OS X Driver for NVMe M.2 Solid State Drives Released

[RehabMan]

Well clearly just dragging it to the folder doesn't seem to work so I'm guessing I'm missing something pretty significant... Also excuse the stupid questions but I'm pretty new to it all.

To keep things simple...

You place all the kexts you intend to inject in EFI/Clover/kexts/Other. Then remove all directories under EFI/Clover/kexts except for Other.

 

[JannesV]

To keep things simple...

You place all the kexts you intend to inject in EFI/Clover/kexts/Other. Then remove all directories under EFI/Clover/kexts except for Other.

Tried this doesn't seem to change anything. I don't know where or how things are failing. Is there any information I can give that could help you ?

 

[RehabMan]

Tried this doesn't seem to change anything. I don't know where or how things are failing. Is there any information I can give that could help you ?

Attach EFI/Clover folder as ZIP (omit 'themes' folder).

Also, attach output of 'lspci -nn' in Linux Terminal (or you can press F2 in Clover to create preboot.log in Clover/misc).

 

[JannesV]

Attach EFI/Clover folder as ZIP (omit 'themes' folder).

Also, attach output of 'lspci -nn' in Linux Terminal (or you can press F2 in Clover to create preboot.log in Clover/misc).

See attached file, pressing F2 in clover did not result in the preboot.log. Tried it multiple times.

 

[RehabMan]

See attached file, pressing F2 in clover did not result in the preboot.log. Tried it multiple times.

Then I will need lspci output as requested from Linux.
I don't know why you're using GenericUSBXHCI.kext. It serves no purpose with the hardware you previously mentioned.
I have not used Clover v3751, so can't vouch for it.

For what it is worth, I just tried F2 at the main Clover screen and can confirm it creates preboot.log in Clover/misc. Probably you were not pressing it at the main Clover screen. Or your keyboard is doing something strange...

 

[JannesV]

Then I will need lspci output as requested from Linux.
I don't know why you're using GenericUSBXHCI.kext. It serves no purpose with the hardware you previously mentioned.
I have not used Clover v3751, so can't vouch for it.

For what it is worth, I just tried F2 at the main Clover screen and can confirm it creates preboot.log in Clover/misc. Probably you were not pressing it at the main Clover screen. Or your keyboard is doing something strange...

It's because my EFI wasn't on the FAT32 partition and thus clover couldn't write to it. See attached file.

Edit: I have finally got it to work. Now I'm just figuring out how to fix the graphics. I'm stuck at 800x600. Using my dedicated GPU is out of the question since that's a GTX1060. Trying to get the CPU Graphics to work somehow.

 

[Duffloop]

Hi ya'll,
I'm wondering - is it just cosmetic that the m.2 Hard drive shows as External in Disk Utility and not as NVMExpress in OSX? Everything seems to be working fine using the straight MacVidCards driver. (Installed m.2 in the motherboard slot).
?

 

[RehabMan]

Hi ya'll,
I'm wondering - is it just cosmetic that the m.2 Hard drive shows as External in Disk Utility and not as NVMExpress in OSX? Everything seems to be working fine using the straight MacVidCards driver. (Installed m.2 in the motherboard slot).
?

It is cosmetic but can be "fixed" with a patch to NVMeGeneric.kext (the patch is in my NUC repo, for example).
But there are serious problems with NVMeGeneric.kext that are not cosmetic.

 

[Duffloop]

It is cosmetic but can be "fixed" with a patch to NVMeGeneric.kext (the patch is in my NUC repo, for example).
But there are serious problems with NVMeGeneric.kext that are not cosmetic.

Ahh cheers, dang - patching looks complicated.

What are the serious problems Rehab (or could you point me to them?)

 

[RehabMan]

Ahh cheers, dang - patching looks complicated.

What are the serious problems Rehab (or could you point me to them?)

The problems with NVMeGeneric are probably discussed in this thread... (they are well known).

Summary:
- reboot/panic on shutdown (result: restart instead of shutdown)
- slow response on wake up from sleep
- internal vs. external
- unable to install to the system volume due to missing OSBundleRequired=Root (can be fixed with simple Info.plist change)