AnVAL (ACPI Loader)

@andyvandLatest doesn't work on my netbook (Intel Atom N280 cpu). It just reboots...

well, I did something since 5.0.6 that broke atoms support.
could you provide me with a sysctl -a | grep cpu dump from linux (if possible) ?

Can you get an bdmesg ? It'd be helpful for seeing what's wrong if you also post your capb & smbios.plist

I see,
your cpu is an amd phenom. Nice to find guyz like you
I say this because I need some beta-testers for the next release (amd aware partly / phenom aware fully(probably):))
So if interested, I can give you a link for testing.

btw, capb: com.apple.boot.plist; sorry, my fault

I must confess,
I have no idea about the sound issue. we'll see if it got fixed with the version I pm'ed you.
If you have any questions/requests, I'd be glad to help

am sorry about sound.
regarding the kernel I just realize the hassle, as other testers never complained about.
The boot-loader is also acting strangely

P-State 2: Frequency: 400, Multiplier: 2, vid: 32
P-State 3: Frequency: 800, Multiplier: 4, vid: 44

Just to let u know, p-states were not enabled. I just dumped the possible values to see their correctness and if it would be doable or not.
Thank you for testing. It doesn't seem to be mature enough for a new release.

@RayFlowerAlways nice to test new things, I'd love to test out new versions in the future:)

Thanks,
I'll keep you informed

if u downloaded 5.1.3 before this post, please replaced with the new one "5.1.3 fixed"

ok! as of my friend Azi, this seems to happen because of the kernel_patcher (in case an already patched one is in use).
Am going to remediate to this asap by defaulting kernel_patcher to disabled (as of Azi's suggestion).
Sorry! see ya later with an updated code.

never thought about the hotkey thingy. still, doable. but for now, am adding a key for it (boot.plist) and it is going to be disabled by default.
btw, why would u want an boot pre-selector. And most importantly how

usb stick is a plausible answer for this I'd say

alpha test

First of all, I 'd like to thank u all for having taken time to test my releases, even if it is not giving the results we' d like to see (yet!).

I count on your friendliness to help me by testing things further. So here is the next one:

Ok, add

<key>ForceFSB</key>
<string>"your_fsb_here"</string>

to com.apple.boot.plist and see if it boots.
If not, please do try 5.1.2 and tell me if it worked for u.

well,
kernel panics are most probable (at boot time). Try to boot again. If still kp'ing, u can try booting with -f flag.

what options did u use (boot flags, com.apple.boot.plist...)?

can u tell me which version did work for you ?
btw, don't u need to add those flags to boot: arch=i386 -force64 -v and probably this also cpus=

ok, keep in mind that upgrading to rc5 (anval is rc5 based) you can not simply update (by replacing the "boot" file only).

not sure if u did it right though
you can try to install rc5 with this Unofficial Installer ↗.
Then, and if everything worked fine. You can replace the boot file with mine.

you most probably missed some kext work (probably on extra) related to ACPI. are you using fakesmc, nullcpupm...?

so what I would do is:
- copy those to a safe place
- proceed with the rc5 installer
- copy/replace those kexts with the ones just added by installer
- rebuild caches/mkexts
- replace DSDT if any
- see if Themes were added or do it manually from svn
- reboot
- if it booted ok, only then proceed to replacing "boot" file with the one from here

anybody else did try the pre-release ?
I 'd really appreciate your feedback before committing. Thanks

@diskeeper,
You need to get rc5 on your own sorry! but I don't know what kexts you would need. Do some research/tests. And let me know when ready

did u tried booting with ForceFSB (in boot.plist) ? which value did u give it ?
what about 5.1.2 ?

Thanks for this update, but i still can't use my 5750 with the new atidrivers, have to use those from the early macmini update.

