MP 1,1-5,1 Manually Configured OpenCore on the Mac Pro

cMP 51 neewbie · Mar 14, 2022

macOS 12.3 does not boot anymore. Anybody experiencing the same?

Edit: With the VMM Flag turned on the machine boots again! The plist is in the attachments. Could somebody please help me and figure out the problem?

mike.101 · Mar 14, 2022

Same here

Edit: added VMM with same result

sfalatko · Mar 14, 2022

cMP 51 neewbie said:
macOS 12.3 does not boot anymore. Anybody experiencing the same?

Edit: With the VMM Flag turned on the machine boots again! The plist is in the attachments. Could somebody please help me and figure out the problem?

Same for me - progress bar makes it a bit past 1/3 way and then screen blanks and reboots.

This was after restarting a few times - first with the "macOS Installer" then with my "Monterey" named disk. I did have a crash on install after the second reboot - when I selected my Monterey OS it immediately got the multi language crash. After I did a deep NVRAM clean it would boot again when selecting Monterey but then crash/black screen reboot after 1/3+ of the progress bar.

I haven't tried VMM flag.

PeterHolbrook · Mar 14, 2022

Among those brave enough to try Monterey 12.3, have any of you succeeded with SurPlus?

cMP 51 neewbie · Mar 14, 2022

sfalatko said:
Same for me - progress bar makes it a bit past 1/3 way and then screen blanks and reboots.

This was after restarting a few times - first with the "macOS Installer" then with my "Monterey" named disk. I did have a crash on install after the second reboot - when I selected my Monterey OS it immediately got the multi language crash. After I did a deep NVRAM clean it would boot again when selecting Monterey but then crash/black screen reboot after 1/3+ of the progress bar.

I haven't tried VMM flag.

I was experiencing the exact same behavior. But. VMM flag gives me a 100% success rate

sfalatko · Mar 14, 2022

cMP 51 neewbie said:
I was experiencing the exact same behavior. But. VMM flag gives me a 100% success rate

Thanks for the info. I'll wait to see what others find out - like @cdf - while using my Catalina install....

And for info - I am using OpenCore 0.7.9 with a config.plist configured using the 1st post. To boot Monterey I am using the second method - SecureBootModel is set to Default, Hybridization is used (spoofing MacPro7,1), and Firmware features are updated.

Regards,
sfalatko

cdf · Mar 14, 2022

Unfortunately, because I’m away from my Mac Pro for the next few weeks, I won’t be able to investigate the macOS 12.3 issue for a while. However, I wonder if the issue is not caused by power management (ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin vs X86PlatformPlugin), as reported here:

macOS 12.3 Beta 1: IOPlatormPlugin Concerns · Issue #930 · dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher

With macOS 12.3 Beta 1, some Penryn users (and potentially others) have experienced power management completely break on their systems since updating. Upon further inspection of IOService, we see t...

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Perhaps advanced users could try the corresponding codeless kext solution:

Fix Power Management Support in macOS 12.3 Beta 1 · dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher@f7f890d

Closes https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/issues/930

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0488568 · Mar 14, 2022

Can anyone with OCLP confirm if their upgrade to 12.3 worked?

Stex · Mar 14, 2022

fabriciom said:
Can anyone with OCLP confirm if their upgrade to 12.3 worked?

You will have better response chances in the OCLP Discord. This thread uses a different OC method.

mike.101 · Mar 14, 2022

Managed to fix it thanks to @cdf .
You need to add the ASPP-Override.kext to the EFI>OC>Kexts folder and add the definition to the config.plist (underneath Lilu, WhateverGreen, FeatureUnlock):

Edit: Enabled has to be set to true for this to work

<dict>
		<key>Arch</key>
		<string>x86_64</string>
		<key>Comment</key>
		<string>ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin Override</string>
		<key>Enabled</key>
		<true/>
		<key>MaxKernel</key>
		<string></string>
		<key>MinKernel</key>
		<string>21.4.0</string>
		<key>BundlePath</key>
		<string>ASPP-Override.kext</string>
		<key>ExecutablePath</key>
		<string></string>
		<key>PlistPath</key>
		<string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
		</dict>

Charmandrigo · Mar 14, 2022

PeterHolbrook said:
Among those brave enough to try Monterey 12.3, have any of you succeeded with SurPlus?

No, I had the surplus patch on my config.plist and I instead went into kernel panic bootloop

hwojtek · Mar 15, 2022

Flawless upgrade to 12.3 with ASPP-Override.kext enabled.

roobarb! · Mar 15, 2022

Slightly nerve-racking upgrade, but all working fine with the Dortania ASPP-Override.kext.

No need for VMM, SurPlus or MonteRand, just make sure the codeless kernel extension is added to EFI/OC/Kexts and the entry shown in @mike.101's post is in your config.plist. My system rebooted three times, once from 12.2.1 into the update, once after the update completed the main installation, then once again after sitting at the Apple logo for a bit on the first 12.3 boot. Couldn't see what that last one was about, as we'd left verbose boot. All completely hands-off from clicking "update" in System Preferences.

If you'd like to check anything my config.plist is here. Just ignore the Thunderbolt and PowerPlay stuff, that's not related.

EDIT: Oh my word, Universal Control works with my iPad Pro! I was not expecting that.

