acidanthera / OpenCorePkg

v0.6.6

• Added keyboard and pointer entry scroll support in OpenCanopy
• Added background image support in OpenCanopy
• Fixed selector boot option choice in OpenCanopy
• Relaxed selector dimensions for OpenCanopy
• Added MaxBIOSVersion option to Generic
• Fixed MLB verification feature in macrecovery
• Replaced VBoxHfs driver with OpenHfsPlus
• Added audio codec dumping to SysReport
• Fixed compatibility with page protection for all binaries
• Fixed crashes in OpenUsbKbDxe when handling unsupported devices
• Removed HdaCodecDump application in favor of SysReport
• Added SetApfsTrimTimeout to tune APFS trim command
• Changed OpenCore.efi to application to improve FW compatibility
• Added DisableSecurityPolicy UEFI quirk to workaround driver loading
• Added support for ranged widget connections in AudioDxe
• Fixed supplying non-RT SetVirtualAddressMap for non-macOS systems
• Fixed using SystemUuid from DataHub in non-Automatic mode for SMBIOS
• Dropped failsafe defaults from Generic to match non-Automatic mode
• Replaced BootProtect with LauncherOption and LauncherPath
• Added OpenPartitionDxe with Apple Partition Management scheme
• Improved ocvalidate checks in Misc, NVRAM, and UEFI sections
• Fixed multiple flaws in EFI image loading, APFS driver in particular
• Fixed NVRAM system-id being accidentally stored in Little Endian format
• Added UseRawUuidEncoding to choose SMBIOS UUID encoding style
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest

v0.6.5

• Fixed installing OpenDuet on protected volumes
• Updated underlying EDK II package to edk2-stable202011
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Fixed macrecovery server protocol compatibility
• Added basic audio assistant support in OpenCanopy
• Added compiled ACPI samples to the package
• Fixed timer resolution restoration at boot time
• Fixed memory capacity when using custom SMBIOS memory config
• Removed no longer required DeduplicateBootOrder quirk
• Fixed macserial crashes when processing invalid serials
• Fixed macserial issues when processing 2021 year serials
• Added advanced error checking in ocvalidate utility
• Added SetupDelay to configure audio setup delay
• Reworked LogoutHook.command to support older macOS
• Implemented MP3 audio decoding for audio assistant support
• Added support for PickerVariant for more theme variants
• Added OC_ATTR_HIDE_THEMED_ICONS PickerAttribute for Time Machine
• Fixed OpenUsbKb compatibility with certain keyboards

v0.6.4

• Added BlacklistAppleUpdate to fix macOS 11 broken update optout
• Dropped HII services from OpenDuet improving size and performance
• Fixed patching of injected kexts in mkext
• Added support for launching from relative paths
• Added direct path passing for tools via RealPath
• Allowed launching tools and entries in text mode via TextMode
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Fixed ACPI patches not applying if tables are in locked memory
• Fixed EnableSafeModeSlide on macOS 11
• Added AllowRelocationBlock quirk for older macOS and safe mode
• Fixed CPU frequency calculation on AMD 19h family
• Updated recovery_urls
• Fixed DisableSingleUser quirk when Apple Secure Boot is enabled
• Added BootstrapShort to workaround buggy Insyde firmwares
• Changed Bootstrap(Short) to choose dynamic entry (requires NVRAM reset)
• Avoided Boot prefix in RequestBootVarRouting to workaround AMI issues
• Added bootloader patch support in Booter Patch section
• Fixed startup hang on firmwares allowong reentrance for timer functions
• Made pointer control optional for OpenCanopy via PickerAttributes
• Added support for StartupMute variable in PlayChime
• Added support for per-volume icons for APFS on Preboot
• Removed HII dependency from OpenUsbKbDxe driver
• Fixed undefined behavior in OpenDuet causing random crashes and hangs

WARN: Upgrading to 0.6.4 may require additional steps when BootProtect is set to Bootstrap. For more details please refer to this instruction.

v0.6.3

• Added support for xml comments in plist files
• Updated underlying EDK II package to edk2-stable202008
• Provide fallbacks for NULL memory SMBIOS strings
• Fixed BOOTx64.efi and BOOTIA32.efi convention
• Fixed SMBIOS handling with multiple memory arrays
• Fixed memory array handle assignment on empty slots
• Fixed CPUID patching on certain versions of macOS 10.4.10 and 10.4.11
• Fixed incorrect core/thread counts on Pentium M processors
• Added SSDT-UNC.dsl ACPI sample to resolve X99 issues, thx @RemB
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Increased slide allocation reserve to 200 MB for Big Sur beta 10
• Fixed assert when trying to enable direct renderer on blit-only GOP
• Added support for custom memory properties
• Fixed intermittent 32-bit prelinking failures caused by improper Mach-O expansion
• Fixed failures in cacheless injection dependency resolution
• Fixed detection issues with older Atom CPUs
• Fixed ScanPolicy NVMe handling on MacPro5,1
• Fixed I/O issues on platforms incapable of reading over 1MB at once
• Fixed plist-only kext injection in Big Sur
• Add ForceResolution option for enabling non-default resolutions
• Fixed Ps2MouseDxe not properly loading under OpenDuetPkg
• Added workaround for read-only errors on some X299 boards
• Added support for x86legacy Secure Boot model
• Added missing Secure Boot NVRAM variables required by 11.0
• Added setting of system-id NVRAM variable
• Added ForceSecureBootScheme quirk for virtual machines
• Fixed kernel and ACPI patches failing to replace last bytes of memory

