OpenCore v0.5.5 AMD Zen Sanity Check

https://khronokernel-2.gitbook.io/opencore-vanilla-desktop-guide/amd-config.plist/zen


  • UEFI - Protocols section is missing

ACPI

Add

  • SSDT-EC-USBX.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-PLUG.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory

Delete

Patch

Quirks

  • FadtEnableReset = No
  • NormalizeHeaders = No
  • RebaseRegions = No
  • ResetHwSig = No
  • ResetLogoStatus = Yes but should normally be No

Booter

MmioWhitelist

Patch

Quirks

  • AvoidRuntimeDefrag = Yes
  • DevirtualiseMmio = No
  • DisableSingleUser = No
  • DisableVariableWrite = No
  • DiscardHibernateMap = No
  • EnableSafeModeSlide = Yes
  • EnableWriteUnprotector = No but should normally be Yes
  • ForceExitBootServices = No
  • ProtectCsmRegion is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProtectSecureBoot is for OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ProvideCustomSlide = Yes
  • SetupVirtualMap = No but should normally be Yes
  • ShrinkMemoryMap is missing. Normally set to No
  • SignalAppleOS = No

DeviceProperties

Add

Delete

Kernel

Add

  • Lilu.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory and the first kext listed here
  • VirtualSMC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • USBInjectAll.text make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • WhateverGreen.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AppleALC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • LucyRTL8125Ethernet.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • NVMeFix.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory

Block

Emulate

Force

Patch

  • AMD kernel patches

Quirks

  • AppleCpuPmCfgLock = No
  • AppleXcpmCfgLock = No
  • AppleXcpmExtraMsrs = No
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost = No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = Yes but should normally be No
  • DisableIoMapper = No
  • DummyPowerManagement is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • ExternalDiskIcons = Yes but should normally be No
  • IncreasePciBarSize = No
  • LapicKernelPanic = No
  • PanicNoKextDump = Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic = Yes
  • ThirdPartyDrives = No
  • XhciPortLimit = No enable if you have USB issues

Scheme

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • HideSelf is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • PollAppleHotKeys = No
  • ShowPicker = Yes
  • TakeoffDelay = 0
  • UsePicker is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • PickerMode is for OpenCore v0.5.6
  • PickerAttributes is for OpenCore v0.5.6
  • HibernateMode = None
  • Timeout = 5

Debug

  • DisableWatchDog = Yes
  • Target see Debug Docs for more info on debug target numbers
  • DisplayLevel see Debug Docs for more info debug display levels

Entries

Security

  • AllowNvramReset = Yes
  • AllowSetDefault = Yes
  • AuthRestart = No
  • RequireSignature is missing. Normally set to No
  • RequireVault is missing. Normally set to No
  • Vault is for OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ExposeSensitiveData = 15
  • ScanPolicy = 0

Serial

Tools

  • You removed the tool EFIs

NVRAM

  • LegacyEnable = No
  • LegacyOverwrite = No
  • WriteFlash = Yes

Add

  • boot-args = -v -lilubetaall npci=0x2000 alcid=1 watchdog=0 dk.e1000=0 e1000=0 agdpmod=pikera
  • csr-active-config = ff0f0000
  • prev-lang:kbd = -blank- (-blank-)

Delete

LegacySchema

PlatformInfo

  • Automatic = Yes
  • UpdateDataHub = Yes
  • UpdateNVRAM = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOS = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOSMode = Custom but should normally be Create

CustomMemory

DataHub

Generic

  • SpoofVendor = Yes
  • AdviseWindows is missing. Normally set to No
  • SystemProductName = iMacPro1,1
  • MLB is set
  • ROM is set
  • SystemSerialNumber is set
  • SystemUUID is set

PlatformNVRAM

SMBIOS

UseRawUuidEncoding

UEFI

  • ConnectDrivers = Yes

Drivers

  • Need either VBoxHfs.efi or HFSPlus.efi here
  • FwRuntimeServices.efi is missing
  • ApfsDriverLoader.efi is missing
  • Array
  • Array
  • Array
  • Array

APFS

AppleInput

Audio

Input

  • KeyForgetThreshold = 5
  • KeyMergeThreshold is missing. Normally set to 2
  • KeySupport = Yes
  • KeySupportMode = Auto
  • KeySwap = No
  • PointerSupport = No
  • PointerSupportMode = -blank-
  • TimerResolution = 50000

Output

ProtocolOverrides

Quirks

  • AvoidHighAlloc is missing. Normally set to No
  • ClearScreenOnModeSwitch is missing. Normally set to No
  • ExitBootServicesDelay = 0
  • IgnoreInvalidFlexRatio = No
  • IgnoreTextInGraphics is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProvideConsoleGop is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • ReconnectOnResChange is missing. Normally set to No
  • ReleaseUsbOwnership = No
  • ReplaceTabWithSpace is missing. Normally set to No
  • RequestBootVarFallback is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • RequestBootVarRouting = Yes
  • SanitiseClearScreen is missing. Normally set to No
  • UnblockFsConnect = No

ReservedMemory