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MP 1,1-5,1 Manually Configured OpenCore on the Mac Pro
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To update OC simply repeat the steps in section 3 of the guide.
The guide in this thread provides a basic configuration. To enable more advanced features, you will have to include the kexts and modify the config file. Have a look at these instructions in the hardware acceleration thread:
Activate AMD hardware acceleration
To activate HWAccel, You need to have Lilu and WhateverGreen installed. That should be in my package already. Please double check it (of course, you need to mount the EFI partition). If not there, you can follow the instruction in this post to download and install them...
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Note: Because you have a dual-processor machine, make sure to include AppleMCEReporterDisabler.
The guide in this thread provides a basic configuration. To enable more advanced features, you will have to include the kexts and modify the config file. Have a look at these instructions in the hardware acceleration thread:
Activate AMD hardware acceleration
To activate HWAccel, You need to have Lilu and WhateverGreen installed. That should be in my package already. Please double check it (of course, you need to mount the EFI partition). If not there, you can follow the instruction in this post to download and install them...
Note: Because you have a dual-processor machine, make sure to include AppleMCEReporterDisabler.
mangombia , Just share experience, you may like me, dual core Xeon Model.
Try to use the package of below by startergo.
I am using the REL057-2020-04-04.zip and become normal boot the OC with Hardware acceleration.
The guide in this thread provides a basic configuration. To enable more advanced features, you will have to include the kexts and modify the config file. Have a look at these instructions in the hardware acceleration thread:
Activate AMD hardware acceleration
To activate HWAccel, You need to have Lilu and WhateverGreen installed. That should be in my package already. Please double check it (of course, you need to mount the EFI partition). If not there, you can follow the instruction in this post to download and install them...
Note: Because you have a dual-processor machine, make sure to include AppleMCEReporterDisabler.
Thanks for that. I made those changes for Lilu, WhateverGreen & MCEReporterDisabler, GPU acceleration is back, but my NVME drives still show as external. Would removing Lilu but adding the NvmExpressDxe.efi driver from 0.5.7 release fix it?
Please refer to my sample.
You make it too simple here. I can't tell if you put them in the right section, with the correct format.
If in doubt, upload your config to here.
[automerge]1586275486[/automerge]
NO, do NOT remove Lilu.
If you want to remove innie, you can just remove innie, but not with Lilu together. Other kexts also depend on that.
Here's my config.plist. I'm fairly certain it is correct, but NVMEs still appear as external.
I can't see any
mbasd=1 in your config. Did you upload the updated one?For NVMe external, please try innie first if not yet done.
Thanks for catching that omission. Here is the updated config.plist (in txt format). After much sleuthing, and using GFXUTIL I was able to modify the Device Properties entries for these NVME drives. Am now fully functional (at least the 5,1 is, can't speak for myself).
I realize people say it makes no performance difference whether NVME drives are seen as internal or external, but I like to hide my internal drives from the Finder desktop, and have external drives appear when they're connected (think USB drives).
Now I may start to consider setting up a graphical boot picker screen in OpenCore. Any instructions, tutorials or advice on that front?
I have put it as such:
<key>NVRAM</key>
<dict>
<key>Add</key>
<dict>
<key>7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82</key>
<dict>
<key>boot-args</key>
----->> <string>agdpmod=pikera shikigva=80 mbasd=1 -wegtree -no_compat_check no32exec=0</string>
<key>csr-active-config</key>
<data>dwAAAA==</data>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>Block</key>
<dict>
<key>7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82</key>
<array>
<string>boot-args</string>
</array>
</dict>
<key>LegacyEnable</key>
<false/>
The latest config in the guide sets the option to reinstall the Apple User Interface Theme protocol. This option makes it possible to set the DefaultBackgroundColor variable (which I believe was disabled by a BootROM update sometime during the High Sierra and Mojave days). This variable defines the background of the Apple loading screen and FileVault login screen. The default on the cMP is light gray. On newer Macs, the default is black.
Sure. But my comment is not about the OC boot picker, but rather the boot.efi interface, in particular the loading screen. My point is that the DefaultBackgroundColor variable can be made to work (like it does on other Macs and like it did in the past).
Are you talking about this:
Code:
<key>4D1EDE05-38C7-4A6A-9CC6-4BCCA8B38C14</key>
<dict>
<key>DefaultBackgroundColor</key>
<data>
AAv7+w==acidanthera/EfiPkg
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Are you talking about this:
Code:
<key>4D1EDE05-38C7-4A6A-9CC6-4BCCA8B38C14</key>
<dict>
<key>DefaultBackgroundColor</key>
<data>
v7+/AA==
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I had similar in v0.5.6 ... along with
Code:
<key>PickerAttributes</key>
<integer>112</integer>This gave a nice native cMP looking light grey picker screen and loading screen in v0.5.6 on my cMP 3,1.
v0.5.7 changed
PickerAttributes extensively and moved picker appearance items stuff into ConsoleAttributes.Equivalent in v0.5.7 is ...
Code:
<key>4D1EDE05-38C7-4A6A-9CC6-4BCCA8B38C14</key>
<dict>
<key>DefaultBackgroundColor</key>
<data>v7+/AA==</data>
...and
Code:
<key>ConsoleAttributes</key>
<integer>112</integer>
<key>PickerAttributes</key>
<integer>0</integer>PickerAttributes is "0" as I prefer to chainload OC from Refind and don't want icons etc in OC.
Activate AMD hardware acceleration
I finished the update to OC 0.5.7 for the package. Before I update the post #1314, I put the package at here for some advance users to test it. I double checked the package, all required update should be done. The idea is simple, replace the whole old EFI folder by this one. Of course, you...
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Thank!Activate AMD hardware acceleration
I finished the update to OC 0.5.7 for the package. Before I update the post #1314, I put the package at here for some advance users to test it. I double checked the package, all required update should be done. The idea is simple, replace the whole old EFI folder by this one. Of course, you...