OpenCore v0.5.6 Intel Coffee Lake Sanity Check

https://khronokernel-2.gitbook.io/opencore-vanilla-desktop-guide/intel-config.plist/coffee-lake


  • ACPI - Quirks section is missing
  • Misc - Debug section is missing
  • Misc - Entries section is missing
  • Misc - Tools section is missing
  • UEFI - Audio section is missing
  • UEFI - Quirks section is missing

ACPI

Add

  • SSDT-DNVME.aml is disabled. Either enable it or remove it to get rid of this warning
  • SSDT-EC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-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
  • SSDT-PNLF_BRT6.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-TPDX.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory

Patch

Booter

Quirks

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

DeviceProperties

Add

  • AAPL,ig-platform-id = 00009b3e iGPU set correctly

Block

Kernel

Add

  • Lilu.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory and the first kext listed here
  • SMCBatteryManager.kext VirtualSMC laptop plugins don't work on Desktop
  • 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
  • VoodooI2C.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooGPIO.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooI2C.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooI2CServices.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooI2C.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooI2CHID.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AirportBrcmFixup.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • BrcmFirmwareData.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • BrcmPatchRAM3.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • NoTouchID.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • SMCProcessor.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • USBPorts.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooPS2Controller.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooPS2Keyboard.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory

Quirks

  • AppleCpuPmCfgLock = Yes You should disable CFG-Lock in your bios instead of using this
  • AppleXcpmCfgLock = Yes You should disable CFG-Lock in your bios instead of using this
  • AppleXcpmExtraMsrs is missing. Normally set to No
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost is missing. Normally set to No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = Yes but should normally be No
  • DisableIoMapper is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • DummyPowerManagement is missing. Normally set to No
  • ExternalDiskIcons is missing. Normally set to No
  • IncreasePciBarSize is missing. Normally set to No
  • PanicNoKextDump is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • ThirdPartyDrives is missing. Normally set to No

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • HideSelf = Yes
  • PollAppleHotKeys is missing. Normally set to No
  • ShowPicker = Yes
  • TakeoffDelay is missing. Normally set to 0
  • HibernateMode is missing. Normally set to None
  • PickerMode is missing. Normally set to Builtin
  • HideAuxiliary = Yes but should normally be No
  • PickerAudioAssist is missing. Normally set to No
  • Timeout = 3 but should normally be 5

Security

  • AllowNvramReset = Yes
  • AllowSetDefault = Yes
  • AuthRestart is missing. Normally set to No
  • Vault = Optional
  • HaltLevel is missing. Normally set to 2147483648
  • ExposeSensitiveData is missing. Normally set to 6
  • ScanPolicy = 0

NVRAM

  • LegacyEnable is missing. Normally set to No
  • LegacyOverwrite is missing. Normally set to No
  • WriteFlash = Yes

Add

  • UIScale = 02
  • boot-args = brcmfx-country=#a agdpmod=vit9696 -wegnoegpu You need to add alcid=<layout> here since you are using AppleALC.kext
  • csr-active-config = e7030000
  • prev-lang:kbd = en-US:0 (en-US:0)

Block

PlatformInfo

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

Generic

  • SpoofVendor is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • AdviseWindows = Yes but should normally be No
  • SystemProductName = MacBookPro15,1 this is not a suggested SMBIOS for Coffee Lake Desktop systems. See PlatformInfo Docs
  • MLB is set
  • SystemSerialNumber is set
  • SystemUUID is set

UEFI

  • ConnectDrivers = Yes

Drivers

  • VBoxHfs.efi
  • FwRuntimeServices.efi
  • ApfsDriverLoader.efi

Input

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

Output

  • You should have exactly 10 settings in the UEFI/Output section
  • TextRenderer is missing. Normally set to BuiltinGraphics
  • ConsoleMode is missing. Normally set to -blank-
  • ClearScreenOnModeSwitch is missing. Normally set to No
  • IgnoreTextInGraphics is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProvideConsoleGop = Yes
  • DirectGopRendering is missing. Normally set to No
  • ReconnectOnResChange is missing. Normally set to No
  • ReplaceTabWithSpace is missing. Normally set to No
  • SanitiseClearScreen = Yes

Protocols

  • You should have exactly 13 settings in the UEFI/Protocols section
  • AppleAudio is missing. Normally set to No
  • AppleBootPolicy is missing. Normally set to No
  • AppleEvent is missing. Normally set to No
  • AppleImageConversion is missing. Normally set to No
  • AppleKeyMap is missing. Normally set to No
  • AppleSmcIo = No
  • DataHub is missing. Normally set to No
  • DeviceProperties is missing. Normally set to No
  • FirmwareVolume is missing. Normally set to No
  • HashServices is missing. Normally set to No
  • OSInfo is missing. Normally set to No
  • UnicodeCollation is missing. Normally set to No