v0.6.2

• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Added ProcessorType option to Generic allowing custom CPU names
• Fixed UnblockFsConnect option not working with APFS JumpStart
• Added IA32 binary variant to the release bundles
• Fixed improper handling of cacheless kexts without an Info.plist
• Fixed improper calculation of kext startup address for blocking
• Added mkext 32-bit kext injection (10.4-10.6)
• Added cacheless 32-bit kext injection (10.4-10.7)
• Added 32-bit kernel/kext patching/blocking support
• Fixed issues loading 10.7 EfiBoot
• Added Type to ReservedMemory to fulfil hibernation hack needs
• Added workaround to displaying Preboot instead of Macintosh HD
• Added prelinkedkernel 32-bit kext injection (10.6-10.7)
• Added SystemMemoryStatus to override memory replacement on some models
• Added older Pentium CPU recognition in SMBIOS
• Added ExtendBTFeatureFlags to properly set FeatureFlags for Bluetooth (which substitutes BT4LEContinuityFixup)
• Added MinKernel/MaxKernel to CPUID emulation and DummyPowerManagement
• Fixed -legacy not being added in KernelArch Auto mode
• Fixed i386-user32 not forcing i386 on macOS 10.7 on X64 firmwares
• Fixed i386-user32 being incorrectly enabled in macOS 10.4, 10.5, and 10.7
• Disabled prelinked boot for macOS 10.4 and 10.5 in KernelCache Auto mode
• Fixed macserial compatibility with iMac20,x serials and other models from 2020
• Added LegacyCommpage quirk to improve pre-SSSE3 userspace compatibility
• Fixed legacy SATA HDDs displaying as external drives in the picker

v0.6.1

• Improved recognition of early pressed hotkeys, thx @varahash
• Made DMG loading support configurable via DmgLoading
• Added iMac20,1 and iMac20,2 model codes
• Fixed display name for older Xeon CPUs like Xeon E5450
• Added Comet Lake-LP HDA device code
• Fixed OS boot selection on SATA controllers with legacy OPROMs
• Fixed RSDP ACPI table checksum recalculation
• Added immutablekernel loading support for 10.13+
• Fixed solving some symbols to zero in 11.0 kext inject
• Reduced OpenCanopy size by restricting boot management access
• Added BuiltinText variant for TextRenderer for older laptops
• Fixed SyncRuntimePermissions creating invalid MAT table
• Added EFI FAT image loading support (macOS 10.8 and earlier)
• Added 64-bit cacheless kext injection and patching support (macOS 10.9 and earlier)
• Added 64-bit mkext kext injection and patching support (macOS 10.6 and earlier)
• Fixed XNU hook matching non-kernel files
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Fixed patching of ACPI tables in low memory
• Fixed macOS 11.0 DMG recovery loading without hotplug
• Fixed XhciPortLimit quirk on 10.12.6 and possibly other versions
• Fixed IncreasePciBarSize quirk on 10.11.5 and possibly other versions
• Fixed LapicKernelPanic quirk on 10.8.5 and possibly other versions
• Fixed hard-lock caused by EHCI SMI in OpenDuetPkg
• Added preview UEFI Secure Boot compatibility
• Added FuzzyMatch option to support fuzzy kernelcache matching on 10.6 and earlier
• Added KernelArch option to specify architecture preference on older kernels
• Added KernelCache option to specify kernel caching preference for older kernels
• Added Force section to provide support for injecting drivers in older macOS
• Changed kernel driver injection to happen prior to kernel driver patching
• Added Arch filtering option to Add, Block, Force, and Patch sections
• Added DisableLinkeditJettison quirk to workaround 11.0b5 kernel panics
• Added debugging of missing fields in the configuration