Config: [hd(0,2)/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist] 430 bytes.
CPU: Vendor/Family/ExtFamily: 0x68747541/0xf/0x1
CPU: Model/ExtModel/Stepping: 0x4/0x0/0x2
CPU: Multipliers x10:         max=0, min=0
CPU: MaxDiv/CurrDiv:          0x0/0x0
CPU: TSCFreq:                 3013MHz
CPU: CPUFreq:                 0MHz
CPU: FSBFreq:                 0MHz
CPU: NoCores/NoThreads:       1/4
CPU: Features:                0x36900221
Failed to find boot signature on BIOS device 82h
Chipset is UNKNOWN (pci id 0x59581002)
We have an AtomBios Card
Creating 1 Mode Tables
New table with id : 0
Standard VESA Table at offset * 0xa0
Using DTD Format modelines
Aspect Ratio is 16/10
Patching Table #0 : 
Mode 320x200 -> 320x1200

Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 - Chameleon v5.0.1 r164
Build date: 2010-12-12 22:09:10
4093MB memory
VESA v3.0 16MB (ATI ATOMBIOS)
Scanning device 80...Use  keys to select the startup volume.    hd(0,2) Snow                            
    hd(1,1) System Reserved                 
    hd(1,2) Windows NTFS                    
    hd(1,3) Hackintosh HD                   
    hd(1,5) Extra                           
    hd(2,1) Macintosh FW HD                 
Press Enter to start up Darwin/x86 with no options, or you can:
  Type -v and press Enter to start up with diagnostic messages
  Type ? and press Enter to learn about advanced startup options

boot: Config: [hd(0,2)/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist] 430 bytes.
Setting boot-uuid to: 21E406DA-E238-32E9-95BE-0AABA647E5E9
Closing VBios
Table #0 : Freeing backup	[OK]
Table #0 : Freeing		[OK]
Freeing map			[OK]
Loading Darwin 10.6
Loading kernel mach_kernel
LoadDrivers: /Extra/Extensions.mkext
LoadDrivers: /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext
ACPI: [hd(0,2)/DSDT.aml] 26771 bytes.
Using PCI-Root-UID value: 0
ATI VGA Controller [1002:68be] :: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0) 
old pci command - 7
boot display - 0
dumping pci config space, 256 bytes
Found bios image
Adding binimage to card 68be from mmio space with size f600
Patched DMI Table
Found SMBIOS System Information Table 1
Customizing SystemID with : 30303234-3144-4332-3633-3634ffffffff
ACPI: [hd(0,2)/DSDT.aml] 26771 bytes.
Not an Intel platform: Restart Fix not applied !!!
Patched ACPI version 1 DSDT
Starting Darwin x86

Hello…but this loader can make works ati mobility with QE/CI? If yes when could i see the compatibility to have Quartz and Core on ATI Mobility 4650? Thank you for the answer

If I can ever get OS X running on this machine, I will use this bootloader and Andy's GTX 460 repackage, to get (hopefully) QE/CI and such.

I will report how it goes once I get past the streams of "Still waiting for root device"

PS. Awesome job guys

@valvUpdated to 5.0.9 Happy new year everybody

Latest doesn't work on my netbook (Intel Atom N280 cpu).
It just reboots...

@valvwell, I did something since 5.0.6 that broke atoms support. could you provide me with a sysctl -a | grep cpu dump from linux (if possible) ?

I don't have Linux lying around but sysctl -a | grep cpu from OS X:

