X299 Big Sur Support

[kubusikan]

So, this is what I'd try, if you haven't already:

1. In Big Sur, start the 11.1 update.
2. At the first reboot, choose "Macintosh HD" entry if you have it - not your normal NVMe entry.
3. Take a note of how long it takes - you should see verbose boot log messages for at least a minute or two, and if you can read them they'll talk about moving files or something along those lines.
4. If after auto reboot you still have a Macintosh HD entry, choose it again.
5. After one or two reboots in total you'd expect the next reboot to only have your normal SSD/NVMe boot entry. If it still says Macintosh HD after two reboots in total, it's likely not working (but still try selecting it one more time)
6. When you reach a boot where only your NVMe/SSD entry is listed, choosethat, and you'll get a slow progress bar, possibly with "X minutes remaining", but possibly not (I think mine didn't have it).
7. After that you'll be in to the OS, and hopefully on 11.1.

If one of you guys with issues could try that and report back, I'll investigate if necessary. If you try that and you still can't apply the update, then yeah I guess there is still an NVRAM issue. Maybe a new msu-product-url NVRAM key needs to be set, different for each update process.

I tried your suggestion going from 11.0.1 to 11.1 and it worked. Thanks!

My steps using opencore 0.6.4 in verbose mode on my ASRock X299E-ITX/ac board without working NVRAM:

1. start update in Big Sur
2. after first reboot chose the new entry "Macintosh HD" -> then took about 10min with lots of messages
3. after second reboot (had to power off as the reboot was not rebooting properly) chose my usual disk entry as "Macintosh HD" was gone -> some messages -> normal progress indicator that seemed stuck at roughly 10% -> took about an additional 10min
4. i think it rebooted again but am not sure as i left the room briefly
5. Big Sur 11.1 started with usual selection screens (Siri, iCloud etc) as usual after an update

-> working System

 

[tegezee]

@TheBloke What did you have to change to update to OC 0.6.4, Or Haven't you updated yet?

<key>BootProtect</key>
            <string>Bootstrap</string>
         
            <key>RequestBootVarRouting</key>
            <true/>

EDIT: nvm it was easy

 

[oli.mathieu]

Hello
I can't see 11.1 update in System Preferences

Any advice ?
Thanks in advance

 

[amitbapat]

Has anyone with ASUS ROG STRIX X299-E Gaming (it has a working NVRAM) upgraded successfully from Big Sur 11.0.1 to 11.1?

Asked and answered: I upgraded to 11.1 successfully. No issues.
Initiated update from inside Big Sur. After it booted I saw a new boot device “Macintosh HD” which was set to boot automatically. I let it boot, after reboot I saw the original SSD as default boot device again. It booted and then rebooted again and after a while I got the login screen back.

 

[ivoleung]

Just to say thanks to @TheBloke as the solution helped my X99 hack as well. Now I am with Big Sur 11.1....

 

[hneryi]

Ok nevermind, it's definitely an USB + GPU issue. After hour spent googling, definitely is a problem caused by some sort of USB Audio + GPU issue. I can confirm this because audio rattling occurs when GPU si doing something (VP9 decode for example, but you really simply need to move a finder window to engage the problem). That said, anyone here with a Radeon VII + any kind of USB audio interface? I think Apple tests only the officially supported GPUs prior to release an update and then patches here and there 'cause 11.0.1 worked good. Anyway I'll not continue reporting here unless somebody shows he cares, don't wanna spam

I have the same GPU and two usb DACs. No problems with either one.

 

[pieropontra]

I have the same GPU and two usb DACs. No problems with either one.

Oh Lord, really? could u please share your EFI? It could be a manufacturer issue, mine is MSI, yours?

crackling occurs only when GPU is utilized, cannot be a coincidence, don't you think?

 

[hneryi]

Sure,

Like I said earlier, I had crackling issues with my usb DACs before I turned off serial devices in bios - that was with any mac os version.

Config without platforminfo.

