OpenCore v0.5.5 Intel SkyLake Sanity Check

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


ACPI

Add

  • DSDT.aml You should not be including your dumped DSDT. Please review the ACPI Docs.
  • SSDT-5.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-7.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-PNLF.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-UIAC.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 = Yes but should normally be No
  • DisableVariableWrite = No
  • DiscardHibernateMap = No
  • EnableSafeModeSlide = No but should normally be Yes
  • EnableWriteUnprotector = Yes
  • ForceExitBootServices = No
  • ProtectCsmRegion = No
  • ProvideCustomSlide = No but should normally be Yes
  • SetupVirtualMap = Yes
  • ShrinkMemoryMap = No
  • SignalAppleOS = No

DeviceProperties

Add

  • AAPL,ig-platform-id = 02002619 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
  • SMCProcessor.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • CPUFriend.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
  • IntelMausiEthernet.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • USBInjectAll.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
  • VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooPS2Mouse.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/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooGPIO.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

Block

Emulate

Patch

Quirks

  • AppleCpuPmCfgLock = No Make sure CFG-Lock is disabled in your bios
  • AppleXcpmCfgLock = No Make sure CFG-Lock is disabled in your bios
  • AppleXcpmExtraMsrs = No
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost = No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = No
  • DisableIoMapper = Yes
  • DummyPowerManagement = No
  • ExternalDiskIcons = No
  • IncreasePciBarSize = No
  • LapicKernelPanic = No
  • PanicNoKextDump = Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic = No but should normally be Yes
  • ThirdPartyDrives = Yes but should normally be No
  • XhciPortLimit = No enable if you have USB issues

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • HideSelf = Yes
  • PollAppleHotKeys = Yes but should normally be No
  • ShowPicker = No but should normally be Yes
  • TakeoffDelay = 5000 but should normally be 0
  • UsePicker is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • HibernateMode = Auto but should normally be None
  • Timeout = 5

Debug

  • DisableWatchDog enabling this will help debugging
  • 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 = Yes but should normally be No
  • RequireSignature is missing. Normally set to No
  • RequireVault is missing. Normally set to No
  • ExposeSensitiveData = 6
  • ScanPolicy = 983299. Initially you want 0 here, but once you are up and running check Scanpolicy Docs for why you should change this

Tools

  • You removed the tool EFIs

NVRAM

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

Add

  • UIScale = 01
  • boot-args = keepsyms=1 uia_exclude=HS05,HS06,HS10,USR1,USR2,SS02,SS05 You need to add alcid=<layout> here since you are using AppleALC.kext
  • csr-active-config = 00000000
  • prev-lang:kbd = 656e2d55533a323532 (en-US:252)

Block

LegacySchema

PlatformInfo

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

Generic

  • SpoofVendor = No but should normally be Yes
  • AdviseWindows = No
  • SystemProductName = MacBookPro13,1 this is not a suggested SMBIOS for Skylake Desktop systems. See PlatformInfo Docs
  • MLB is set
  • ROM 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 = No
  • PointerSupport = No
  • PointerSupportMode = ASUS but should normally be -blank-
  • TimerResolution = 50000

Output

Protocols

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

Quirks

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