Chimera 1.8.0 Change Log

Here are the details on specifically what I changed in Chimera 1.8.0.

• Mountain Lion Boot Support:
Based on cparm's patch.

i386/boot2/boot.c
Changed all (checkOSVersion("10.7") to ((checkOSVersion("10.7")) || (checkOSVersion("10.8")))

i386/libsaio/bootstruct.c
Changed:
&& (gMacOSVersion[2] == '.') && (gMacOSVersion[3] == '7'))

To:
&& (gMacOSVersion[2] == '.') && ((gMacOSVersion[3] == '7') || (gMacOSVersion[3] == '8')))

• Fixed showing boot volume detail:

i386/boot2/gui.c
Changed:
shoWinfo = true

To:
shoWinfo = false

• Trunk Commit: 1827 Xcode 4.3 compile fix:

i386/util/fdisk/misc.c
Changed:
void
putshort(p, l)
void *p;
u_int16_t l;

To:
putshort(
void *p,
u_int16_t l)

• Added addtitional NVIDIA cards and fixed some card definitions using info from latest trunk, ErmaC branch and tonymacx86.com users:

i386/libsaio/nvidia.c
Added:
{ 0x10DE05E7, "Tesla C1060" },
{ 0x10DE061E, "Quadro FX 3700M" },
{ 0x10DE0621, "GeForce GT 230" },
{ 0x10DE062B, "GeForce 9800M GS" },
{ 0x10DE0655, "GeForce GT 120" },
{ 0x10DE06F1, "GeForce G105M" },
{ 0x10DE06FF, "HICx16 + Graphics" },
{ 0x10DE0840, "GeForce 8200M" },
{ 0x10DE0869, "GeForce 9400" },
{ 0x10DE08A0, "GeForce 320M" },
{ 0x10DE08A4, "GeForce 320M" },
{ 0x10DE0A26, "GeForce 405" },
{ 0x10DE0A27, "GeForce 405" },
{ 0x10DE0A38, "Quadro 400" },
{ 0x10DE0A76, "ION" },
{ 0x10DE0A7A, "GeForce 315M" },
{ 0x10DE0CA5, "GeForce GT 220" },
{ 0x10DE0CAC, "GeForce GT 220" },
{ 0x10DE1051, "GeForce GT 520MX" },
{ 0x10DE1084, "GeForce GTX 560" },
{ 0x10DE1087, "GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores" },
{ 0x10DE1089, "GeForce GTX 580" },
{ 0x10DE108B, "GeForce GTX 590" },
{ 0x10DE1091, "Tesla M2090" },
{ 0x10DE109B, "Quadro 7000" },
{ 0x10DE10C0, "GeForce 9300 GS" },
{ 0x10DE10D8, "NVS 300" },
{ 0x10DE1241, "GeForce GT 545" },
{ 0x10DE1243, "GeForce GT 545" },

Changed:
{ 0x10DE0CAC, "GeForce 315" }, to { 0x10DE0CAC, "GeForce GT 220" },
{ 0x10DE0DF4, "GeForce GT 450M" }, to { 0x10DE0DF4, "GeForce GT 540M" },
{ 0x10DE109A, "N12E-Q5" }, to { 0x10DE109A, "Quadro 5010M" },

• Added additional AMD/ATI Cards:

i386/libsaio/ati.c
Added from trunk, ErmaC and tonymacx86.com users:
{ 0x9440, 0x0851174B, CHIP_FAMILY_RV770, "ATI Radeon HD 4870", kMotmot },
{ 0x68BA, 0x31501682, CHIP_FAMILY_JUNIPER, "AMD Radeon HD 6770", kVervet },
{ 0x68BF, 0x31401682, CHIP_FAMILY_JUNIPER, "AMD Radeon HD 6750", kVervet },
{ 0x68C0, 0x395217AA, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x02051025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x02961025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x030A1025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x033D1025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x03471025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x03561025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x03581025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x035A1025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x035C1025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x03641025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x03791025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x037E1025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x03821025, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750", kNull },
{ 0x68E4, 0x1426103C, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "AMD Radeon HD 6370M ", kNull },
{ 0x68E4, 0x397917AA, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "AMD Radeon HD 6370M ", kNull },
{ 0x6719, 0x21FD1458, CHIP_FAMILY_CAYMAN, "AMD Radeon HD 6950", kGibba },
{ 0x6719, 0x186B174B, CHIP_FAMILY_CAYMAN, "AMD Radeon HD 6950", kNull },
{ 0x6720, 0x04901028, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS, "AMD Radeon HD 6970M", kElodea },
{ 0x6739, 0x03B41043, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS, "AMD Radeon HD 6850", kDuckweed },
{ 0x6740, 0x1631103C, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS, "AMD FirePro M5950", kNull },
{ 0x6740, 0x3388103C, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS, "AMD Radeon HD 6770M", kNull },
{ 0x6741, 0x1688103C, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS, "AMD Radeon HD 7690M", kNull },
{ 0x6758, 0x00121028, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS, "AMD Radeon HD 6670", kBulrushes },
{ 0x6759, 0x20121787, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS, "AMD Radeon HD 6570", kPithecia },
{ 0x6760, 0x00031179, CHIP_FAMILY_CAICOS, "AMD Radeon HD 6450M", kNull },
{ 0x6779, 0xE180174B, CHIP_FAMILY_CAICOS, "AMD Radeon HD 6450", kPithecia },

