SMBIOS Broadwell

[mecano]

CPU Type for Core M

0x0B06

 

[RehabMan]

CPU Type for Core M

0x0B06

Closest for Core M is the MacBook8,1. But there might be enough other weird things about MacBook8,1 that may preclude its use.

 

[mecano]

Yes indeed, I wasn't sure where to post the CPU Type (as it doesn't belong to Clover SMBIOS) but it's nice to have 'Core M' listed in 'About This Mac'.

 

[rafael.armenio]

Yes indeed, I wasn't sure where to post the CPU Type (as it doesn't belong to Clover SMBIOS) but it's nice to have 'Core M' listed in 'About This Mac'.

Cosmetics, but it's nice!!!

 

[mecano]

Rafael

Some updates on this, as you said, Rehabman, Macbook8,1 is really hard to work with, it should involve some things on the way the mobo and ports and pm are working. I had it working for a short period of time under yosemite, pm with Pike's ssdtprgen included but definitively had to use MacBookAir7,2 to really have a working box without hassles and continuous tuning after updates. I should have more documented the steps as I couldn't reproduce a working setup with Macbook8,1 after then.

 

[gfoury]

Note that the ig-platform-id is crucial on Broadwell Core M, as it seems it affects base CPU frequency.

This may not be true on 10.11. I tried three ig-platform-ids on a MacBookAir7,2 board id and got the following results from AppleIntelInfo.kext:

$ tail -1 AppleIntelInfo-*
==> AppleIntelInfo-16160002.dat <==
CPU P-States [ (8) 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ] iGPU P-States [ (6) ]

==> AppleIntelInfo-161E0000.dat <==
CPU P-States [ (8) 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ] iGPU P-States [ (7) 16 ]

==> AppleIntelInfo-16260006.dat <==
CPU P-States [ (8) 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ] iGPU P-States [ (7) 16 ]

16160002 did not have GPU acceleration.

I had crappy luck with the MacBook8,1 config. Maybe I'll try again later.

 

[pkdesign]

No one has been around for a while so I hope someone reads this.

I've created a SMBIOS for MacBook Pro 12,1 and I'm pretty sure I've got everything right.

My serial format is C02XXXXXGKJG

BiosVersion: MBP121.88Z.0167.B16.1602111810

Maybe this is not an issue at all but when I run GeekBench, it reports that motherboard Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 as MacBookPro11,1

Anyone have any clues is this not important at all?

 

[RehabMan]

No one has been around for a while so I hope someone reads this.

I've created a SMBIOS for MacBook Pro 12,1 and I'm pretty sure I've got everything right.

My serial format is C02XXXXXGKJG

BiosVersion: MBP121.88Z.0167.B16.1602111810

Maybe this is not an issue at all but when I run GeekBench, it reports that motherboard Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 as MacBookPro11,1

Anyone have any clues is this not important at all?

You need to set BoardID as matching your chosen SMBIOS.

 

[pkdesign]

You need to set BoardID as matching your chosen SMBIOS.

That's my point. I've search all over (GeekBench's own results included) and the board ID I used is listed as a MacBookPro12,1 ID. Maybe I have the Board Serial number wrong.

 

[RehabMan]

That's my point. I've search all over (GeekBench's own results included) and the board ID I used is listed as a MacBookPro12,1 ID. Maybe I have the Board Serial number wrong.

GeekBench shows both the board-id and the Mac model. The Mac model it shows may be based on the serial# or other data.