hw.ncpu = 2
hw.cpufrequency = 1660000000
hw.availcpu = 2
hw.ncpu: 2
hw.activecpu: 2
hw.physicalcpu: 1
hw.physicalcpu_max: 1
hw.logicalcpu: 2
hw.logicalcpu_max: 2
hw.cputype: 7
hw.cpusubtype: 4
hw.cpu64bit_capable: 0
hw.cpufamily: 1114597871
hw.cpufrequency: 1660000000
hw.cpufrequency_min: 1660000000
hw.cpufrequency_max: 1660000000
hw.cputhreadtype: 1
machdep.cpu.max_basic: 10
machdep.cpu.max_ext: 2147483656
machdep.cpu.vendor: GenuineIntel
machdep.cpu.brand_string: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N280 @ 1.66GHz
machdep.cpu.family: 6
machdep.cpu.model: 15
machdep.cpu.extmodel: 1
machdep.cpu.extfamily: 0
machdep.cpu.stepping: 2
machdep.cpu.feature_bits: 3219782655 4244381
machdep.cpu.extfeature_bits: 0 1
machdep.cpu.signature: 67266
machdep.cpu.brand: 0
machdep.cpu.features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM SSE3 MON DSCPL EST TM2 SSSE3 TPR PDCM
machdep.cpu.extfeatures: LAHF
machdep.cpu.logical_per_package: 2
machdep.cpu.cores_per_package: 1
machdep.cpu.microcode_version: 530
machdep.cpu.mwait.linesize_min: 64
machdep.cpu.mwait.linesize_max: 64
machdep.cpu.mwait.extensions: 3
machdep.cpu.mwait.sub_Cstates: 131616
machdep.cpu.thermal.sensor: 1
machdep.cpu.thermal.dynamic_acceleration: 0
machdep.cpu.thermal.invariant_APIC_timer: 0
machdep.cpu.thermal.thresholds: 2
machdep.cpu.thermal.ACNT_MCNT: 1
machdep.cpu.arch_perf.version: 3
machdep.cpu.arch_perf.number: 2
machdep.cpu.arch_perf.width: 40
machdep.cpu.arch_perf.events_number: 7
machdep.cpu.arch_perf.events: 0
machdep.cpu.arch_perf.fixed_number: 1
machdep.cpu.arch_perf.fixed_width: 40
machdep.cpu.cache.linesize: 64
machdep.cpu.cache.L2_associativity: 8
machdep.cpu.cache.size: 512
machdep.cpu.tlb.inst.small: 32
machdep.cpu.tlb.data.small: 16
machdep.cpu.tlb.data.large_level1: 64
machdep.cpu.address_bits.physical: 32
machdep.cpu.address_bits.virtual: 32
machdep.cpu.core_count: 1
machdep.cpu.thread_count: 2

@valv5.1.1 is now available (on first post)

Hum, when i upgraded to this version i experienced heavy audio glitches with my presonus firebox(fw audio interface), reverted to the previous version and it works again.
Does this have anything to do with the amd fix?

I must add, even with the previous version i am experiencing glitches if i don't limit my quadcore with cpus=3, i have ordered a LaCie Firewire 400 PCI Card which will hopefully issues I'm having with my built in fw.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8558 ↗

Uhm, what do you mean by capb? it's not in /us/bin and i can't "locate" it either

Smbios paste bin.com/EuTJpzmF
Bdmesg paste bin.com/0ULEmNuA

I also got [MSR] detected invalid rdmsr(00000017) at 0x6ec81978 when I boot my system, i get that with both versions though, but I'm wondering if this is relevant to the issues I'm experiencing?

@valvI see, your cpu is an amd phenom. Nice to find guyz like you I say this because I need some beta-testers for the next release (amd aware partly / phenom aware fully(probably):)) So if interested, I can give you a link for testing. btw, capb: com.apple.boot.plist; sorry, my fault

Sure, I would love to test out the next release!

oh and here is my boot.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Graphics Mode</key>
        <string>1920x1200@32</string>
        <key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
        <string>yes</string>
        <key>Kernel</key>
        <string>mach_kernel</string>
        <key>Kernel Flags</key>
        <string>arch=i386 -force64 -v cpus=3</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Thanks for the links!

I'm unable to boot your kernels, with this and with other boot loaders:
I get "addr=0x42746375, Size=0x8272ae0, File=free, Line=0"
Chameleonrc4 said something about a bad mach-o magic number.

