[NEED ADVICE]: MacBook Air 8,1 SMBIOS

[aylamrin]

Hi,
Has anyone tried the new MacBook Air 8,1 (the latest MacBook Air) SMBIOS?

If so, what is your experience?

 

[RehabMan]

Hi,
Has anyone tried the new MacBook Air 8,1 (the latest MacBook Air) SMBIOS?

If so, what is your experience?

It is in the latest Clover source (may have to build from source, as I'm not sure there is a pre-built available yet, you could check).

But the hardware in your profile is KabyLake-R and MacBookAir8,1 is similar to CoffeeLake (actually AmberLake-Y).

 

[aylamrin]

It is in the latest Clover source (may have to build from source, as I'm not sure there is a pre-built available yet, you could check).

But the hardware in your profile is KabyLake-R and MacBookAir8,1 is CoffeeLake...

I will wait then. The SMBIOS values need to be populated in the Clover Configurator, as well. (For Serial number, etc.)
It is true that my hardware is Kaby Lake-R, and the latest MBA is perhaps Amber Lake, but wanted to test it just for fun.

 

[RehabMan]

I will wait then. The SMBIOS values need to be populated in the Clover Configurator, as well. (For Serial number, etc.)

For testing, best to use Clover provided data anyway.
But MacBookAir8,1 is not really a match for your CPU.

and the latest MBA is perhaps Amber Lake,

Yes, AmberLake Y. Similar graphics as CoffeeLake.

 

[fivos1996]

Yes, AmberLake Y. Similar graphics as CoffeeLake.

So, does the new MBA use AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext for its IGPU?

 

[RehabMan]

So, does the new MBA use AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext for its IGPU?

It depends on the device-id of the IGPU with that CPU.
I haven't seen an ioreg, but if the device-id for the IGPU is 0x3eXX, then yes, it will.
Otherwise (0x59XX), it will use KBL kext.

 

[aylamrin]

I think the device-id is 0x87C0

One question, does Clover Configurator comes with its own SMBIOS database or it gets the data from the Clover ?

 

[RehabMan]

I think the device-id is 0x87C0

Nice that ark.intel lists the device-id for the IGPU. Never noticed that before...

Here is your answer:

u430:~Admin$ grep -y 87c0 -R /System/Library/Extensions/
/System/Library/Extensions//AppleIntelKBLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext/Contents/Info.plist:            <string>0x59128086 0x59168086 0x591B8086 0x591C8086 0x591E8086 0x59268086 0x59278086 0x59238086 0x87C08086</string>
/System/Library/Extensions//AppleIntelKBLGraphics.kext/Contents/Info.plist:            <string>0x59128086 0x59168086 0x591B8086 0x591C8086 0x591E8086 0x59268086 0x59278086 0x59238086 0x87C08086 0x3E9B8086 0x3EA58086 0x3E918086 0x3E928086</string>

One question, does Clover Configurator comes with its own SMBIOS database or it gets the data from the Clover ?

Clover Configurator has nothing to do with Clover itself.
Completely different (closed source) project.

 

[aylamrin]

Thanks @RehabMan !

So I just updated the Clover Configurator.

In this latest version, I see that the 2018 MBA SMBIOS is supported. However, I also noticed a strange anomaly. Most serial numbers start with C (C02 .... , etc), but upon selecting the MBA 8,1 SMBIOS in Clover Configurator I found that the serial number starts with FVFW.... etc. Now my question is, is this how the new MBA serial numbers should look like, or this is just a placeholder value?

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks @RehabMan !

So I just updated the Clover Configurator.

In this latest version, I see that the 2018 MBA SMBIOS is supported. However, I also noticed a strange anomaly. Most serial numbers start with C (C02 .... , etc), but upon selecting the MBA 8,1 SMBIOS in Clover Configurator I found that the serial number starts with FVFW.... etc. Now my question is, is this how the new MBA serial numbers should look like, or this is just a placeholder value?

From platformdata.c in Clover:

  { "Macmini8,1", "MM81.88Z.F000.B00.1809171422", "220.207.27.0.0", "Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C", // Intel Core i7-8700B @ 3.20 GHz
    "Mac mini", "1.0", "C07XL9WEJYVX", "Mini-Aluminum",