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MP 1,1-5,1 Innie: A fix for PCI drives seen as external

cdf said:
Innie has been updated to version 1.3.1. This version addresses a long-standing detection bug (many thanks to @Macschrauber for testing)!

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Release 1.3.1 · cdf/Innie

v1.3.1 Improve handling of multiple pci roots Fix detection bug
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Hi CDF,

I have a quick question.
I own a 5.1 Mac Pro and upgraded to the latest possible specs, but I am NOT using OpenCore (yet). So I am stuck on High Sierra thus far.
My NVMe SSD (970 EVO plus with OWC Accelsior 1M2 card) is not recognized as an internal disc, so I thought about using your fix for that. However, if I somehow want to install OpenCore in the future, would it have any consequences if I used your fix before (possible conflicts)?
I want to make sure everything will keep running nice and clean in the near future when I need to install the OpenCore patch...
Thank you!

BB

Edit: installed Innie and it worked like a charm. Thank you CDF.
 
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barral39 said:
Since I've installed Innie my booting time is 1min longer than before
My machine use to boot in about 20/30sec and now boot in 1min20/30 sec.

So is there anything I can do to fix this longer/slower booting time ?
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Innie is untested on the 6,1. Perhaps you could try previous versions with the old detection logic.

Bo Blues said:
However, if I somehow want to install OpenCore in the future, would it have any consequences if I used your fix before (possible conflicts)?
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There should be no conflicts. However, after installing OC, you won't need Innie anymore, because you'll be able to use device properties in OC to achieve the same thing.
 
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Bo Blues said:
Hi CDF,

I have a quick question.
I own a 5.1 Mac Pro and upgraded to the latest possible specs, but I am NOT using OpenCore (yet). So I am stuck on High Sierra thus far.
My NVMe SSD (970 EVO plus with OWC Accelsior 1M2 card) is not recognized as an internal disc, so I thought about using your fix for that. However, if I somehow want to install OpenCore in the future, would it have any consequences if I used your fix before (possible conflicts)?
I want to make sure everything will keep running nice and clean in the near future when I need to install the OpenCore patch...
Thank you!

BB

Edit: installed Innie and it worked like a charm. Thank you CDF.
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Hey BB, just happened to see this post and thought it worth mentioning two things.

One, I ran Mojave on my 5,1 for years. It was a vanilla install except for Innie and ran solid. So, unless you are stuck on High Sierra for some kind of legacy software or equipment compatibility, you could move up to Mojave without using OC.

Two, I recently jumped straight from Mojave+Innie to Monterey+OCLP without touching Innie. All is well, and it seems to me that the system is running smoother than ever before.

Still more juice in your 5,1 either way!
 
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Hei!

I have a cMP5,1 and am on High Sierra (started from a clean slate 10.7.x) right now. I disabled SIP, have installed Innie and confirm that the disks are seen as internal (non-ejectable).

However, I observe 2 things:
  1. I am no more able to enter into recovery mode (neither Cmd+R nor other options work; tried also SMC reset to no avail) - so not sure how I can re-enable SIP.
  2. Right before I get to the login screen the fans just full throttle and then slow down to normal speeds. Have observed this only after the Innie kext installation.
  3. There is one disk that is shown as external still - maybe this model is not in the Innie database?
I am noticing this irrespective of where I run HS from - have tried SATA, PCI-e (OWC) and also NVMe (OWC 4M2).

PS: I was advised in these forums to have everything vanilla setup first and then go onto try OC.

Also if this is something I cannot fix, how do I uninstall Innie ? (Is it just a matter of removing the .kext and kextcache update ?)
 
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Hi CDF!

Any tips on how I can go about this ?
Greatly appreciate your help, thanks!

tek.prabu said:
Hei!

I have a cMP5,1 and am on High Sierra (started from a clean slate 10.7.x) right now. I disabled SIP, have installed Innie and confirm that the disks are seen as internal (non-ejectable).

However, I observe 2 things:
  1. I am no more able to enter into recovery mode (neither Cmd+R nor other options work; tried also SMC reset to no avail) - so not sure how I can re-enable SIP.
  2. Right before I get to the login screen the fans just full throttle and then slow down to normal speeds. Have observed this only after the Innie kext installation.
  3. There is one disk that is shown as external still - maybe this model is not in the Innie database?
I am noticing this irrespective of where I run HS from - have tried SATA, PCI-e (OWC) and also NVMe (OWC 4M2).

