Any hope with the new macbook AIR ? It seems Apple is using an i5 8210Y.
i5 8210Y is a CPU, not a wifi chipset.Any hope with the new macbook AIR ? It seems Apple is using an i5 8210Y.
i5 8210Y is a CPU, not a wifi chipset.
The only real hope in this "Intel WiFi Driver Effort" would come by getting several people working on it by actively coding the driver and reverse engineering Intel and Apple drivers. And not just letting all the load and expectations on the shoulders of one single developer (who may certainly have other duties and priorities)...
On this project:
- 99,9999% seekers
- 1 single person doer
Don't forget some laptops from Lenovo and HP which have a whitelist in BIOS regarding WLAN cards...The only exception are the lower priced non changeable devices which usually don’t have decent Graphics support anyway
It’s hard to justify as well with a replacement card being relatively inexpensive. The only exception are the lower priced non changeable devices which usually don’t have decent Graphics support anyway.
Multiple reasons for Intel wifi support:
1. As said before, some manufacturers (HP, looking at you) whitelist only certain modules - not even models, modules. So you can have the same thing but by a different manufacturer, and it won't work (e.g. a Dell 7625 won't work, an HP 7625 would)
2. M.2 WiFi cards are not "inexpensive" - especially the ones that match the original specs of most high-end laptops. An equivalent (867/1200Mbps) card starts around 50$ - far from inexpensive.
3. Lots of laptops, mine included (HP Omen 15-ax204nh) won't allow you to even swap the HDD without voiding the warranty... Really shitty but that's life.
last command gives unexpected result. Intel 7265d2w, MacOS 10.14.2Code:sudo chown -R root:wheel <path to kext> sudo kextutil <path to kext>
Kext with invalid signatured (-67050) allowed: <OSKext 0x7fe4c4510500 [0x7fffa48458f0]> { URL = "IntelWifi.kext/ -- file:///Users/bleysus/Downloads/", ID = "net.rpeshkov.IntelWifi" }
Code Signing Failure: code signature is invalid
Disabling KextAudit: SIP is off
Invalid signature -67050 for kext <OSKext 0x7fe4c4510500 [0x7fffa48458f0]> { URL = "IntelWifi.kext/ -- file:///Users/bleysus/Downloads/", ID = "net.rpeshkov.IntelWifi" }
More intel WiFi news. New intel CPUs that may go into MacBooks?
https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/17/intel-2019-cpu/
We can never know for sure when Apple will adopt a new generation of Intel CPU even when it is available