Airport WiFi on Sequoia for Laptop Dell Latitude E5550

[nabilh2020]

Of course, it does not harm. But still unnecessary. If the IONetworkingFamily isn't loading, then only force option should be used. Many people just don't have the real reason and simply copy/paste or following blindly doesn't make sense.

The EFI still needs a few optimizations:
Remove ResetLogoStatus
Remove the spoof so that the WiFi chip can have the native IDs.
VT-d is still not implemented.
You should remove the OCLP-Settings entry from the NVRAM.
Why are you still using AMFIPass.kext and amfi=0x80 together? Use either one of them, never both.
You should disable the dGPU by patching the DSDT and SSDT. The -wegnoegpu flag simply hides it from the OS but still draws power.

VT-d is still not implemented?
It is implemented in the BIOS. I didn't understand what entry to use in the config.plist.

Disable the dGPU by patching the DSDT and SSDT?
No idea how to do it.

AMFIPass.kext and amfi=0x80?
Will remove amfi=0x80.

Remove the spoof so that the WiFi chip can have the native IDs?
The spoof was removed, otherwise it won't activate WiFi.

Remove ResetLogoStatus?
Need to locate where it is listed...

All these will be trialled on the EFI for Sonoma as it showed some instability crashing after a couple of hours.
Sequoia is very stable.

 

[nabilh2020]

Side note - I never do things on my own, I always piggy back on users who got setups similar to mine, have been doing like this since I started using PCs back in 1994.
I ain't a coder, & am notoriously lazy & disabled

 

[nabilh2020]

Copy of IOReg + MaciASL export Dell E5550 Latitude Macintosh using opencore...

 

[EliteMacx86]

I was bored, so tested the EFI produced for Sequoia on Sonoma.
Surprisingly initially Airport worked within Sonoma without having to redo the procedure for Sequoia, the version of Sonoma was 14.8.3 -
It then prompted that there was a new update 14.8.4.
When I installed the 14.8.4 update Airport WiFi stopped working, so I had to redo the procedure from spoofing the network card to commenting out then running the root patcher.
The Bluetooth didn't work until I reset NVRAM.

So it definitely works for Sonoma using the same procedure as above.

Thank you for reporting but it's quit obvious that after upgrading, you must do root patching.

 

[EliteMacx86]

VT-d is still not implemented?
It is implemented in the BIOS. I didn't understand what entry to use in the config.plist.

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Disable the dGPU by patching the DSDT and SSDT?
No idea how to do it.

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Remove ResetLogoStatus?
Need to locate where it is listed...

ACPI>Quirks

 

[EliteMacx86]

Side note - I never do things on my own, I always piggy back on users who got setups similar to mine, have been doing like this since I started using PCs back in 1994.
I ain't a coder, & am notoriously lazy & disabled

Oh, sorry to hear about your disability.

 

[EliteMacx86]

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Implement VT-d and then repost to check. You muse use File>Export Tableset in MaciASL.

 

[nabilh2020]

Implement VT-d and then repost to check. You muse use File>Export Tableset in MaciASL.

I checked the Dell BIOS settings & VT-d is implemented in the BIOS already.
In fact I run Virtual Machines that rely on it from Windows & MacOS.
Now I do not know where in the config file to activate Apple VT-d as you claim it is not yet implemented according to the IOreg?

 

[nabilh2020]

Oh, sorry to hear about your disability.

Another thing, on Sonoma WiFi gets clearly identified as Airport after spoofing hack & root patching (in the system report) .
However in Sequoia WiFi gets oddly identified as Ethernet 2 (in the system report), otherwise it appears in the settings menu as the placeholder with menus of Airport.
It is just a cosmetic issue but I am curious why that is?

 

[nabilh2020]

Another thing, on Sonoma WiFi gets clearly identified as Airport after spoofing hack & root patching (in the system report) .
However in Sequoia WiFi gets oddly identified as Ethernet 2 (in the system report), otherwise it appears in the settings menu as the placeholder with menus of Airport.
It is just a cosmetic issue but I am curious why that is?

This is what I meant:

Sonoma

Wi-Fi:

Type: AirPort
Hardware: AirPort
BSD Device Name: en1
IPv4 Addresses: 192.168.1.101
IPv4:
Additional Routes:
Destination Address: 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.255
Destination Address: 169.254.0.0
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Addresses: 192.168.1.101
ARP Resolved Hardware Address: d8:a7:56:0f:33:a1
ARP Resolved IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Configuration Method: DHCP
Confirmed Interface Name: en1
Interface Name: en1
Network Signature: IPv4.Router=192.168.1.1;IPv4.RouterHardwareAddress=d8:a7:56:0f:33:a1
Router: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Masks: 255.255.255.0
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
DNS:
Domain Name: lan
Server Addresses: 79.79.79.79, 79.79.79.80
DHCP Server Responses:
Domain Name: lan
Domain Name Servers: 79.79.79.79,79.79.79.80
Lease Duration (seconds): 0
DHCP Message Type: 0x05
Routers: 192.168.1.1
Server Identifier: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Ethernet:
MAC Address: 10:02:b5:40:e3:77
Media Options:
Media Subtype: Auto Select
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Service Order: 1

Sequoia

Ethernet 2:

Type: Ethernet
Hardware: Ethernet
BSD Device Name: en1
IPv4 Addresses: 192.168.1.108
IPv4:
Additional Routes:
Destination Address: 192.168.1.108
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.255
Destination Address: 169.254.0.0
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Addresses: 192.168.1.108
ARP Resolved Hardware Address: 64:70:02:5d:92:42
ARP Resolved IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Configuration Method: DHCP
Confirmed Interface Name: en1
Interface Name: en1
Network Signature: IPv4.Router=192.168.1.1;IPv4.RouterHardwareAddress=64:70:02:5d:92:42
Router: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Masks: 255.255.255.0
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
DNS:
Server Addresses: 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server Responses:
Domain Name Servers: 192.168.1.1
Lease Duration (seconds): 0
DHCP Message Type: 0x05
Routers: 192.168.1.1
Server Identifier: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Ethernet:
MAC Address: 10:02:b5:40:e3:77
Media Options:
Media Subtype: Auto Select
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Service Order: 1