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NIZGTR
08-31-2009, 02:35 AM
i had this working in leopard just by hex patching AppleBCM575xEthernet.kext but, in Snow that kext is no longer there. i f somebody can help me out that'd be great

slic
08-31-2009, 01:43 PM
Hi guy,
use this kext...

Apple BCM 57xx:
http://www.box.net/shared/iiygzhbk1x

Only 32b but works perfectly

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NIZGTR
08-31-2009, 03:18 PM
Hi guy,
use this kext...

Apple BCM 57xx:
http://www.box.net/shared/iiygzhbk1x

Only 32b but works perfectly

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thx but i'm looking for a x64 solution, i've tried hex patching the AppleBCM5701 kext but got a wierd error on boot

slic
09-01-2009, 12:05 AM
no solution is yet :)

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NIZGTR
09-01-2009, 03:02 AM
after hex patching it with my dev id i get this during boot

AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 1 1659 setPowerLevels - returning early, have a 5721. onoff=, fPciDeviceId=
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 0 InitNVRam - found non-5701 with serial eeprom or unbuffered flash
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 0 getAdapterInfo - init/sanity check of nvram failed
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 0 start - getAdapterInfo failed, giving up
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: IOCommandGate::disable() called when not gated
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: Backtrace 0xffffff800052fc87 0xffffff7f80916c8c 0xffffff800052497a 0xffffff80005249a0 0xffffff80005249e7 0xffffff8000529ed0 0xffffff8000530240
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet(2.2.4b2)@0xff ffff7f80916000->0xffffff7f80929fff
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.8)@0xffffff7f 808f3000
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0xffffff7f8060400 0
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: IOCommandGate::disable() called when not gated
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: Backtrace 0xffffff800052fc87 0xffffff7f80916c8c 0xffffff800052497a 0xffffff80005249a0 0xffffff80005249e7 0xffffff8000529ed0 0xffffff8000530240
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet(2.2.4b2)@0xff ffff7f80916000->0xffffff7f80929fff
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.8)@0xffffff7f 808f3000
Aug 31 11:53:08 localhost kernel[0]: dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0xffffff7f8060400 0

it looks like it can't access the nvram. how can i stop it from trying to access it and skip that step?

NIZGTR
09-02-2009, 07:05 AM
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NIZGTR
09-05-2009, 10:28 PM
theres two ways to fix it

1. is to patch the kext to not check for the nvram

2. is to patch the getAdapterInfo part.

other wise it fails to identify the adapter and unloads, ill need help to find the right parts to patch so if anyone got a idea please post

NIZGTR
09-24-2009, 12:57 AM
anybody got any ideas?