My VII is powercolor

 

[pieropontra]

Sure,

Like I said earlier, I had crackling issues with my usb DACs before I turned off serial devices in bios - that was with any mac os version.

Config without platforminfo.

My VII is powercolor

Disabled serial port, tried with and without both AppleALC and WEG —> unsolved

strangely, a vp9 YouTube video makes the audio crackling but an avc1 (h264) one is perfect. Just playing music crackles but with a YouTube video avc1 or a Netflix h264 playing simultaneously all the rest goes totally fine. And more... sometimes if I reboot, my board displays the error code 97 which is, according to some googleing, related to issues with GPU.

All of this started with 11.1, no troubles at all with 11.0.1

 

[tegezee]

@TheBloke I keep getting Kp's on reboot and **** but no big deal. I'm trying to to get the speed I had on Catalina but with the F3c mod you uploaded Im getting performance issues. Im also trying to OC and I seen somewhere in this thread were you might have came across a bios Version that will successfully boot. Can you take a look at my EFI when you get a chance. Thanks in advance...

panic(cpu 11 caller 0xffffff80165ed0e6): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8019368b27, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffffa21a0753b8, CR3: 0x000000001c178000, CR4: 0x00000000003626e0
RAX: 0xffffffa21a0753b8, RBX: 0xffffff9438322000, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0xffffff80164d15cc
RSP: 0xffffffa2197b3be0, RBP: 0xffffffa2197b3bf0, RSI: 0x0000000000000004, RDI: 0xffffffa21a074fbc
R8:  0x0000000000000001, R9:  0xffffff875f090de0, R10: 0x0000000000000001, R11: 0x0000000000000070
R12: 0xffffff94383224bc, R13: 0xffffff9438322000, R14: 0xffffffa21a074fbc, R15: 0xffffffa21a074fbc
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff8019368b27, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0xffffffa21a0753b8, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0xb, PL: 0, VF: 1

