenCore 0.9.0

Welcome to another EFI release. This release updates OpenCore and the kexts to the latest versions.

Changelog

• updated OpenCore to 0.9.0
• updated AirportItlwm to 2.2.0 (ddd2768) [Ventura EFI only]
• updated AppleALC to 1.8.0
• updated FeatureUnlock to 1.1.3
• updated Lilu to 1.6.4
• updated VirtualSMC to 1.3.1
• updated VoodooI2C to 2.8
• updated VoodooPS2Controller to 2.3.4
• updated WhateverGreen to 1.6.4
• adjusted config
  • added HibernateSkipsPicker
  • added ResizeUsePciRbIo

OpenCore 0.8.6

Welcome to another new EFI release! This update breaks the tri-annually update as I mentioned in v3.0 to fix a critical bug. If you wanted to use Electron apps (e.g. Discord) on Ventura, you would find that it crashes. This happens because the Ventura EFI disables AMFI to fix GPU acceleration, but it breaks Electron apps. So another boot-arg was added to fix this issue.

As you may have noticed, enabling the bluetooth kexts cause kernel panics on shutdown/reboot and wake. This is also reported in the IntelBluetooth repo. After some testing I found that disabling IntelBTPatcher fixed most of the issues and I was able to listen to music without any problems.

Changelog

• updated OpenCore to 0.8.6
• updated VoodooPS2Controller to 2.3.1
• updated FeatureUnlock to 1.1.0
• updated AppleALC 1.7.6
• adjusted config
  • added ipc_control_port_options=0 [Ventura EFI only]
  • disabled IntelBTPatcher by default
  • added PointerDwellClickTimeout
  • added PointerDwellDoubleClickTimeout
  • added PointerDwellRadius

OpenCore 0.8.5 - Ventura

Welcome to this release of the EFI! v4.0 now officially supports Ventura, but unofficially by Apple. Ventura users should read the README, especially: GPU acceleration on Ventura and OTA from Monterey to Ventura

Since Apple has dropped support for Broadwell laptops, I will be changing the update interval to tri-annually. That means there will be an EFI update every four months. (except for critical updates)

If anyone wants to talk about the new version, there's a discussion you can chat with: #57

Changelog

• updated AirportItlwm (Ventura) to 2.2.0 (ee56708) [Ventura EFI only]
• adjusted config
  • added 'Skip Board ID check' [Ventura EFI only]
  • added 'Reroute HW_BID to OC_BID' [Ventura EFI only]
  • added 'Force IOGetVMMPresent' [Ventura EFI only]
  • added 'Reroute kern.hv_vmm_present patch (1)' [Ventura EFI only]
  • added 'Reroute kern.hv_vmm_present patch (2) Monterey' [Ventura EFI only]
  • added 'Reroute kern.hv_vmm_present patch (2) Ventura' [Ventura EFI only]
  • removed AAPL,slot-name from PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)
  • removed device_type from PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)
  • set SIP to 0x803 [Ventura EFI only]
  • added amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1 [Ventura EFI only]
  • added csr-active-config to NVRAM>Delete

OpenCore 0.8.5

Changelog

• updated OpenCore to 0.8.5
• updated AppleALC to 1.7.5
• updated BlueToolFixup to 2.6.4
• updated IntelBluetoothFirmware to 2.2.0
• updated VoodooPS2Controller to 1.3.0
• added BTRFS driver
• added IntelBTPatcher
• adjusted config
  • added FullNvramAccess

OpenCore 0.8.3

Changelog

• updated OpenCore to 0.8.3
• updated AppleALC to 1.7.4
• updated Lilu to 1.6.2
• updated WhateverGreen to 1.6.1
• adjusted config to 0.8.3
  • added LoadEarly to UEFI>Drivers
  • removed LegacyEnable

OpenCore 0.8.2

Changelog

• updated OpenCore to 0.8.2
• updated AppleALC to 1.7.3
• updated BlueToolFixup to 2.6.3
• updated FeatureUnlock to 1.0.9
• updated Lilu to 1.6.1
• updated VirtualSMC to 1.3.0
• updated SMCProcessor to 1.3.0
• updated SMCBatteryManager to 1.3.0
• updated VoodooPS2Controller to 2.2.9
• updated WhateverGreen to 1.6.0

OpenCore 0.8.1

Welcome to a new version of the EFI. This update brings many changes to fix small bugs. With tremendous help from adirosebrigg we managed to fix the broken touchscreen and also the WWAN support. Also, Windows no longer boots with a dimmed screen due to the addition of a missing SSDT-XOSI patch (sigh). In addition, (thanks to adirosebrigg suggestion) Linux support has also been added with an ext4 driver.

Unfortunately, with macOS Ventura, support for the SMBIOS we use (MacBookPro12.1 or MacBook Pro 13" early 2015) has been dropped. This means that support for this laptop also ends. However, as long as Apple still has the Broadwell graphics driver included, Ventura may work OOTB. I will try to install macOS Ventura on my E7250 and report on the 'discussions' page. I will add the 'discussions' page soon. With the official public release of Ventura, I will change the EFI update to quarterly (unless it's something important).

I'm glad I was able to support this laptop (with the huge help of this community) from Mojave to Monterey :) Let's see how long we can keep using this machine until Apple blocks us with a barrier.

Changelog

• updated OpenCore to 0.8.1
• updated AppleALC to 1.7.2
• updated FeatureUnlock to 1.0.8
• updated WhateverGreen to 1.5.9
• added SSDT-XOSI
• removed USBToolBox
• removed UTBMap
• added USBMap
• added OpenLinuxBoot
• added ext4_x64
• adjusted config to 0.8.1
  • added CustomPciSerialDevice
  • added ForceAquantiaEthernet
  • replaced Serialinit with Serial section
  • removed AllowToggleSip
  • removed AllowNvramReset
  • added ToggleSipEntry
  • added ResetNvramEntry

OpenCore 0.7.9

Changelog

• replaced USBMap with UTBMap
• added USBToolBox
• removed EHC1 to EH01
• updated OpenCore to 0.7.9
• updated AppleALC to 1.7.0
• updated FeatureUnlock to 1.0.7
• updated SMCBatteryManager to 1.2.9
• updated SMCProcessor to 1.2.9
• updated VirtualSMC to 1.2.9
• updated VoodooI2C to 2.7
• updated WhateverGreen to 1.5.8
• replaced custom VoodooPS2 with acidanthera
• adjusted config to 0.7.9
  • added LogModules