OpenCore v0.5.5 Intel Haswell Sanity Check

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


  • #WARNING - 1 this shouldn't be here
  • #WARNING - 2 this shouldn't be here
  • #WARNING - 3 this shouldn't be here
  • #WARNING - 4 this shouldn't be here
  • #WARNING - 5 this shouldn't be here

ACPI

Add

  • DSDT.aml You should not be including your dumped DSDT. Please review the ACPI Docs.
  • SSDT-8.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-9.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-PNLF.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory

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
  • ProvideCustomSlide = Yes
  • SetupVirtualMap = Yes
  • ShrinkMemoryMap = No
  • SignalAppleOS = No

DeviceProperties

Add

  • AAPL,ig-platform-id = 0300220d 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
  • AppleALC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • SMCProcessor.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • USBInjectAll.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • WhateverGreen.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory

Block

Emulate

Patch

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 = No
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost = No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = No
  • DisableIoMapper = Yes
  • DummyPowerManagement = No
  • ExternalDiskIcons = No
  • IncreasePciBarSize = No
  • LapicKernelPanic = No
  • PanicNoKextDump = Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic = Yes
  • ThirdPartyDrives = No
  • XhciPortLimit = Yes turn off after USB port mapping

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • HideSelf = Yes
  • PollAppleHotKeys = No
  • ShowPicker = Yes
  • TakeoffDelay = 0
  • UsePicker is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • HibernateMode = None
  • Timeout = 5

Debug

  • DisableWatchDog = Yes
  • Target = 67
  • DisplayLevel = 2147483714

Entries

Security

  • AllowNvramReset = Yes
  • AllowSetDefault = Yes
  • AuthRestart = No
  • RequireSignature is missing. Normally set to No
  • RequireVault is missing. Normally set to No
  • ExposeSensitiveData = 6
  • ScanPolicy = 0

Tools

  • You can remove the tool EFIs here

NVRAM

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

Add

  • UIScale = 01
  • boot-args = -v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=7 npci=0x2000
  • csr-active-config = 00000000
  • nvda_drv normally -blank- unless you have a supported nvidia card
  • prev-lang:kbd = -blank- (-blank-)

Block

LegacySchema

PlatformInfo

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

DataHub

Generic

  • SpoofVendor = Yes
  • AdviseWindows = No
  • SystemProductName = iMac15,1
  • MLB is set
  • ROM = 112233000000 You should set this to your NIC MAC address. See PlatformInfo Docs
  • SystemSerialNumber is set
  • SystemUUID is set

PlatformNVRAM

SMBIOS

UEFI

  • ConnectDrivers = Yes

Drivers

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

Audio

Input

  • KeyForgetThreshold = 5
  • KeyMergeThreshold = 2
  • KeySupport = Yes
  • KeySupportMode = Auto
  • KeySwap = No
  • PointerSupport = No
  • PointerSupportMode = -blank-
  • TimerResolution = 50000

Output

Protocols

  • AppleBootPolicy = No
  • AppleEvent = No
  • AppleImageConversion = No
  • AppleKeyMap = No
  • AppleSmcIo = No
  • AppleUserInterfaceTheme = No
  • ConsoleControl is missing. Normally set to No
  • DataHub = No
  • DeviceProperties = No
  • FirmwareVolume = No
  • HashServices = No
  • OSInfo = No
  • UnicodeCollation = No

Quirks

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