Backtrace (CPU 11), Frame : Return Address
0xffffffa2197b3500 : 0xffffff80164b9aed mach_kernel : _handle_debugger_trap + 0x3dd
0xffffffa2197b3550 : 0xffffff80165fc6e3 mach_kernel : _kdp_i386_trap + 0x143
0xffffffa2197b3590 : 0xffffff80165ecd1a mach_kernel : _kernel_trap + 0x55a
0xffffffa2197b35e0 : 0xffffff801a25b6f4 as.vit9696.VirtualSMC : __ZN18VirtualSMCProvider10kernelTrapI22x86_saved_state_1010_tEEvPT_Pm + 0x454
0xffffffa2197b3660 : 0xffffff801645ea2f mach_kernel : _return_from_trap + 0xff
0xffffffa2197b3680 : 0xffffff80164b938d mach_kernel : _DebuggerTrapWithState + 0xad
0xffffffa2197b37a0 : 0xffffff80164b9678 mach_kernel : _panic_trap_to_debugger + 0x268
0xffffffa2197b3810 : 0xffffff8016cbe3ca mach_kernel : _panic + 0x54
0xffffffa2197b3880 : 0xffffff80165ed0e6 mach_kernel : _sync_iss_to_iks + 0x2c6
0xffffffa2197b3a00 : 0xffffff80165ecdcd mach_kernel : _kernel_trap + 0x60d
0xffffffa2197b3a50 : 0xffffff801a25b6f4 as.vit9696.VirtualSMC : __ZN18VirtualSMCProvider10kernelTrapI22x86_saved_state_1010_tEEvPT_Pm + 0x454
0xffffffa2197b3ad0 : 0xffffff801645ea2f mach_kernel : _return_from_trap + 0xff
0xffffffa2197b3af0 : 0xffffff8019368b27 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI : __ZN15AppleUSBXHCISPT17getNextCapabilityEPv + 0x33
0xffffffa2197b3bf0 : 0xffffff801930201a com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI : __ZN12AppleUSBXHCI5startEP9IOService + 0xb5e
0xffffffa2197b3d60 : 0xffffff8019356f52 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI : __ZN15AppleUSBXHCIPCI5startEP9IOService + 0xb54
0xffffffa2197b3dd0 : 0xffffff8016bee26b mach_kernel : __ZN9IOService14startCandidateEPS_ + 0xeb
0xffffffa2197b3e40 : 0xffffff8016bede16 mach_kernel : __ZN9IOService15probeCandidatesEP12OSOrderedSet + 0xce6
0xffffffa2197b3ef0 : 0xffffff8016becf9f mach_kernel : __ZN9IOService14doServiceMatchEj + 0x30f
0xffffffa2197b3f50 : 0xffffff8016befd16 mach_kernel : __ZN15_IOConfigThread4mainEPvi + 0x186
0xffffffa2197b3fa0 : 0xffffff801645e13e mach_kernel : _call_continuation + 0x2e
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         as.vit9696.VirtualSMC(1.1.8)[813DCDAE-0225-34E9-8194-BCF9F3E72A56]@0xffffff801a24b000->0xffffff801a272fff
            dependency: as.vit9696.Lilu(1.4.9)[7C57166B-7B72-3290-B56C-17CE218385C2]@0xffffff801a1c5000->0xffffff801a248fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[C8F0E837-965A-3EB4-B8F6-4C2142046028]@0xffffff80188d7000->0xffffff80188d8fff
         com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI(1.2)[97A712A5-EE33-39E3-A379-9B7F9E6C29B8]@0xffffff80192fc000->0xffffff8019349fff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBCommon(1.0)[6A5D1CE8-2016-3F4A-B7EB-C696354F9D15]@0xffffff8017be1000->0xffffff8017be4fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[C8F0E837-965A-3EB4-B8F6-4C2142046028]@0xffffff80188d7000->0xffffff80188d8fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily(1.2)[A4EDF9D5-1A4C-35EA-A92E-88332B37F8D9]@0xffffff801915e000->0xffffff80191eafff
         com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI(1.2)[D951AB7B-3499-3186-92FB-99503DC6ACDB]@0xffffff8019353000->0xffffff801937afff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBCommon(1.0)[6A5D1CE8-2016-3F4A-B7EB-C696354F9D15]@0xffffff8017be1000->0xffffff8017be4fff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI(1.2)[97A712A5-EE33-39E3-A379-9B7F9E6C29B8]@0xffffff80192fc000->0xffffff8019349fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[C8F0E837-965A-3EB4-B8F6-4C2142046028]@0xffffff80188d7000->0xffffff80188d8fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D0F1BFB8-C28E-3E70-891B-73B783189394]@0xffffff8018e2c000->0xffffff8018e53fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily(1.2)[A4EDF9D5-1A4C-35EA-A92E-88332B37F8D9]@0xffffff801915e000->0xffffff80191eafff

Process name corresponding to current thread: Unknown
Boot args: keepsyms=1 darkwake=0 swd_panic=1 alcid=7 agdpmod=pikera chunklist-security-epoch=0 -chunklist-no-rev2-dev

Mac OS version:
Not yet set

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 20.2.0: Wed Dec  2 20:39:59 PST 2020; root:xnu-7195.60.75~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 82E2050C-5936-3D24-AD3B-EC4EC5C09E11
KernelCache slide: 0x0000000016200000
KernelCache base:  0xffffff8016400000
Kernel slide:      0x0000000016210000
Kernel text base:  0xffffff8016410000
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8016300000
System model name: iMacPro1,1 (Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94)
System shutdown begun: NO
Panic diags file unavailable, panic occurred prior to initialization
Hibernation exit count: 0

System uptime in nanoseconds: 7695352842
Last Sleep:           absolute           base_tsc          base_nano
  Uptime  : 0x00000001caadcca0
  Sleep   : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000
  Wake    : 0x0000000000000000 0x00001b7736327389 0x0000000000000000
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