[Guide] Airport - PCIe Half Mini v2

[RehabMan]

@RM,

Not sure whats going there ...

Missing config.plist/ACPI/SortedOrder to specify order of SSDTs. You've probably been using Clover Configurator (it cannot be trusted).

how on earth did you find that log from the two IOREG files i sent ?

Clover bootlog is in IODeviceTree:/efi/platform/boot-log. Simple matter of copying the hex bytes, and converting to text (with xxd).

I use this script (so I can copy the entire value including the <>):

#!/bin/sh

# open clipboard hex contents as file

if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
   echo "Usage pb filename-to-create-from hex-clipboard"
   exit
fi

pbpaste|awk -F'[<|>]' '{print $2}'|xxd -r -p>"$1" && open "$1"

So, I select the boot-log, then copy to clipboard, then run 'pb bdmesg.txt'.

Looking at my Clover config.plist it seems that the 'SortedOrder'' key and array has disappeared ... have put back in place and SSDT load order is now ok but ATI GPU still showing up ...

It means your DSDT/SSDT patching for turning off nvidia is flawed in some way... You can use ACPIDebug to debug it.

Will continue to work on problem ...

Since fully off-topic, probably a good idea to do so in a different thread.

 

[jaymonkey]

Nope .... only works for me until first sleep, after which country reverts back to XT ... and i loose all upper channels ...

However this behaviour seems to be related to 10.10.3 rather than your patch, i was using a different method to active both wifi and bluetooth prior to moving over to RehabMans suggestion and the behaviour was the same.

Prior to 10.10.3 update 5Ghz worked fine sleep/wake/speed .. etc all ok, this is the first time i've experienced issue with 5Ghz (once patch applied) ....

As the issue has remained despite changing everything it seems to me that for some reason either the card or the wifi stack are being reset to its default state after a sleep/wake. ...

Do you use Darkwake ?, if so what value

Going back to my problem with the 5Ghz not working after sleep ..... I wonder if its a region/country code issue, since dark voids patches the country to FCC/US ... I'm in the uk and have Asus RT-AC68U Router, weirdly it seems all UK Asus routers are shipped with a Country Code of DE (well known Asus issue iI believe).

Output from '/S*/*/P*/*/*/*/*/airport -s | open -ef'

S[SIZE=2]SID            BSSID             RSSI   CHANNEL HT  CC   SECURITY (auth/unicast/group) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]CMMP-GUEST      e0:3f:49:f1:6a:d9 -44     1,+1    Y  --   WPA2(PSK/AES/AES) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]CMMP            e0:3f:49:f1:6a:d8 -44     1,+1    Y  --   WPA2(PSK/AES/AES) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]CMMP-5G         e0:3f:49:f1:6a:dc -40      100    Y  DE   WPA2(PSK/AES/AES[/SIZE]

Note Last network CMMP-5G (CC=DE)

I can change the routers Country Codes and radio regulations easily enough by telnet console and issue NVRAM commands to change it to EU or GB, however not sure if OS X/WiFi card as FCC/US will detect and allow access to the extra 5ghz channels ?

DarkVoid - any idea what the correct patch codes are for setting EU or GB(R) as country code in 5Ghz patch (maybe also needs to be done for 2.4Ghz) as current FCC/US patch disables 2.4Ghz Channels 12+13

Seems to be a lot of conflicting information on Country Codes and WiFi Channels ....

According to Apple

Channels 1-11, 36-48, and 149-165 approved for use in the United States and Canada
Channels 1-13, 36-64, and 100-140 approved for use in Japan
Channels 1-13, 36-64, 100-112, and 132-140 approved for use in Europe
Channels 1-13, 36-64, and 149-165 approved for use in Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand

Cheers
Jay

 

[jaymonkey]

@Guys,

I've fixed my 5Ghz dropping off/reset of country code after waking from sleep.
I deleted the contents of :-

Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

Emptied trash, shut down and re-started, booted OS X without caches from clover.

This forces a full reset of the network settings, now 5Ghz remains after wake up ... can only summarise something in the network settings plists got screwed up when 10.10.3 update got installed.

First time i've seen any issue with my 5Ghz WiFi but everyday a school-day with hackingtosh
Hopefully above tip might might help anyone else seeing strange things with the wifi network after sleep.

Am using DarkVoids 5Ghz Patch ... so am hopefull I will be able to change local/County code to EU or GB.

@DarkVoid: Can you advise which bytes of the patch are the local & country code ?

Cheers
Jay

 

[RehabMan]

@Guys,

I've fixed my 5Ghz dropping off/reset of country code after waking from sleep.
I deleted the contents of :-

Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

Emptied trash, shut down and re-started, booted OS X without caches from clover.

LOL... I probably should have suggested a fresh install as a test (assumed you had already done that...)

 

[jaymonkey]

LOL... I probably should have suggested a fresh install as a test (assumed you had already done that...)

Since system was fine before the update it had to be something like that, I updated one of my desktop systems (GA-H87N-WiFi) that also has AW-CE123H and had no problems with 5Ghz WiFi so figured it was in the Network setup/config somewhere .....

All good now ...

Cheers
Jay

 

[robi42]

Remove the existing (OEM) _DSM.

into method label _DSM parent_label _SB.PCI0.RP04.PXSX remove_entry;
# optionally, remove the now empty Scope
into scope label _SB.PCI0.RP04.PXSX remove_entry;

Note: You do not need DSDT patches. Simply using FakePCIID.kext + FakePCIID_BCM*.kext will work.

Thank you that worked. I was gonna use DSDT edits vs FakePCIID to create a more vanilla system, but if I were use kexts , which is better the FakePCIID or the bcm4352.kext ( I actually used that and it worked pretty well).

 

[RehabMan]

Thank you that worked. I was gonna use DSDT edits vs FakePCIID to create a more vanilla system, but if I were use kexts , which is better the FakePCIID or the bcm4352.kext ( I actually used that and it worked pretty well).

FakePCIID is more complete. It enables AirPort Extreme branding (cannot be accomplished with DSDT patches).

 

[the-darkvoid]

Am using DarkVoids 5Ghz Patch ... so am hopefull I will be able to change local/County code to EU or GB.

@DarkVoid: Can you advise which bytes of the patch are the local & country code ?

Country code is easily replaceable in the patch

GB (Not sure if this is a working code)

Find:    E8510E000085C074 
Replace: 66C70647429090EB

UK (Not sure if this a working code)

Find:    E8510E000085C074 
Replace: 66C706554B9090EB

DE (Untested)

Find:    E8510E000085C074 
Replace: 66C70644459090EB

 

[pigdog]

Dear all,

I am using a BCM94352HMB, and I have Wifi and BT4 working. I have not tested whether 5ghz is working yet, but I definitely would like to get Handoff/Continuity working. I have attached my config.plist for reference, and also 3 screenshots, showing the system profile entries for Bluetooth and USB device for bluetooth, and the kexts I have placed for injection in Clover.

Please advise as to what I can do to get Handoff working.

Thanks!

 

[toleda]

definitely would like to get Handoff/Continuity working.

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