OpenCore v0.5.6 AMD Zen Sanity Check

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


  • UEFI - Audio section is missing
  • UEFI - Output section is missing

ACPI

Add

  • DSDT.aml You should not be including your dumped DSDT. Please review the ACPI Docs.
  • SSDT-EC.aml is disabled. Either enable it or remove it to get rid of this warning
  • You might need something like SSDT-EC.aml or SSDT-EC-USBX-AMD.aml. See the ACPI Docs

Block

Patch

Quirks

  • FadtEnableReset = No
  • NormalizeHeaders = No
  • RebaseRegions = No
  • ResetHwSig = No
  • ResetLogoStatus = No

Booter

MmioWhitelist

Quirks

  • AvoidRuntimeDefrag = Yes
  • DevirtualiseMmio = No
  • DisableSingleUser = No
  • DisableVariableWrite = No
  • DiscardHibernateMap = No
  • EnableSafeModeSlide = Yes
  • EnableWriteUnprotector = Yes
  • ForceExitBootServices = No
  • ProtectCsmRegion = No
  • ProtectSecureBoot is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProvideCustomSlide = Yes
  • SetupVirtualMap = Yes
  • ShrinkMemoryMap = No
  • SignalAppleOS = No

DeviceProperties

Add

Block

Kernel

Add

  • Lilu.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory and the first kext listed here
  • USBInjectAll.kext Does not work on AMD
  • VirtualSMC.kext 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
  • RealtekRTL8111.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

Patch

  • AMD kernel patches
  • Catalina 10.15.4 CPUFAMILY_INTEL_PENRYN patch found

Quirks

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

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • BuiltinTextRenderer was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See UEFI/TextRenderer
  • ConsoleBehaviourOs was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ConsoleBehaviourUi was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ConsoleMode has been moved to UEFI/Output section in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • Resolution has been moved to UEFI/Output section in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • HideSelf = Yes
  • PollAppleHotKeys = No
  • ShowPicker = Yes
  • UsePicker was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • TakeoffDelay = 0
  • HibernateMode = None
  • PickerMode is missing. Normally set to Builtin
  • HideAuxiliary is missing. Normally set to No
  • PickerAudioAssist is missing. Normally set to No
  • Timeout = 3 but should normally be 5

Debug

  • DisableWatchDog enabling this will help debugging
  • Target see the Debugging Docs for more info on debug target numbers
  • DisplayLevel see Debugging Docs for more info debug display levels
  • DisplayDelay = 0

Entries

Security

  • AllowNvramReset = No but should normally be Yes
  • AllowSetDefault = No but should normally be Yes
  • AuthRestart = No
  • RequireSignature was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Vault
  • RequireVault was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Vault
  • Vault is missing. Normally set to Optional
  • HaltLevel = 2147483648
  • ExposeSensitiveData = 6
  • ScanPolicy = 0

Tools

  • You removed the tool EFIs

NVRAM

  • LegacyEnable = No
  • LegacyOverwrite = No
  • WriteFlash = No but should normally be Yes

Add

  • UIScale = 01
  • boot-args = debug=0x100 keepsyms=1 alcid=1 npci=0x2000 agdpmod=pikera
  • csr-active-config = 00000000
  • nvda_drv = 31. Normally 00 or remove entirely unless you have a supported nvidia card
  • prev-lang:kbd = en-US:0 (en-US:0)

Block

LegacySchema

PlatformInfo

  • Automatic = Yes
  • UpdateDataHub = Yes
  • UpdateNVRAM = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOS = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOSMode = Create

Generic

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

UEFI

  • ConnectDrivers = Yes

Drivers

  • VBoxHfs.efi
  • FwRuntimeServices.efi
  • ApfsDriverLoader.efi
  • AppleUsbKbDxe.efi Unless you are doing a legacy install, you don't need this

Input

  • KeyForgetThreshold = 5
  • KeyMergeThreshold = 2
  • KeySupport = Yes
  • KeySupportMode = Auto
  • KeySwap = No
  • PointerSupport = No
  • PointerSupportMode = ASUS but should normally be -blank-
  • TimerResolution = 50000

Protocols

  • AppleAudio is missing. Normally set to No
  • AppleBootPolicy = No
  • AppleEvent = No
  • AppleImageConversion = No
  • AppleKeyMap = No
  • AppleSmcIo = No
  • AppleUserInterfaceTheme = No
  • DataHub = No
  • DeviceProperties = No
  • ConsoleControl was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See UEFI/TextRenderer
  • FirmwareVolume = No
  • HashServices = No
  • OSInfo = No
  • UnicodeCollation = No

Quirks

  • AvoidHighAlloc was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ExitBootServicesDelay = 0
  • IgnoreInvalidFlexRatio = No
  • ReconnectOnResChange has been moved to Output section in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • IgnoreTextInGraphics has been moved to Output section in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ProvideConsoleGop has been moved to Output section in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ReleaseUsbOwnership = No
  • RequestBootVarFallback = No but should normally be Yes
  • RequestBootVarRouting = Yes
  • ReplaceTabWithSpace has been moved to Output section in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • SanitiseClearScreen has been moved to Output section in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ClearScreenOnModeSwitch has been moved to Output section in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • UnblockFsConnect = No