• Added the following missing AMD/ATI default card definitions:

i386/libsaio/ati.c
{ 0x944A, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_RV770, "ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series", kMotmot },
{ 0x9480, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_RV730, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Series", kGliff },
{ 0x9553, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_RV710, "ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series", kShrike },
{ 0x9581, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_RV630, "ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series", kNull },
{ 0x9583, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_RV630, "ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series", kNull },
{ 0x9588, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_RV630, "ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Series", kNull },
{ 0x9589, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_RV630, "ATI Radeon HD 3610 Series", kNull },
{ 0x9591, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_RV635, "ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series", kNull },
{ 0x68A1, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_CYPRESS, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series", kNomascus },
{ 0x68A8, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_CYPRESS, "AMD Radeon HD 6800M Series", kUakari },
{ 0x68BF, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_JUNIPER, "AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series", kVervet },
{ 0x68C0, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "AMD Radeon HD 6570M/5700 Series", kNull },
{ 0x68C1, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_REDWOOD, "AMD Radeon HD 6500M/5600/5700 Series", kNull },
{ 0x68E0, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series", kEulemur },
{ 0x68E1, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series", kEulemur },
{ 0x68E4, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "ATI Radeon HD 6300M Series", kNull },
{ 0x6750, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS, "AMD Radeon HD 6600A Series", kNull },

• Added the following missing AMD/ATI chip family:

i386/libsaio/ati.c
Added CHIP_FAMILY_RV790 to chip_family_t;
Added "RV790" to chip_family_name[]

• Made the following cosmetic changes for AMD/ATI cards:

i386/libsaio/ati.c

• Changed all vendor names in radeon_cards to ATI as that would be contrary to what Apple would report.
• For any specific card configuration that contained a generic name using something like "ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series" changed it to the specific card name and removed "Series".
• Added "Series" to any generic card configuration to signify it's a generic and not card specific.
• Corrected a bunch of card names.

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Chimera 1.7.0 Change Log

Back ported the following Chameleon commits:

• r1671 Updated credits
• r1674 Improved Multi-drive boot support from dmazar.
• r1710 Fix for kernel flags not being passed to kernel on RAID volumes.

Added the following AMD GPUs:

• 0x9440, 0x114A174B, CHIP_FAMILY_RV770, "Sapphire Radeon HD4870 Vapor-X", kCardinal
• 0x954F, 0x20081787, CHIP_FAMILY_RV710, "ATI Radeon HD 4350", kNull
• 0x6899, 0xE174174B, CHIP_FAMILY_CYPRESS, "ATI Radeon HD 5850", kUakari
• 0x68A0, 0x043A1028, CHIP_FAMILY_CYPRESS, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870", kNomascus
• 0x68B8, 0x21F61458, CHIP_FAMILY_JUNIPER, "ATI Radeon HD 5770", kVervet
• 0x68B8, 0x200A1787, CHIP_FAMILY_JUNIPER, "ATI Radeon HD 5770", kVervet
• 0x68BE, 0x22881787, CHIP_FAMILY_JUNIPER, "ATI Radeon HD 5750", kVervet
• 0x68F9, 0x010E1002, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "ATI Radeon HD 5450", kEulemur
• 0x68F9, 0x03741043, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "ATI Radeon HD 5450", kEulemur
• 0x68F9, 0x23401462, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "ATI Radeon HD 5450", kEulemur
• 0x68F9, 0xE145174B, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "ATI Radeon HD 5450", kEulemur
• 0x68F9, 0xE153174B, CHIP_FAMILY_CEDAR, "ATI Radeon HD 5450", kEulemur
• 0x6719, 0x0B001002, CHIP_FAMILY_CAYMAN, "AMD Radeon HD 6950", kGibba
• 0x6719, 0x20101787, CHIP_FAMILY_CAYMAN, "AMD Radeon HD 6950", kGibba
• 0x6720, 0x04BA1028, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS, "AMD Radeon HD 6970M", kElodea
• 0x6738, 0x31071682, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS, "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed
• 0x6738, 0x31081682, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS, "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed
• 0x6738, 0x174B174B, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS, "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kBulrushes
• 0x6739, 0xAA881002, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS, "AMD Radeon HD 6850", kDuckweed
• 0x6740, 0x1D121043, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS, "AMD Radeon HD 6730M", kNull
• 0x6760, 0x165A103C, CHIP_FAMILY_CAICOS, "AMD Radeon HD 6470M", kNull
• 0x6760, 0x167D103C, CHIP_FAMILY_CAICOS, "AMD Radeon HD 6470M", kNull
• 0x68A0, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_CYPRESS, "ATI Radeon HD 5800M Series", kNomascus
• 0x68BA, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_JUNIPER, "ATI Radeon HD 6770 Series", kVervet
• 0x6719, 0x00000000, CHIP_FAMILY_CAYMAN, "AMD Radeon HD 6950 Series", kGibbas

