[Guide] Dell XPS 13 9360 on MacOS Sierra 10.12.x - LTS (Long-Term Support) Guide

[David10pointX]

Can you post your diagnostic files?

Hey bozma88 can you please have a look at the debug files? The external monitor and cable work on ubuntu so its definitely not a hardware issue.
I dont know where to go from here.

 

[RehabMan]

Oh I forgot to apply darkvoid's config.plist after I applied the SSDT patch, fixed now.

However the WiFi problem still exists, same problem: SysPref=>Network freezes. Did not apply BrcmPatchRAM2 (as it will cause infinite loop of "not responding" as in #2105) and BrcmFirmwareRepo

Attached Clover.zip, IOReg.zip(with BIOS-disabled WiFi card) and patchmatic, please help! Thanks!

What use is ioreg with "BIOS-disabled WiFi" and a problem regarding WiFi?

 

[imEgo]

I solved the KP myself. I boot with an invalid id and then rebuild the kext cache.

But there is another problem:

- Occasionally SysPref -> Network shows WiFi but cannot turn it on. SysInfo shows WiFi as AirPort Extreme (which I think is correct).
- Most of the time, SysPref -> Network freezes and do not respond. In SysInfo, WiFi shows nothing (empty and blank)

Remark: I am unable to save anything, including IOReg and terminal output so I take pictures instead. Sorry for that.

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https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/broadcom-wifi-bluetooth-guide.242423/
Here stated that DW1820A is natively supported (WiFi) so I don't think there is a problem using this card.
I don't need Bluetooth so it is fine to not having it.

DW1820A is not compatible with Dell XPS 13 on hackintosh, guys with XPS 13 9350 already test and verify this.

 

[ensonchoy]

What use is ioreg with "BIOS-disabled WiFi" and a problem regarding WiFi?

I cannot save IOReg with WiFi card enabled and I mentioned it already at #2131.
IORegistryExplorer just freezes.

DW1820A is not compatible with Dell XPS 13 on hackintosh, guys with XPS 13 9350 already test and verify this.

Occasionally I can see the WiFi card details in SysInfo but not now, weird.
Nevermind, thanks for your info!

 

[RehabMan]

I cannot save IOReg with WiFi card enabled and I mentioned it already at #2131.
IORegistryExplorer just freezes.

Probably due to invalid ACPI configuration.
Note that your patchmatic output does not disassemble without errors: iasl -da -dl *.aml
Result:
ACPI Error: [_DSM] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20161210/dswload-462)
ACPI Exception: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20161210/psobject-310)
Could not parse external ACPI tables, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS

 

[ensonchoy]

Probably due to invalid ACPI configuration.
Note that your patchmatic output does not disassemble without errors: iasl -da -dl *.aml
Result:
ACPI Error: [_DSM] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20161210/dswload-462)
ACPI Exception: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20161210/psobject-310)
Could not parse external ACPI tables, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS

I don't quite understand that.
That means I should edit some of the ACPI entries in my config.plist?

 

[RehabMan]

I don't quite understand that.
That means I should edit some of the ACPI entries in my config.plist?

You're using hotpatch. You should understand what you're doing.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-using-clover-to-hotpatch-acpi.200137/

 

[ensonchoy]

You're using hotpatch. You should understand what you're doing.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-using-clover-to-hotpatch-acpi.200137/

Not sure what's going on but I tried the patchmatic output from gen_debug, executed iasl -da -dl *.aml and it disassembled just fine.

Of course, WiFi still doesn't work: Network panel freezes if I either have WiFi on the left side or WiFi enabled

Attached debug zip from gen_debug with WiFi card BIOS-enabled but macOS-disabled (otherwise I cannot even get online nor save IOReg)

I know this card may not work on XPS 9360 but still thanks a lot (maybe there is hope)

 

[the-darkvoid]

I know this card may not work on XPS 9360 but still thanks a lot (maybe there is hope)

You'd need to get some more information to go on in order to determine if the Broadcom driver can be modified to work with the DW1820A. Stacktraces, kernel error logs etc.

 

[ensonchoy]

You'd need to get some more information to go on in order to determine if the Broadcom driver can be modified to work with the DW1820A. Stacktraces, kernel error logs etc.

No idea what stacktrace is (I'm a noob); kernel log included inside my zip (#2149)

I purchased DW1820A because of here (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/broadcom-wifi-bluetooth-guide.242423/)
(and it is way cheaper than DW1560, nearly half of the price)

It states "native WiFi" for DW1820A. I search on some Chinese websites and they say it works OOB on desktop so I was expecting it should be the same on 9360.

I have 0 experience on ACPI, kernel, kexts, things like that and I have no idea what to do next.