PS: I was advised in these forums to have everything vanilla setup first and then go onto try OC.

Also if this is something I cannot fix, how do I uninstall Innie ? (Is it just a matter of removing the .kext and kextcache update ?)
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tek.prabu said:
However, I observe 2 things:
  1. I am no more able to enter into recovery mode (neither Cmd+R nor other options work; tried also SMC reset to no avail) - so not sure how I can re-enable SIP.
  2. Right before I get to the login screen the fans just full throttle and then slow down to normal speeds. Have observed this only after the Innie kext installation.
  3. There is one disk that is shown as external still - maybe this model is not in the Innie database?
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  1. Innie has no affect on Recovery mode. Something else is amiss. An NVRAM reset should re-enable SIP.
  2. Innie has no effect on the fans. You might be observing something like the racing fan bug (which is actually normal for some machines with updated hardware). An SMC reset could have triggered this.
  3. Make sure to use the latest version (1.3.1). It has the best detection logic. With the exception of RAID arrays and some PCIe adapters, there should be no issue with making a SATA SSD internal.
Note that a clean install of High Sierra may be called for if Recovery mode is broken.

Also if this is something I cannot fix, how do I uninstall Innie ? (Is it just a matter of removing the .kext and kextcache update ?)
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For High Sierra it should be enough to delete the kext, touch and -update-volume.
 
Hei @cdf !

Thanks for the response.
  1. I did an NVRAM reset. SIP was reenabled, but as soon as I made the changes that were reset (choose the correct startup disk, ensure Innie kext was in the right place, re-apply the kext after csrutil disable, see that Innie has taken effect), the same thing happened again. I was no more able to enter recovery mode (to enable SIP again). I guess I have no other option but to do a clean install now ?
  2. I see. It is not bothersome as it happens exactly once right before the grey screen appears and never observed again.
  3. Yes, I have 1.3.1. Could it be because the drive is mounted on an OWC Accelsior S ? I will see if it is recognized as internal if I move it to a different spot.
thanks
 
That was short lived. I'm sure that Innie does reduce the number of times my internal PCIe SSDs magically self eject. This time it took 14 days previously happened nearly every night. The problem is the the only way of getting it back is to reboot.

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Paulmitchell64 said:
Can you explain how to do this?
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cdf said:
Making PCIe drives appear internal with Innie

You will need:
InnieDownload the latest release version. The uncompressed folder contains the file Innie.kext.
Installation
  1. Boot into macOS with SIP disabled.
  2. For macOS Catalina or later, enter sudo mount -uw / in terminal. You may need to authorize this.
  3. Copy Innie.kext to /Library/Extensions. You may need to authorize this.
  4. Enter the following commands in terminal:
    Code: 
    sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Extensions/Innie.kext
sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/Innie.kext
sudo touch /Library/Extensions
sudo kextcache -update-volume /
  5. Wait for the last command to complete.
  6. For macOS Big Sur, approve the installation in System Preferences > Security & Privacy.
  7. Reboot.
If all goes well, your drive will now be seen as internal.
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Make PCIe drives internal

On the MacPro5,1, macOS sees PCIe drives as external, but it's possible to make them internal. You'll need gfxutil (if you don't already have it from a previous step):

Utility ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀Description ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀What to do ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
gfxutilFor getting device pathsDownload the latest RELEASE version

➊ Copy the executable "gfxutil" to your home folder.
➋ In Terminal, enter the following command:

xattr -c gfxutil

➌ Get the paths of your drives by entering the following command:

system_profiler SPPCIDataType | grep -B 2 'AHCI Controller\|NVM Express Controller' | grep 'pci' | sed 's|:||' | sort | uniq | xargs -n 1 ./gfxutil -f | sed 's|.*= ||'

Each path should be something like PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0).

➍ Add the built-in property for each of your drives. Make sure to use the actual paths.

