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Greetings!
If there is a better place to discuss this, let me know and I'll re-post there.
I'm interested in migrating (eventually, though sooner than later) to the 18,3 SMBIOS as I understand it has Kaby Lake support "defined." Though I haven't a clue as to what is in an SMBIOS (I'd love a little reading on that subject if anyone can point me to it), I'm not sure if there is anything to be gained or not. I would suspect that, usually, matching an SMBIOS to hardware is generally a good idea. Without knowing what the differences are in 14,2 vs. 18,3 I truly don't know if migrating is worth it. I suppose the underlying concern with not moving to 18,3 is future support for board features/devices that 14,2 doesn't cover, or does Apple update the previous definitions with device support (again, not knowing what the makeup of an SMBIOS is, I don't know if that is even a proper question).
So, my question really is: what needs to be done to successfully migrate from 14,2 to 18,3, if that really is a good idea?
More specific questions are:
1. Will the custom USB port work I've done carry over without issue?
2. iTunes, iMessage, Handoff, etc., are all working now - will that get broken (I'm sure I'll have to re-do the Board ID/UUID as per Idiot's Guide iMessage)?
3. What else is a "must know" prior to moving?
A general follow-on question is who might already be doing testing, etc.? I think @pastrychef has started to, but encountered errors with his USB ports pretty early on.
So, that's the start of the discussion... thoughts welcome of course!!!
Jon
If there is a better place to discuss this, let me know and I'll re-post there.
I'm interested in migrating (eventually, though sooner than later) to the 18,3 SMBIOS as I understand it has Kaby Lake support "defined." Though I haven't a clue as to what is in an SMBIOS (I'd love a little reading on that subject if anyone can point me to it), I'm not sure if there is anything to be gained or not. I would suspect that, usually, matching an SMBIOS to hardware is generally a good idea. Without knowing what the differences are in 14,2 vs. 18,3 I truly don't know if migrating is worth it. I suppose the underlying concern with not moving to 18,3 is future support for board features/devices that 14,2 doesn't cover, or does Apple update the previous definitions with device support (again, not knowing what the makeup of an SMBIOS is, I don't know if that is even a proper question).
So, my question really is: what needs to be done to successfully migrate from 14,2 to 18,3, if that really is a good idea?
More specific questions are:
1. Will the custom USB port work I've done carry over without issue?
2. iTunes, iMessage, Handoff, etc., are all working now - will that get broken (I'm sure I'll have to re-do the Board ID/UUID as per Idiot's Guide iMessage)?
3. What else is a "must know" prior to moving?
A general follow-on question is who might already be doing testing, etc.? I think @pastrychef has started to, but encountered errors with his USB ports pretty early on.
So, that's the start of the discussion... thoughts welcome of course!!!
Jon