Gathering Files

Drivers

Required Drivers

• HfsPlusLegacy.efi
  • Needed for our low end systems due to the lack of RDRAND instruction support

• OpenRuntime.efi
  • You should have this already from OpenCorePkg

Kexts

Required Kexts

• Lilu.kext
  • A kext almost every other kext depends on

• VirtualSMC.kext
  • Emulates the SMC chip in real macs
  • Due to the nature of our unsupported devices you wont need any of the plugins other then SMCBatteryManager.kext if your on a laptop

Graphics

• WhateverGreen.kext
  • Used for graphics patching
  • Due to the nature of our unsupported devices you probably don't need this if your using an iGPU

• NootedBlue.kext
  • A project to support unsupported iGPUs
  • Only supports Haswell iGPUs on 10.14 and 10.13 for now

Audio

• AppleALC.kext
  • Patches AppleHDA
  • Chromebooks don't have supported audio so there is no need for this on them

• VoodooHDA.kext
  • Patches AppleHDA
  • Isn't recommended on macOS 11.3+ due to the requirement of modifying the macOS filesystem
  • Chromebooks don't have supported audio so there is no need for this on them

Internet

Intel WiFi

• AirportItlwm.kext
  • Adds native wifi support for intel wifi cards
  • Requires macOS 10.13 or newer and requires Apple's Secure Boot to function correctly

• Itlwm.kext
  • Adds wifi support for intel wifi cards via Heliport
  • Requires macOS 10.12 or newer

• IntelBluetoohFirmware.kext
  • Adds bluetooth support for intel wifi cards via Heliport
  • Requires macOS 10.13 or newer
  • On macOS 10.13-11 you will also need IntelBluetoothInjector.kext (included)

Broadcom WiFi

• AirportBrcmFixup.kext
  • Used for patching non-Apple/non-Fenvi Broadcom cards
  • Requires OS X 10.10 or newer

• BrcmPatchRAM.kext
  • Used for uploading firmware on Broadcom Bluetooth chipset, required for all non-Apple/non-Fenvi Airport cards
  • To be paired with BrcmFirmwareData.kext
  • BrcmPatchRAM3 for 10.15+
  • BrcmPatchRAM2 for 10.11-10.14
  • BrcmPatchRAM for 10.8-10.10
  • On macOS 10.11 through macOS 11, you also need BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext (included)

Ethernet

• IntelMausi.kext
  • Required for the majority of Intel NICs
  • Intel's 82578, 82579, I217, I218 and I219 NICs are officially supported
  • Requires OS X 10.9 or newer, 10.6-10.8 users can use IntelSnowMausi.kext instead for older OSes

• AtherosE2200Ethernet.kext
  • Required for Atheros and Killer NICs
  • Requires OS X 10.8 or newer

• RealtekRTL8111.kext
  • For Realtek's Gigabit Ethernet
  • NOTE: Sometimes the latest version of the kext might not work properly with your Ethernet. If you see this issue, try older versions.
  • Requires OS X 10.8 and up for versions v2.2.0 and below, macOS 10.12 and up for version v2.2.2, macOS 10.14 and up for versions v2.3.0 and up

• LucyRTL8125Ethernet.kext
  • For Realtek's 2.5Gb Ethernet
  • Requires macOS 10.15 or newer

USB

• USBToolBox.kext and USBToolBox/tool

  • USB mapping tool for Windows and macOS
  • This is highly recommended

• USBInjectAll.kext
  • Maps USBs
  • This is not recommended

• XHCI-unsupported.kext
  • Needed for some non-native USB controllers
  • Common chipsets needing this:
  • H370
  • B360
  • H310
  • Z390 (not needed on 10.14 and newer)
  • X79
  • X99
  • ASRock Intel boards (B460/Z490+ boards do not need it however)

Extras

• NVMeFix.kext
  • Used for fixing power management and initialization on non-Apple NVMe
  • Requires macOS 10.14 or newer

• SATA-Unsupported.kext
  • Adds support for a large variety of SATA controllers, mainly relevant for laptops which have issues seeing the SATA drive in macOS. Its recommended to test without this first.
  • Big Sur+ Note: CtlnaAHCIPort.kext will need to be used instead due to numerous controllers being dropped from the binary itself

• RestrictEvents.kext
  • Patch various functions of macOS

Chromebook users most likely need this

• EmeraldSDHC.kext
  • macOS kernel extension for eMMC support. Currently only supports eMMC/MMC cards at up to HS200 speeds. This driver is currently a work in progress and may experience poor performance or be nonfunctional on some devices. SD cards are currently not supported at this time.

Laptop Input

Keyboard

Most laptop keyboards are PS2, you will most likely need one of these!

• VoodooPS2.kext
  • Works with various PS2 keyboards, mice, and trackpads
  • Requires macOS 10.11 or newer for MT2 (Magic Trackpad 2) functions

• RehabMan's VoodooPS2.kext
  • For older systems with PS2 keyboards, mice, and trackpads, or when you don't want to use VoodooInput

SMBus Trackpads

• VoodooRMI.kext
  • For systems with Synaptics SMBus trackpads
  • Requires macOS 10.11 or newer for MT2 functions
  • Depends on VoodooPS2.kext

• VoodooSMBus.kext
  • For systems with ELAN SMBus Trackpads
  • Supports macOS 10.14 or newer currently

I2C/USB HID Devices

• VoodooI2C.kext
  • Attaches to I2C controllers to allow the included plugins to talk to I2C trackpads
  • USB devices using the included plugins still need VoodooI2C
  • Supports macOS 10.11+
  • Does not work on Apollo/Gemini Lake laptops

Misc

• ECEnabler.kext
  • Fixes reading battery status on many devices (Allows reading EC fields over 8 bits long)

• BrightnessKeys.kext
  • Fixes brightness keys automatically

SSDTs

A lot of these link to dortanias guide, things to note:

• The Chromebook/Chromebox SSDTs are not required they just save power
• If you can't get your DSDT via SSDTTime use SysReport from the debug build of opencore

Desktops

Laptops

And that should be all, continue to Setting up config.plist