Bootloader Clover problems report & features request

[Badruzeus]

32 minutes ago, Matgen84 said:

Lastest commit r4667 without AppleEvent.efi: I've got blackscreen at boot without clover GUI. Rollback to r4665: all works fine.

 

Currently, no issue here with r4667:

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0:100  0:000  Now is 8.9.2018,  1:6:26 (GMT)
0:100  0:000  Starting Clover revision: 4667 on American Megatrends EFI
0:100  0:000  Build with: [Args: -mc --no-usb -D NO_GRUB_DRIVERS_EMBEDDED -t XCODE8 | -D DISABLE_USB_SUPPORT -D NO_GRUB_DRIVERS_EMBEDDED --conf=/Users/badruzeus/src/edk2/Conf -D USE_BIOS_BLOCKIO -D USE_LOW_EBDA -a X64 -b RELEASE -t XCODE8 -n 5 | OS: 10.11.6 | XCODE: 8.2.1]
.....
0:956  0:000  === [ LoadDrivers ] =======================================
0:964  0:007  Loading ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi  status=Success
0:970  0:006   - driver needs connecting
0:970  0:000  Loading AptioMemoryFix-64.efi  status=Success
0:971  0:000  Loading CsmVideoDxe-64.efi  status=Success
0:972  0:000   - driver needs connecting
0:972  0:000  Loading DataHubDxe-64.efi  status=Success
0:975  0:003  Loading EnglishDxe-64.efi  status=Success
0:976  0:000  Loading FSInject-64.efi  status=Success
0:977  0:000  Loading VBoxHfs-64.efi  status=Success
0:978  0:000   - driver needs connecting
0:978  0:000  3 drivers needs connecting ...
0:978  0:000  PlatformDriverOverrideProtocol not found. Installing ... Success
0:978  0:000  APFS driver loaded
0:978  0:000  Video driver loaded: disconnect Success
.....
12:175  0:000  === [ StartLoader ] =======================================
12:175  0:000  Finally: ExternalClock=25MHz BusSpeed=99774kHz CPUFreq=2195MHz PIS: hw.busfrequency=100000000Hz
12:175  0:000  Loading boot.efi  status=Success
12:356  0:181  GetOSVersion: 10.11.6 (15G22010)
12:356  0:000  CSR_CFG: CSR_ALLOW_UNTRUSTED_KEXTS | CSR_ALLOW_UNRESTRICTED_FS | CSR_ALLOW_TASK_FOR_PID | CSR_ALLOW_UNRESTRICTED_DTRACE | CSR_ALLOW_UNRESTRICTED_NVRAM

 

 

[Matgen84]

13 minutes ago, Badruzeus said:

 

Currently, no issue here with r4667:

 

 

Maybe the new applekeyaggregator is the reason? It is useful for FirefaultV2, but I do not use firefault. What do you think of that Below r4665 bdmesg result and r4667 screenshot.

Edited September 8, 2018 by Matgen84

[Badruzeus]

2 minutes ago, Matgen84 said:

Maybe the new applekeyaggregator is the reason? It is useful for FirefaultV2, but I do not use firefault. What do you think of that Below r4665 bdmesg result and r4667 screenshot.

I don't use any FV related *.efi driver.. but only these on my /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI:

ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi
AptioMemoryFix-64.efi
CsmVideoDxe-64.efi
DataHubDxe-64.efi
EnglishDxe-64.efi
FSInject-64.efi
VBoxHfs-64.efi

 

[LockDown]

11 minutes ago, Badruzeus said:

 

ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi
AptioMemoryFix-64.efi
CsmVideoDxe-64.efi
DataHubDxe-64.efi
EnglishDxe-64.efi
FSInject-64.efi
VBoxHfs-64.efi

 

What is EnglishDxe-64 for?

