How to extend the iMac Pro to X99 [Successful Build/Extended Guide]
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The new iMac Pro X99 System
@nmano, my dear friends of X99,
I proudly present my new iMac Pro X99 System, which likely will require a new guide or a millennium revision of the current X99 guide, likely not leaving one stone at the other... No idea when I will find time to start with this major endeavour.
I am sure many of you will get scared by reading this...
The overall system configuration is now closer to my Skylake-X/X299 guide, of course with a couple of minor deviations (see files attached below). I finally also just added 10GB LAN and TB support.
TB hot plug tests still have to be performed. Else, I reached full TB support (TBEX 3 verified, Alpine Ridge not verified yet) including sleep/wake functionality thanks to the CPxx -> PRxx CPU core DSDT/ACPI config.plist replacements for the i7-6950X, which have to be adopted by means of IOREG for any other CPU different from the i7-6950X.
ASUS X99-A II TB BIOS settings:
With 10.13.5 Public Beta 5, patched BIOS Firmware 1902 for the ASUS X99-A II, and with the Broadwell-E performance kernel performance provided by @PMheart, I finally also have been able to overcome the recent Broadwell-E OC and performance burglary problem (see post #1692). If the latter patch is not valid for Haswell-E, @PMheart certainly can provide some specific patch in addition. Note that I also removed all other former xcpm patches (apart from pkg_score), as they have become obsolete with 10.13.4, at least for Broadwell-E. The same states for Pikes xcpm ssdt.aml, which has been substituted by a clover cpu plugin type injection.
You are free to investigate, wether or not PMHeart's kernel patch likely in combination with patched BIOS Firmware 1902 or in combination with 10.13.5 Public Beta 5 also solves the Broadwell-E/EP, Haswell-E/EP OC and performance burglary issue on Mac Pro Systems.
Carefully investigate the attached files, i.e. the entire actual EFI-Folder, the once more explicitly attached config.plist, SSDT-X99-iMacPro.aml, SSDT-X99-TB3-iMacPro-KGP.aml, the DSDT.aml, the iMacPro-X99.ioreg dump, as well as Apple's System Info dump, iMacPro-X99.spx.
Finally... we should decide if I put this current guide upside down or I publish an alternative guide within some new thread (likely in line with 10.14 PB1). Therefore, do not hesitate in providing feedback to your results, opinions and wishes.
All the best and enjoy and have fun
,
P.S.: Write down the number of this current post. It might be a very helpful resource for many of you.
I am just happy that tremendous hard work of several weeks will hopefully now find it's successful end..
Once more many thanks to @apfelnico and @nmano for their fundamental and important contributions to the SSDT development
@nmano, my dear friends of X99,
I proudly present my new iMac Pro X99 System, which likely will require a new guide or a millennium revision of the current X99 guide, likely not leaving one stone at the other... No idea when I will find time to start with this major endeavour.
I am sure many of you will get scared by reading this...
The overall system configuration is now closer to my Skylake-X/X299 guide, of course with a couple of minor deviations (see files attached below). I finally also just added 10GB LAN and TB support.
TB hot plug tests still have to be performed. Else, I reached full TB support (TBEX 3 verified, Alpine Ridge not verified yet) including sleep/wake functionality thanks to the CPxx -> PRxx CPU core DSDT/ACPI config.plist replacements for the i7-6950X, which have to be adopted by means of IOREG for any other CPU different from the i7-6950X.
ASUS X99-A II TB BIOS settings:
With 10.13.5 Public Beta 5, patched BIOS Firmware 1902 for the ASUS X99-A II, and with the Broadwell-E performance kernel performance provided by @PMheart, I finally also have been able to overcome the recent Broadwell-E OC and performance burglary problem (see post #1692). If the latter patch is not valid for Haswell-E, @PMheart certainly can provide some specific patch in addition. Note that I also removed all other former xcpm patches (apart from pkg_score), as they have become obsolete with 10.13.4, at least for Broadwell-E. The same states for Pikes xcpm ssdt.aml, which has been substituted by a clover cpu plugin type injection.
You are free to investigate, wether or not PMHeart's kernel patch likely in combination with patched BIOS Firmware 1902 or in combination with 10.13.5 Public Beta 5 also solves the Broadwell-E/EP, Haswell-E/EP OC and performance burglary issue on Mac Pro Systems.
Carefully investigate the attached files, i.e. the entire actual EFI-Folder, the once more explicitly attached config.plist, SSDT-X99-iMacPro.aml, SSDT-X99-TB3-iMacPro-KGP.aml, the DSDT.aml, the iMacPro-X99.ioreg dump, as well as Apple's System Info dump, iMacPro-X99.spx.
