Leoyzen

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    ** Hackintosh ** Tips to make a bare metal MacOS

    in VM Engine (KVM)

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    On 4/24/2020 at 7:44 PM, ghost82 said:

    Hi, anyone knows what is the correct way to update the OVMF firmware in Unraid?

    I'm able to compile OVMF from github and I tried the following:

    1a- copy edk2/Build/OvmfX64/FV/OVMF.fd to /usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF-pure-efi.fd    (renamed)

    1b- copy edk2/Build/OvmfX64/FV/OVMF_CODE.fd to /usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd    (renamed)

    1c- copy edk2/Build/OvmfX64/FV/OVMF:VARS.fd to /usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_VARS-pure-efi.fd    (renamed)

    The VM doesn't boot

     

    2- copy edk2/Build/OvmfX64/FV/OVMF.fd to /usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF-pure-efi.fd    (renamed)

    The VM seems ok and it boots

     

    Is it correct to replace only OVMF-pure-efi.fd?

     

    UPDATE: it doesn't seem to be the correct way, since the vm is using the code and vars files...

    UPDATE2: partially solved..I needed to check permissions on files, I copied the new OVMF_VARS.fd to /usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/ and /etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram; I copied OVMF_CODE.fd to /usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/; set permissions 666 to OVMF_VARS.fd in /etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram, 644 to OVMF_VARS.fd and OVMF_CODE.fd in /usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/

    VM is now pointing pflash at /usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE.fd and nvram at /etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/OVMF_VARS.fd

    However the NOOPT version doesn't run, also the DEBUG version doesn't run, I'm able to work only with the RELEASE version :(

     

    I know that probably it is not persistent after a reboot, but I think I know how to make it persistent.

     

    This because sometimes it can be that opencore log to file is broken and I was asked to compile OVMF NOOPT with serial debug.

    This was the case of broken AudioDXE driver, only if compiled as DEBUG, as the RELEASE version worked fine.

     

    2nd part: once OVMF is compiled and replaced in Unraid, anyone knows how to work with serial debug?

     

    @Leoyzen ?

    Sorry to directly tag you but I know you are more expert in these things and probably you already replaced the Unraid OVMS firmware.

     

    Here the steps to compile edk2 directly from sources in mac os (release build, X64): 

    
git clone https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git
cd edk2
git submodule init
git submodule update
cp OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc OvmfPkgX64.dsc  <-- I had an error of file not found without manually copying it -->
cd OvmfPkg
./build.sh -a X64 -t XCODE5   -b RELEASE -p OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc

     

     The replacement is correct, but that did not mean that the "NOOP" nor the "Debug" version of opencore will work ,because from the github, it only for debug purpose, which mean it did not resolve the bug, but the way to get more debug information

    ** Hackintosh ** Tips to make a bare metal MacOS

    in VM Engine (KVM)

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    6 hours ago, ghost82 said:

    Hotkeys don't work for me...

    I tried 0.5.6 stable from official acidanthera and also Leoyzen EFI/config 0.5.6 from his github.

    The only way to access the boot picker for me is with the esc key.

    No luck...

    Can this be related to the keyboard itself?

    I'm not quite sure.I tested it with external usb keyboard(not the one qemu added).

    It also quite tricky to triger bootpicker, you must enter the key(option/esc) multiple times when the uefi logo appears.

    ** Hackintosh ** Tips to make a bare metal MacOS

    in VM Engine (KVM)

    Posted

    @chalbolyIt is quite strange because I may find the root cause but your is working.Maybe you did not truely update to 0.5.7 but using 0.5.6?

     

    Also to all:

    I recommand to switch EFI qcow2/img to usb, this make my bootcamp works(but not work for MacPro7,1, it required no external disk injected.) 

        <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/domains/Catalina/opencore.beta.qcow2' index='1'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='usb'/>
      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </disk>

     

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    ** Hackintosh ** Tips to make a bare metal MacOS

    in VM Engine (KVM)

    Posted · Edited by Leoyzen

    Finnally got irregular number of cores assignments work. Details can be foud in git issues. I will update the manual and config.plist later.

     

    3-cores/6-threads 

    <vcpu placement='static' current='6'>8</vcpu>
  <vcpus>
    <vcpu id='0' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='no' order='1'/>
    <vcpu id='1' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='yes' order='2'/>
    <vcpu id='2' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='yes' order='3'/>
    <vcpu id='3' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='yes' order='4'/>
    <vcpu id='4' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='yes' order='5'/>
    <vcpu id='5' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='yes' order='6'/>
    <vcpu id='6' enabled='no' hotpluggable='yes'/>
    <vcpu id='7' enabled='no' hotpluggable='yes'/>
  </vcpus>
  <cputune>
    <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='6'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='14'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='7'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='15'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='5'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='13'/>
  </cputune>
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'>
    <topology sockets='1' cores='4' threads='2'/>
  </cpu>

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    5-cores/5-threads 

    <vcpu placement='static' current='5'>8</vcpu>
  <vcpus>
    <vcpu id='0' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='no' order='1'/>
    <vcpu id='1' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='yes' order='2'/>
    <vcpu id='2' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='yes' order='3'/>
    <vcpu id='3' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='yes' order='4'/>
    <vcpu id='4' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='yes' order='5'/>
    <vcpu id='5' enabled='no' hotpluggable='yes'/>
    <vcpu id='6' enabled='no' hotpluggable='yes'/>
    <vcpu id='7' enabled='no' hotpluggable='yes'/>
  </vcpus>
  <cputune>
    <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='6'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='14'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='7'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='15'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='8'/>
  </cputune>
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'>
    <topology sockets='1' cores='8' threads='1'/>
  </cpu>

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