Switch to OpenCore from Clover #23
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Hi @TheNightmanCodeth first of all, thanks A LOT(!) for creating this PR. I have been wanting to look into OC for while, but relying on my Hack I have not taken the plunge just yet. It seems now would be a terrific time to do so. =)
But before I merge your changes into the repo, could you give a quick overview of the contents of the PR?
Also mention any quirks / things that doesn't work, as compared to the standing Clover setup?
| (OPTION 1 Difficult - but recommended) Make your own SSDT and DSDT: | ||
| -> First you'll need the vanilla .aml generated by your UEFI (BIOS) | ||
| When in the clover boot menu press F4 (and Fn+F4 just in case) | ||
| When in the *clover* boot menu press F4 (and Fn+F4 just in case) |
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How are users reaching this menu, if they do not install Clover?
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Fair enough. OpenCore doesn't have this feature, though. Maybe there will need to be a step for booting from a Clover flash drive? Not sure if there's another way to get DSDT/SSDT besides through clover.
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You can grab a copy from UEFI shell or using SSDTime which is recommended from creating the various SSDTs you'll need. You can read more about it in the Dortania ACPI docs.
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I can't get OpenCore to recognize any keyboard input with this config. I tried disabling KeySupport in config.plist, tried enabling it and removing UsbKbDxe.efi, none of it worked. |
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@Stereo8 I'm not sure what the problem could be. I just finished following this README step by step, in case I left something out, and it's working fine for me. Are you using a T430? Does it work with Clover? I would recommend sticking with Clover version until OC comes out of beta. UsbKbDxe.efi will not affect keyboard input. |
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@TheNightmanCodeth, awesome! I will try it out when I get back from my autumn retreat. If most users should wait with using OpenCore, I think it makes sense to keep Clover alongside OpenCore in the README.md. I shall see to that, before merging. |
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What about CPU power management? I see you're using NullCPUPowerManagement.kext here, I'd fix that before merging this |
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| on /usr/local/bin/clover-genconfig > config.plist | ||
| execute and take the xml | ||
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| #### HOW TO FLASH T430 BIOS (if you want to install an 1300AC Wi-Fi …) |
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You should probably add something here about the ivyra1n BIOS mods since that unlocks everything you need to really tune your hack and then some.
I took some time to update the instructions and the files in the repo to reflect the necessary changes to use OpenCore for better compatibility with Catalina.