Find ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀Replace ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
<key>DeviceProperties</key>
<dict>
<key>Add</key>
<dict>
⋮
</dict>
<key>Delete</key>
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀		<key>DeviceProperties</key>
<dict>
<key>Add</key>
<dict>
⋮
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
<key>built-in</key>
<data>
AA==
</data>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>Delete</key>

Repeat the seven lines preceding the last </dict> for each of the paths you noted above. Make sure to use the actual paths.
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Thanks for your reply and your help. This is my first time getting this deep into the config of my machine so excuxe me being dumb!

Step 4. Add the built-in property for each of your drives. Make sure to use the actual paths.

Am I doing this in config.plist in efi in Opencore?
 
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INNIE 1.3.1

I don't seem to be able to get past, No such file or directory –

Mac-Pro:~ clivecarter$ sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Extensions/Innie.kext
chmod: /Library/Extensions/Innie.kext: No such file or directory

And yet I can see it there, both by using "ls" and in the Finder.

I'm running Mojave 10.14.6 on a 5,1 Mac Pro (2012).

I wonder if anyone else has come across this obstacle and overcome it please?
 
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MacProRumours said:
INNIE 1.3.1

I don't seem to be able to get past, No such file or directory –

Mac-Pro:~ clivecarter$ sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Extensions/Innie.kext
chmod: /Library/Extensions/Innie.kext: No such file or directory

And yet I can see it there, both by using "ls" and in the Finder.

I'm running Mojave 10.14.6 on a 5,1 Mac Pro (2012).

I wonder if anyone else has come across this obstacle and overcome it please?
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Are you sure you copied the kext to /Library/Extensions/, but not ~/Library/Extensions/ ?
 
I copied to the kext to the Extensions folders of both the Library and the System Library of my main volume (Mojave).

There is a separate (High Sierra) volume that is currently set as the start-up drive. On a re-start, I have been holding down option in order to switch to Mojave. I did not copy Innie to the respective folders on that volume.

The High Sierra volume existed before the Mojave volume. I would not expect this to make a difference, but perhaps I'm mistaken. Any thoughts please?
 
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I copied to the kext to the Extensions folders of both the Library and the System Library of my main volume (Mojave).

There is a separate (High Sierra) volume that is currently set as the start-up drive. On a re-start, I have been holding down option in order to switch to Mojave. I did not copy Innie to the respective folders on that volume.

The High Sierra volume existed before the Mojave volume. I would not expect this to make a difference, but perhaps I'm mistaken. Any thoughts please?
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Please remove all existing copies. Boot to Mojave, then follow the exact steps in post #9.
 
Anyone know if Innie works on Sequoia and Mac Pro 2019? 🥴😀

Edit: I have been brave and tried it out.

- PCIE SATA SSD (OWC Acelsior S with Crucial MX500 2TB) shows internal
- When SIP is completely disabled, everything seems to run fine
- If I partially re-enable SIP -> csrutil enable --without kext the system is very unresponsive and laggy, unusable?!

This is for the latest 15.1.1 Sequoia. Is is a problem to have SIP completely disabled?! I use the computer mostly for audio production and casual web browsing (no suspicious pages).

Just in case this does not play well: how can I completely uninstall Innie?! Especially regarding the terminal commands from post #9?

Thanks :)

EDIT2: ok, this does not play nice at all, all my drives are read only and I cannot change this. Was a bad idea to try this out!
 
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It is sufficient to simply move Innie.kext to the trash for correct uninstallation? Do I need to do anything in the Terminal?

Maybe macOS eventually tries to load a kext which is missing? Sorry for my dumbness. :D
 
@cdf Just tested it in Sequoia and it worked on boot with the NVME connected. After disconnection and replugging it show as external again. There is no way to unload the kext:
Code: 
sudo kextunload /Library/Extensions/Innie.kext
Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil unload -p /Library/Extensions/Innie.kext
Error Domain=KMErrorDomain Code=71 "Kernel request failed: (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload) (-603946984)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Kernel request failed: (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload) (-603946984)}
Code: 
kmutil showloaded -b com.cdf.Innie                           
No variant specified, falling back to release
Index Refs Address            Size       Wired      Name (Version) UUID <Linked Against>
  176    0 0xffffff7f96a03000 0x1ff5     0x1ff5     com.cdf.Innie (1.3.1) 87192C63-D2A5-356E-AB8C-8CE5B00730D4 <6 3
 
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