Added a change that should hopefully allow the ability to override kNull frame buffer definitions.

Added the following NVIDIA GPUs:

• 0x10DE06DF, "Tesla M2070-Q" 
• 0x10DE0DCD, "GeForce GT 555M" 
• 0x10DE0DCE, "GeForce GT 555M" 
• 0x10DE0DD6, "GeForce GT 550M" 
• 0x10DE0DDA, "Quadro 2000M" 
• 0x10DE0DEC, "GeForce GT 525M" 
• 0x10DE0DED, "GeForce GT 520M" 
• 0x10DE0DF4, "GeForce GT 450M" 
• 0x10DE0DF5, "GeForce GT 525M" 
• 0x10DE0DF6, "GeForce GT 550M" 
• 0x10DE0DF7, "GeForce GT 520M" 
• 0x10DE0DFA, "Quadro 1000M" 
• 0x10DE0E31, "GeForce GTX 485M" 
• 0x10DE0E3A, "Quadro 3000M" 
• 0x10DE0E3B, "Quadro 4000M" 
• 0x10DE1054, "GeForce GT 410M" 
• 0x10DE1057, "Quadro NVS 4200M" 
• 0x10DE107F, "NVIDIA GF119-ES" 
• 0x10DE10C5, "GeForce 405" 
• 0x10DE1201, "GeForce GTX 560" 
• 0x10DE1251, "GeForce GTX 560M"

Added the following cards to the NVIDIA memory detection bug workaround:

• GT 440 Device ID 0x0DE0 
• GT 525M Device ID 0x0DEC

There is a standalone installer, available at tonymacx86.com/downloads. For bug reporting, feature requests, and general feedback please use the Chimera forum.

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Chimera 1.5.4 Change Log

It's been a busy couple of weeks since I released Chimera 1.5.0. I delayed this blog post due to the updates I had to make to fix and support additional AMD cards and the Facetime issue. This revision is based on  Chameleon 2.0 Revision 1394 which is the code base for the official release of Chameleon 2.0. Since Chimera 1.4 was released the Chameleon team has included some of what I did in Chimera 1.4 to the trunk. I have also have been supplying some fixes and enhancements to the Chameleon trunk to make future updates of Chimera easier.

The main features in this release are:

• Support for additional NVIDA and AMD video controllers
• Inclusion or correction fo some AMD frame buffer names 
• Facetime fix from olegpronin at insanelymac (of which I have added a new Boot key to bypass this fix if needed (thanks to Lnx2Mac for the idea.))
• Sandy Bridge HD Graphics support based on the work valv started to support the Mobile HD 3000 controller. I've enhanced it to support mobile and desktop controllers.

Here are the specific edits for this version and as a reminder, all lines starting with a dash will be the name of the affected file starting at the branch root.

General fixes and enhancements:
 - i386/boot2/boot.h
   Added #define kSkipFTFix  "SkipFTFix" for disabling the Facetime fix code.
 - i386/libsaio/ati.c
   Enhanced some of the debug messages for ports and frame buffers.
   Added a debug message to display the number of ports the cards VBIOS is reporting.
   Changed default frame buffer for the HD 6670 and HD 6450 to Bulrushes
   Added the following additional AMD cards:
  { 0x68BF, 0x220E1458, CHIP_FAMILY_JUNIPER, "ATI Radeon HD 6750", kVervet },
        { 0x6738, 0x00D01002, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed },
        { 0x6738, 0x21FA1002, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed },

{ 0x6738, 0x21FA1458, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed },

{ 0x6738, 0x31031682, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed },

{ 0x6738, 0x31041682, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed },

{ 0x6738, 0xE178174B, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed },

{ 0x6738, 0x20101787, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed },

{ 0x6738, 0x23051787, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6870", kDuckweed },

{ 0x6739, 0x24411462, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6850", kDuckweed },