However, I did test this out with the latest nawcom kernel:

I do experience the audio glitches with this version of anval too, but it's not as bad as it was with the last one:)
However as a DAW user it wont cut it for low latency audio recording and sequencing, I'm still puzzled why I'm having these issues though.
The load in logic is insanely high, same issues i have when i use cpus=4 :

1/13/11 10:15:42 PM	kernel	IOAudioStream[0x8f9b300]::clipIfNecessary() - Error: attempting to clip to a position more than one buffer ahead of last clip position (2d,221)->(2e,c3b).
1/13/11 10:15:42 PM	kernel	IOAudioStream[0x8f9b300]::clipIfNecessary() - adjusting clipped position to (2e,221)

Removing voodoPowerMini.kext didn't do anything as well.

Here is the bdmesg:
paste bin.com/d0yYwz0r

As for the settings in my bios:
Cpu clock ratio 3000mhz
Cpu Northbridge Freq. 2000mhz
Cpu frequency 200mhz
HT link freq 2000
Memoryclock 4x 800

Most of this is set to auto, I've tried a fixed the clock ratio before but didn't make any difference.

Just out of curiosity? i see p-states in the bdmesg now, does this mean we get some sort of power management?
And is there a way i can turn it off too check if thats the culprit?

I guess my first priority would be to get those kernels working though as the fsb fix might be causing me trouble as well.

@valvam sorry about sound. regarding the kernel I just realize the hassle, as other testers never complained about. The boot-loader is also acting strangely P-State 2: Frequency: 400, Multiplier: 2, vid: 32 P-State 3: Frequency: 800, Multiplier: 4, vid: 44 Just to let u know, p-states were not enabled. I just dumped the possible values to…

Ah okay, I'll see what FreeBSD or windows reports on those states later.
I guess getting cool and quiet working would be rather complex?

Always nice to test new things, I'd love to test out new versions in the future:)

@valvadded: intel cpu model 0xC (i7 & atom) support

You mean you can boot atom-netbook without patching kernel on 10.6.2 & above?
That should rocks

Flym4n

hum I tried your 5.1.3 fixed but it doesn't boot for me, its just stuck at a black screen showing something like "/", I guess I'm the only one experiencing this?

@RayFlowerhum I tried your 5.1.3 fixed but it doesn't boot for me, its just stuck at a black screen showing something like "/", I guess I'm the only one experiencing this?

Same problem here...

@valvno boot-loader's gui ?

Yep, no bootloader gui

Sounds good, I'm just wondering if there could be a option to chose between multiple boot files in the boot loader itself.
And since this fix seems to be something that is going away from new kernels, wouldn't it make sense that we could hold a hotkey when the bootloader is loading to disable the kernel_patcher?

hum well, it sounds silly i guess, but every time i try a bootloader that fails to boot anything I would have to boot either another drive with a working bootloader or a boot cd to fix it:)
How to do it hum.. well a menu system like grub would be nice, since it defaults to the boot stored on the root of the hd we could use a hotkey to select the boot loader in the mbr or where we would get the choice between multiple "boots".
Errrr.. i have no idea how to do this myself, it was just a idea i had since this isn't the first time i encounter a bootloader that doesn't work like it should on my amd system.

Same with me; I get stuck at "/" so I'm still using the 5.1.2 version.

I don't know if this is something anyone can help with, but I'm also having trouble forcing my FSB to 200 or anything, period. The bootloader is detecting/correcting it to 214 and I'm using ForceFSB=200 and FixFSB=No with busratio=15. I think this is making my audio crackle pretty badly since I heard an overclocked bus speed can do that, am I on the right track or no? In my bios I can't go below 200 so no help there either.