Finally... we should decide if I put this current guide upside down or I publish an alternative guide within some new thread (likely in line with 10.14 PB1). Therefore, do not hesitate in providing feedback to your results, opinions and wishes.
All the best and enjoy and have fun
,P.S.: Write down the number of this current post. It might be a very helpful resource for many of you.
I am just happy that tremendous hard work of several weeks will hopefully now find it's successful end..
Once more many thanks to @apfelnico and @nmano for their fundamental and important contributions to the SSDT development
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I already told you the possible answer. Remove it or change like me to ISTAT MENUES!
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One additional remark:
While the IOREG core implementation of Skylake-X looks logical and straight,
we observe a quite weird CPU core implementation for Broadwell-E.
To each populated core xx, CPxx (and therefore also PRxx) is assigned 4 times in the IOREG, although only one CPxx or PRxx has a valid child.
The latter flaw could well be the reason for the Broadwell-E XCPM issues observed since 10.13.4.
@apfelnico, @nmano, anybody else,
any thoughts how to patch and correct this contradicting Broadwell-E CPU implementation?
Cheers,
KGP
While the IOREG core implementation of Skylake-X looks logical and straight,
we observe a quite weird CPU core implementation for Broadwell-E.
To each populated core xx, CPxx (and therefore also PRxx) is assigned 4 times in the IOREG, although only one CPxx or PRxx has a valid child.
The latter flaw could well be the reason for the Broadwell-E XCPM issues observed since 10.13.4.
@apfelnico, @nmano, anybody else,
any thoughts how to patch and correct this contradicting Broadwell-E CPU implementation?
Cheers,
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I just renamed (PRxx) and ordered the CPxx variables from 0 to 47 by means of corresponding DSDT ACPI replacements in config.sys, as you did yourself and I also did myself for Skylake-X. Nothing else.
CPxx (RPxx) structure as implemented by OSX for Broadwell-E.
Each core should have one CPxx (PRxx) variable like in case of Skylake-X, but surprisingly it has 4. One of the 4 variables has the child.
That's the original i7-6950X CPxx implementation by OSX:
and these are my DSDT replacement patches:
Code:
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP00 -> PR00</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwMA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwMA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP01 -> PR01</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwMQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwMQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP02 -> PR02</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwMg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwMg==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP03 -> PR03</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwMw==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwMw==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP04 -> PR04</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwNA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwNA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP05 -> PR05</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwNQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwNQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP06 -> PR06</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwNg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwNg==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP07 -> PR07</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwNw==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwNw==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP08 -> PR08</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwOA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwOA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP09 -> PR09</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwOQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIwOQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP0A -> PR10</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwQQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxMA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP0B -> PR11</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwQg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxMQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP0C -> PR12</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwQw==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxMg==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP0D -> PR13</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwRA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxMw==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP0E -> PR14</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwRQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxNA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP0F -> PR15</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AwRg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxNQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP10 -> PR16</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxMA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxNg==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP11 -> PR17</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxMQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxNw==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP12 -> PR18</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxMg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxOA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP13 -> PR19</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxMw==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIxOQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP14 -> PR20</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxNA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyMA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP15 -> PR21</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxNQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyMQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP16 -> PR22</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxNg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyMg==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP17 -> PR23</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxNw==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyMw==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP18 -> PR24</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxOA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyNA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP19 -> PR25</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxOQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyNQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP1A -> PR26</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxQQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyNg==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP1B -> PR27</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxQg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyNw==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP1C -> PR28</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxQw==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyOA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP1D -> PR29</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxRA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIyOQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP1E -> PR30</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxRQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzMA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP1F -> PR31</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AxRg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzMQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP20 -> PR32</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyMA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzMg==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP21 -> PR33</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyMQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzMw==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP22 -> PR34</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyMg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzNA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP23 -> PR35</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyMw==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzNQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP24 -> PR36</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyNA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzNg==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP25 -> PR37</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyNQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzNw==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP26 -> PR38</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyNg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzOA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP27 -> PR39</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyNw==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFIzOQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP28 -> PR40</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyOA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFI0MA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP29 -> PR41</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyOQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFI0MQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP2A -> PR42</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyQQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFI0Mg==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP2B -> PR43</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyQg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFI0Mw==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP2C -> PR44</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyQw==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFI0NA==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP2D -> PR45</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyRA==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFI0NQ==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP2E -> PR46</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyRQ==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFI0Ng==
</data>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>CP2F -> PR47</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
Q1AyRg==
</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
UFI0Nw==
</data>
</dict>
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@apfelnico, see update in post #1707...
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