v0.6.0

• Fixed sound corruption with AudioDxe
• Fixed icon choice for Apple FW update in OpenCanopy
• Fixed APFS driver loading on Fusion Drive
• Added Comet Lake HDA device code
• Fixed audio stream position reporting on non-Intel platforms
• Added Firmware mode to ResetSystem to reboot into preferences
• Replaced BlacklistAppleUpdate with run-efi-updater NVRAM variable
• Fixed reset value and detection in FadtEnableReset ACPI quirk
• Fixed freezes during boot option expansion with PXE boot entries
• Updated underlying EDK II package to edk2-stable202005
• Added ProvideMaxSlide quirk to improve laptop stability, thx @zhen-zen
• Fixed slide choice on platforms when 0 slide is unavailable, thx @zhen-zen
• Fixed assertions caused by unaligned file path access in DEBUG builds
• Renamed ConfigValidity utility to ocvalidate for consistency
• Added GlobalConnect for APFS loading to workaround older firmware issues
• Added 11.0 support for AvoidRuntimeDefrag Booter quirk
• Fixed 11.0 lapic kernel quirk as of DP1
• Improved boot selection scripts for macOS without NVRAM
• Added UGA protocol compatibility in ProvideConsoleGop quirk
• Added UgaPassThrough option to support UGA protocol over GOP
• Added AppleFramebufferInfo protocol implementation and override
• Fixed serial initialisation when file logging is disabled
• Fixed FSBFrequency reporting on Meron and similar CPUs
• Fixed incorrect volume icon dimension requirements in OpenCanopy
• Added preview version of KernelCollection injection code
• Fixed ACPI reset register detection in DxeIpl
• Added MacBookPro16,4 model code
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Fixed OSXSAVE reporting when emulating CPUID on newer CPUs
• Added SerialInit option to perform serial initialisation separately
• Fixed OpenDuetPkg booting on Intel G33 with SATA controller in RAID mode
• PlatformInfo Automatic for all models
• Fixed 32-bit OpenDuetPkg booting on machines with over 4 GBs of RAM
• Fixed delays with OpenDuetPkg booting with certain SATA controllers in IDE mode
• Fixed display name for some high core count i9 CPUs like 7920X
• Fixed SSDT-EC-USBX

v0.5.9

• Added full HiDPI support in OpenCanopy
• Improved OpenCanopy font rendering by using CoreText
• Fixed light and custom background font rendering
• Added Boot#### options support in boot entry listing
• Removed HideSelf by pattern recognising BOOTx64.efi
• Added BlacklistAppleUpdate to avoid Apple FW updates
• Fixed accidental tool and NVRAM reset booting by default
• Fixed unrecognised select com.apple.recovery.boot entries
• Changed NVRAM reset not to erase BootProtect boot options
• Improved boot performance when picker UI is disabled
• Enforced the use of builtin picker when external fails
• Fixed warnings for empty NVRAM variables (e.g. rtc-blacklist)
• Added ApplePanic to store panic logs on ESP root
• Fixed ReconnectOnResChange reconnecting even without res change
• Fixed OpenCanopy showing internal icons for external drives
• Fixed OpenCanopy launching Shell with text over it
• Added partial hotkey support to OpenCanopy (e.g. Ctrl+Enter)
• Added builtin text renderer compatibility with Shell page mode
• Fixed FadtEnableReset with too small FACP tables and some laptops
• Fixed CPU detection crash with QEMU 5.0 and KVM accelerator
• Removed RequestBootVarFallback due to numerous bugs
• Added DeduplicateBootOrder UEFI quirk
• Removed DirectGopCacheMode due to being ineffective
• Fixed assertions on log exhaustion causing boot failures
• Fixed builtin text renderer failing to provide ConsoleControl
• Fixed compatibility with blit-only GOP (e.g. OVMF Bochs)
• Fixed ignoring # in DeviceProperty and NVRAM Delete
• Renamed Block to Delete in ACPI,DeviceProperties, and NVRAM
• Added MacBookPro16,2 and MacBookPro16,3 model codes
• Added PCI device scanning policy support (e.g. VIRTIO)
• Improved playback performance in AudioDxe
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Added improved CPU type detection for newer CPU types
• Added ConfigValidity utility and improved config validation
• Added serial port initialisation for serial debug logging
• Disabled empty debug log file creation to avoid ESP cluttering
• Added TscSyncTimeout quirk to workaround debug kernel assertions
• Added first-class Windows support to bless model
• Fixed LapicKernelPanic kernel quirk on 10.9
• Added prebuilt version of CrScreenshotDxe driver
• Fixed Hyper-V frequency detection compatibility
• Added SysReport option for DEBUG builds to dump system info
• Fixed crashes on some AMD firmwares when performing keyboard input

v0.5.8

• Fixed invalid CPU object reference in SSDT-PLUG
• Fixed incorrect utilities and resources packaging
• Fixed Custom UpdateSMBIOSMode modifying SMBIOSv3 table
• Updated docs to cover separating SMBIOS via UpdateSMBIOSMode
• Fixed rendering macOS installer icons in OpenCanopy
• Added APFS support with Fusion Drive and enhanced security
• Added AppleEvent mouse support in OpenCanopy
• Fixed AppleEvent and OpenCanopy compatibility with OVMF TPL restrictions
• Added mouse drivers to the package as OVMF needs one
• Added memory region reservation support
• Added RtcRw tool to manipulate RTC memory
• Added PatchAppleRtcChecksum kernel quirk
• Added AppleRtcRam protocol implementation
• Renamed Protocols to ProtocolOverrides for clarity
• Added ResetSystem tool to allow shutdown/reset actions in the menu
• Added experimental BootProtect Security option
• Fixed kext injection in 10.8 installer
• Added timeout support to OpenCanopy user interface
• Fixed handling 24-bit screen resolutions
• Added Ps2KeyboardDxe driver for DuetPkg
• Updated BootInstall DuetPkg version (now opensource)
• Added partial HiDPI support in OpenCanopy
• Update builtin firmware
• Fixed invalid checksum checks when creating vault (thx @dakanji)