Rebranding/Make BCM943162ZP M.2 NGFF to work with Yosemite.

[Ciitizen872]

BCM943162ZP M.2

So here is the thread about this Wireless card.
Its a Lenovo part'
Should be available to buy from Lenovo part selling so.
Its probably a alternative to the other one M.2 Broadcom card who is very expensive.

I will update the thread as the support come to make the rebranding so we have clear steps for new peoples who probably want to make their Hackintosh M.2 build with.

Here are the DCPI Manager id's detected on Yosemite 10.10.2



I think i need to rebrand this.

>>>>> M.2 NGFF Form factor <<<<<




Process / Step's

1 - // Rebranding ??

 

[RehabMan]

BCM943162ZP M.2

So here is the thread about this Wireless card.
Its a Lenovo part'
Should be available to buy from Lenovo part selling so.
Its probably a alternative to the other one M.2 Broadcom card who is very expensive.

I will update the thread as the support come to make the rebranding so we have clear steps for new peoples who probably want to make their Hackintosh M.2 build with.

Here are the DCPI Manager id's detected on Yosemite 10.10.2

View attachment 126427

I think i need to rebrand this.

>>>>> M.2 NGFF Form factor <<<<<

View attachment 126426


Process / Step's

1 - // Rebranding ??

Rebranding (changing the PCI IDs in eeprom) is for the case your BIOS implements a whitelist and you wish to use a card not on the whitelist.

Your card is accepted by your laptop BIOS, but may not be compatible with OS X.

You can try building an injector with FakePCIID. See: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Fake-PCI-ID

 

[Ciitizen872]

So i need to modify this to use the actual id of the card right ?
But instead of using the BCM9445Z2 id's using the BCM943162ZP id's
What do i need to change in the patch ?

For BCM94352Z as BCM94360CS2 the following DSDT patch is used:
into device Label PXSX parent_label RP03 replace_content begin
Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)\n
{\n
If (LEqual(Arg2, Zero)) { Return (Buffer() { 0x03 } ) }\n
Return (Package()\n
{\n
"vendor-id", Buffer() { 0xe4, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00 },\n
"device-id", Buffer() { 0xa0, 0x43, 0x00, 0x00 },\n
"subsystem-vendor-id", Buffer() { 0x6b, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 },\n
"subsystem-id", Buffer() { 0x34, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00 },\n
"compatible", "pci14e4,43a0",\n
"IOName", "pci14e4,43a0",\n
"name", "pci14e4,43a0"
})\n
}\n
end;

 

[RehabMan]

So i need to modify this to use the actual id of the card right ?
But instead of using the BCM9445Z2 id's using the BCM943162ZP id's
What do i need to change in the patch ?

For BCM94352Z as BCM94360CS2 the following DSDT patch is used:
into device Label PXSX parent_label RP03 replace_content begin
Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)\n
{\n
If (LEqual(Arg2, Zero)) { Return (Buffer() { 0x03 } ) }\n
Return (Package()\n
{\n
"vendor-id", Buffer() { 0xe4, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00 },\n
"device-id", Buffer() { 0xa0, 0x43, 0x00, 0x00 },\n
"subsystem-vendor-id", Buffer() { 0x6b, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 },\n
"subsystem-id", Buffer() { 0x34, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00 },\n
"compatible", "pci14e4,43a0",\n
"IOName", "pci14e4,43a0",\n
"name", "pci14e4,43a0"
})\n
}\n
end;

Try attached...

 

[Ciitizen872]

So i installed the 3 your kext's provided (using Kext Wizard, the three provided untouched)

Nothing change, no wireless icon on top, no bluetooth.

Loaded kext list'
View attachment MacBook Pro.txt

The Broadcom airport seem loaded :

 

[RehabMan]

So i installed the 3 your kext's provided (using Kext Wizard, the three provided untouched)

Nothing change, no wireless icon on top, no bluetooth.

Loaded kext list'
View attachment 126441

The Broadcom airport seem loaded :

View attachment 126442

Kextstat is not a good tool for analysis. Post ioreg if you want me to look: http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/58368-guide-how-make-copy-ioreg.html

 

[Ciitizen872]

IOreg attached
View attachment MacBook Pro de Florian.ioreg

 

[RehabMan]

IOreg attached
View attachment 126443

Change your smbios to MacBookAir6,2 (it is what it should be anyway).

 

[Ciitizen872]

Just switched to SMBIOS Macbook air, no change.
Maybe id's problem ? What i can do to help ?

 

[RehabMan]

Just switched to SMBIOS Macbook air, no change.
Maybe id's problem ? What i can do to help ?

View attachment 126457

Did you install the kexts to /S/L/E? Did you repair permissions & rebuild cache?

Check your system.log.