{ 0x6739, 0xE177174B, CHIP_FAMILY_BARTS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6850", kDuckweed },

{ 0x6758, 0x67581002, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS,    "AMD Radeon HD 6670", kBulrushes },

{ 0x6758, 0x22051458, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS,   "AMD Radeon HD 6670", kBulrushes },

{ 0x6758, 0x31811682, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS,     "AMD Radeon HD 6670", kBulrushes },

{ 0x6758, 0x31831682, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS,     "AMD Radeon HD 6670", kBulrushes },

{ 0x6758, 0xE1941746, CHIP_FAMILY_TURKS,     "AMD Radeon HD 6670", kBulrushes },

{ 0x6779, 0x64501092, CHIP_FAMILY_CAICOS,   "AMD Radeon HD 6450", kBulrushes },

{ 0x6779, 0xE164174B, CHIP_FAMILY_CAICOS,   "AMD Radeon HD 6450", kBulrushes },

 - i386/libsaio/fake_efi.c

   Added olegpronin's Facetime fix
   Added the ability to bypass this fix at boot time using the boot key of SkipFTFix=Yes
 - i386/libsaio/gma.c
   Added valv's code for Mobile HD 3000 Graphics support
   Added support for Mobile HD 2000
   Added support for desktop HD 2000 and HD 3000
   Added specific code for HD 2000 and HD 3000
   Added a work around for desktop HD 3000's to work with unpatched kexts or DSDT edits.
 - i386/libsaio/nvidia.c
   Added the following new device ID:
  { 0x10DE1086, "GeForce GTX 570" },

Chimera Specific Changes:
 - i386/boot2/prompt.c
   Changed Chameleon to Chimera and hardcoded version information
 - i386/libsaio/fake_efi.c
   Changed FIRMWARE_VENDOR from Chameleon 2.0 to Chimera 1.5

For bug reporting, feature requests, and general feedback please use the Chimera forum. 

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New Unified Realtek Onboard Audio Solution: ALC8xxHDA

Introducing ALC8xxHDA.kext, a single combined LegacyHDA replacement for Realtek ALC888, ALC887/888b, ALC889, ALC885/889a, and ALC892 high-definition audio codecs.  In order to initiate audio, this driver must be combined with a DSDT from the DSDT Database or HDAEnabler.  For any codecs other than the native ALC885/889a, AppleHDA Rollback must also be used.  All options now available in the latest MultiBeast.

To update from an existing MultiBeast LegacyHDA + AppleHDA rollback:

1. Delete LegacyHDA from /Extra/Extenisons
2. Open MultiBeast
3. Select ALC8xxHDA + AppleHDA Rollback + System Utilities
4. Reboot

To update from an existing MultiBeast VoodooHDA:

1. Delete VoodooHDA from System/Library/Extensions.
2. Open MultiBeast
3. Select ALC8xxHDA + AppleHDA Rollback + System Utilities
4. Reboot

Realtek ALC888, ALC887/888b, ALC889, ALC885/889a support:

OUTPUTS: Analog Front Headphone/Green Line-out, Orange Line-out, Grey Line-out, Digital SPDIF-OUT
INPUTS: Analog Pink Microphone, Blue Line-in, Digital SPDIF-IN

Realtek ALC892 support:
OUTPUTS: Analog Front Headphone/Green Line-out, Digital SPDIF-OUT

INPUTS: Analog Pink Microphone, Blue Line-in, Digital SPDIF-IN

Please report your results with this new method in the forum.  Special thanks to complx for the ALC8xxHDA logo.  Enjoy!

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JMicron ATA Support

Are you trying to build a Hackintosh on the cheap? Do you have an old IDE CD/DVD drive or hard drive from your Pentium II rig collecting dust in the closet? Does your motherboard use the JMicron or GSATA IDE controller? Have I got the answer for you.

JMicron36xATA.kext is a 32/64-bit driver for the JMicron 361, 363, 365, 366, 368 and Gigabyte GSATA IDE controllers for supporting that old drive in your shiny new Hackintosh.

It is available in iBoot 2.0 so you can install from an IDE DVD Drive or to an IDE Hard Drive and in MultiBeast for installation to running systems.

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Welcome to MacManx86: Advanced Hackintosh Tips, Tricks & Techniques

Let me introduced myself, I am known as MacMan on the tonymacx86 forum and blog. I had to use an different name for my blog, so I decided to go with MacManx86 here as an homage to 
tonymacx86. It also makes sense as this is a sister site to tonymacx86.blogspot.com.

On this blog I will be posting more advanced topics than what has typically been posted on tonymacx86.blogspot.com. So if things like DSDT, kexts, and Terminal don't scare you. Or, you want to learn more, stay tuned.