If it matters I'm still using the 10.6.5 legacy kernel as well since the 10.6.6 makes my system act weird. CPU is slightly overlocked from 2.8 to 3Ghz just by using the multiplier. Even at stock speed my bus speed is detected at 214. Funny thing is starting with the 10.6.4 legacy kernel it's been detected at the current speed where it used to be at 189 or so and my audio was fine. Anyways, here's some info:

My kernel log:

64 bit mode enabled
rtclock_init: Taking bus ratio path 3 (AMD Phenom)
rtclock_init: Phenom MSR 0xc0010071 returned: 0x8000012c002c0e
TSC: Verification of clock speed PASSED.
TSC: Frequency =   3000.273556MHz, FSB frequency =  428.610508MHz, bus ratio = 7

My bdmesg:

Config: [hd(0,2)/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist] 771 bytes.
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 7850 Dual-Core Processor
CPU: Vendor/Family/ExtFamily:      0x68747541/0xf/0x1
CPU: Model/ExtModel/Stepping:      0x2/0x0/0x3
CPU: Multipliers x10:              max=140, min=0
CPU: MaxDiv/CurrDiv:               0x0/0x1
CPU: TSCFreq:                      3000MHz
CPU: CPUFreq:                      3000MHz
CPU: FSBFreq:                      214MHz
CPU: NoCores/NoThreads:            1/2
CPU: Features:                     0x36900221

Keep up the awesome work! I eagerly await each new release.

With the latest version, my AMD PC just keeps rebooting each time AnVAL should load, so just before the volume selection screen.

Andy tossed me version 5.0.4 and that works fine.

I really want to use the latest so I can get all my AMD cores initialised, instead of just using cpus=1.
Or am I ancient and there's actually a fix for that?

@SaCleoCheaterI really want to use the latest so I can get all my AMD cores initialised, instead of just using cpus=1. Or am I ancient and there's actually a fix for that?

Did you try to fix it in your dsdt?

Greetz

Ok, here is the results:

alpha1 = same as before

5.1.2 = worked but kernel panic...

I tried 3 times a normal boot, 3 times boot with -f and 2 times boot with -v -f. All ended up with the same AppleACPIPlatform KP.

Update: Ok, I removed the -pci0 flag, but nothing changed.

I tried 5.0.9, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4 and alpha1, none of them worked for me and I don't use those flags, i run SL in 32-bit and all 4 CPU cores work.

Ok, but when I installed 5.0.9, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, not only replaced the boot file, installed boot0 and boot1h from your package

So, i tried the RC5 693 installer, rebooted and resulted the same ACPI KP...
BTW, thank You for your time and patience. I wait for the official RC5 that maybe works, and I'll be back here

I have a retail install with these kexts:

• AppleUpstreamUserClientDisabler.kext
• AppleVIAATA.kext
• fakesmc.kext
• IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext

All in the Extra folder

No NullCPUPowerManagement.kext or OpenHaltRestart.kext or SleepEnabler.kext

Ok, I renamed the Extra folder, installed the RC5 which created a new Extra folder. Copied my 4 kext to the new Extra folder, copied the Themes from the RC5 DMG file. Started Kext Utility.
I do not have DSDT. Reboot and the result is the same ACPI KP.

Tried the custom rc5 installer, boots just fine.
copied the boot, same issue as before I'm afraid:)

@valvdid u tried booting with ForceFSB (in boot.plist) ? which value did u give it ? what about 5.1.2 ?

hum since my processor and mobo doesn't specify a fsb(uses hypertransport instead) value i just blindly tried 266 but didn't help at all
Also tried 215, which is what my bdmsg has reported in the past but didn't work.

are there any other flags than 
<key>ForceFSB</key>
<string>215</string>

I should add to get this working?

Whoops, sorry here it is:

For 5.1.2
paste bin.com/FCxxrwWV

And for an earlier version that doesn't make my sound glitch:
paste bin.com/r1haReDL

hum i couldn't find out which one i was using but i gave 5.0.9 a shoot and the audio works just fine with that as well:

here is the bdmesg:
paste bin.com/fXQ73x4E

hum with this this the sound actually works so well that I don't need cpus-3 anymore, all 4 cores work, I'm not sure about the load in logic but this seems very promising, I guess the culprit to my issues with the sound are incorrect fsb values?
I don't know if this will help other Phenom II users but 5.0.9 seems like the best one for my setup at this moment:)