NB. Not the display extension stuff that requires the Intel graphics hardware, but "link keyboard and mouse" works great. Just a shame my old iPad Air 2 isn't supported, but I'll take what I can get!

sfalatko · Mar 15, 2022

hwojtek said:
Flawless upgrade to 12.3 with ASPP-Override.kext enabled.

Not working for me. Can you confirm your mods to config.plist?

0488568 · Mar 15, 2022

I'll answer myself.

For those using OCLP there is a new update for the patcher.

I installed that, then updated OC. Then upgraded to 12.3 with out a hitch.

hwojtek · Mar 15, 2022

sfalatko said:
Not working for me. Can you confirm your mods to config.plist?

First of all, I tried with VMM enabled, but my config doesn't even boot with VMM, so NOT USING VMM in my case.
Dropped AGPM-Override.kext to \EFI\OC\Kexts on my OC (EFI) partition.
Added the following to config.plist as the last DICT section in Kernel key (below FeatureUnlock.kext in my case):

Code:

<dict>
                <key>Arch</key>
                <string>x86_64</string>
                <key>BundlePath</key>
                <string>ASPP-Override.kext</string>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin Override</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ExecutablePath</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MaxKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MinKernel</key>
                <string>21.4.0</string>
                <key>PlistPath</key>
                <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
</dict>

Rebooted and applied the update. Worked automatically, most probably because I got:

Code:

<key>ProtocolOverrides</key>
		<dict>
			<key>AppleBootPolicy</key>
			<true/>

and

Code:

<key>Quirks</key>
		<dict>
			<key>RequestBootVarRouting</key>
			<true/>

...however I believe most people do anyway.

mode11 · Mar 15, 2022

fabriciom said:
I'll answer myself.

For those using OCLP there is a new update for the patcher.

I installed that, then updated OC. Then upgraded to 12.3 with out a hitch.

Do you get a long delay when booting? Do you have SurPlus active?

mike.101 · Mar 15, 2022

sfalatko said:
Not working for me. Can you confirm your mods to config.plist?

You may have an extraneous Update volume that needs to be removed. I had to remove mine before I was able to see the issue with the SMC.

0488568 · Mar 15, 2022

mode11 said:
Do you get a long delay when booting? Do you have SurPlus active?

No idea, everything is as it was before the update.

Stop braking you head modifying the OC config.

Just use the OC Legacy patcher.

Does everything automatically.

tsialex · Mar 15, 2022

fabriciom said:
No idea, everything is as it was before the update.

Stop braking you head modifying the OC config.

Just use the OC Legacy patcher.

Does everything automatically.

Did you read the announcement of OCLP 0.4.3 yesterday? OCLP development is suspended from now on, main developer is from Ukraine.

Release 0.4.3 · dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher

With today's macOS 12.3 release, I decided it would be best to release this build of OpenCore Legacy Patcher to ensure some important issues are resolved with today's release (namely Open/Save dial...

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OCLP is already a release below OC/this thread, OpenCorePkg still on 0.7.8.

PeterHolbrook · Mar 15, 2022

Just chiming in to say my cMP 5,1 update to Monterey 12.3 went fine with OC 0.7.9 (as per post #1) with the ASPP-Override kext.

sfalatko · Mar 15, 2022

hwojtek said:
First of all, I tried with VMM enabled, but my config doesn't even boot with VMM, so NOT USING VMM in my case.
Dropped AGPM-Override.kext to \EFI\OC\Kexts on my OC (EFI) partition.
Added the following to config.plist as the last DICT section in Kernel key (below FeatureUnlock.kext in my case):

Code:

<dict> <key>Arch</key> <string>x86_64</string> <key>BundlePath</key> <string>ASPP-Override.kext</string> <key>Comment</key> <string>ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin Override</string> <key>Enabled</key> <true/> <key>ExecutablePath</key> <string></string> <key>MaxKernel</key> <string></string> <key>MinKernel</key> <string>21.4.0</string> <key>PlistPath</key> <string>Contents/Info.plist</string> </dict>

Rebooted and applied the update. Worked automatically, most probably because I got:

Code:

<key>ProtocolOverrides</key> <dict> <key>AppleBootPolicy</key> <true/>

and

Code:

<key>Quirks</key> <dict> <key>RequestBootVarRouting</key> <true/>

...however I believe most people do anyway.

Thanks. I will try again later today. I do use AppleBootPolicy = FALSE as I can still get into recovery with that but I use RequestBootVarRouting = FALSE since I am booting from a rescueCD. I'll try at least the AppleBootPolicy and see what happens. I may have to dive into figuring out how to use the debug version of OC

TECK · Mar 15, 2022

mike.101 said:
You need to add the ASPP-Override.kext

Do we have a Github repo for that kext? Or is it written by @khronokernel?

Bmju · Mar 15, 2022

TECK said:
Do we have a Github repo for that kext? Or is it written by @khronokernel?

I was searching for this too, I believe it is written by @khronokernel and it is here (it is essentially a very useful .plist kernel config file): https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/tree/main/payloads/Kexts/Misc

EDIT: Doh! I've caught up now: @cdf's post above already links to it, and to more info from @khronokernel about what it does.

zzzippp · Mar 15, 2022

With all of the talk about SurPlus definitely not working with this latest Monterey 12.3 update, I am wondering whether it is possible to use a single OpenCore config for booting into Big Sur -or- Monterey? So it would need to include SurPlus, but the SurPlus patch should be disabled when booting into macOS versions later than 12.0.1. Does the MaxKernel value influence whether it's applied or not?

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