Edited September 8, 2018 by ellaosx

[Matgen84]

29 minutes ago, Badruzeus said:

I don't use any FV related *.efi driver.. but only these on my /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI:

ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi
AptioMemoryFix-64.efi
CsmVideoDxe-64.efi
DataHubDxe-64.efi
EnglishDxe-64.efi
FSInject-64.efi
VBoxHfs-64.efi

 

 

Thanks. I try again without any FV related *.efi driver on my system

 

EDIT: all works fine now with r4667

Edited September 8, 2018 by Matgen84

[fusion71au]

1 hour ago, Matgen84 said:

Lastest commit r4667 without AppleEvent.efi: I've got blackscreen at boot without clover GUI. Rollback to r4665: all works fine.

 

Where is my mistake?

 

Any ideas, please.

 

I also had boot hang with r4667 UEFI driver AppleKeyAggregator-64.efi on my NUC6i5SYH.  Actually was able to reach Clover main menu but hang occurs after selecting the macOS entry.

 

Still boots fine if I use CLOVERX64.efi/BOOTX64.efi r4667 with UEFI drivers from r4664.

[SavageAUS]

With the latest clover I cannot boot any OS. As soon as I press anything on the clover boot screen it freezes. I have tried reverting back to older versions via copy paste within windows but that isn’t working.


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[droples]

5 hours ago, Matgen84 said:

Hi @Slice

 

Lastest commit r4667 without AppleEvent.efi: I've got blackscreen at boot without clover GUI. Rollback to r4665: all works fine.

 

Where is my mistake?

 

Any ideas, please.

FV2Apfs_OSX_10.13.6_Clover4667 - I don't have problem.

[crashmaster4999]

Same situation here - updated a working 4666 version to 4667 and now pc boots, Clover starts then black screen. Latest versions of Lilu, whatevergreen, etc installed. Boot from backup, reinstall 4666 and all works again.

 

crash

 

 

[Badruzeus]

On 9/6/2018 at 8:26 PM, nmano said:

Clover InfoPlistPatch not work

If I edit GeForce kext work fine.

How can fix this issue.Thank you.

Comment               GK100 to GF100 
Find                  474B3130 30
InfoPlistPatch         Yes
Name                  com.apple.GeForce
Replace               47463130 30

 

How if adding MatchOS?

[SavageAUS]

Same situation here - updated a working 4666 version to 4667 and now pc boots, Clover starts then black screen. Latest versions of Lilu, whatevergreen, etc installed. Boot from backup, reinstall 4666 and all works again.

 

crash

 

 

Yeah I had to revert back to 4665 (didn’t have 4666) and it’s all good again. I don’t think it’s a clover thing as I replaced the bootx64 and cloverx64 from earlier versions and it would still freeze up so I think it’s a driver64uefi problem with what ever was updated from 4665 > 4667. One of the main ones I think if I remember correctly was AptioMemoryFix that had a few updates.

 

 

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[Matgen84]

55 minutes ago, SavageAUS said:

Yeah I had to revert back to 4665 (didn’t have 4666) and it’s all good again. I don’t think it’s a clover thing as I replaced the bootx64 and cloverx64 from earlier versions and it would still freeze up so I think it’s a driver64uefi problem with what ever was updated from 4665 > 4667. One of the main ones I think if I remember correctly was AptioMemoryFix that had a few updates.

 

 

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On previous post, I indicate that I've a issue commit r4667 (description: move AppleEvent into AppleKeyAggregator driver) on my system. In commit r4665, the two driver are separated: no issue on my rig.

[vit9696]

Thanks for the signal. Indeed it was logical to remove AppleEvent protocol support from Clover, as it is not "core" functionality and is supposed to be provided by FV2 drivers.

I guess Apple changed something and it is now unfortunately required even for a normal boot. I reverted some of the changes to make Clover install dummy AppleEvent if no other implementation is present.

Let me know whether it works.

AppleEventFallback.zip

[Matgen84]

 

52 minutes ago, vit9696 said:

Thanks for the signal. Indeed it was logical to remove AppleEvent protocol support from Clover, as it is not "core" functionality and is supposed to be provided by FV2 drivers.

I guess Apple changed something and it is now unfortunately required even for a normal boot. I reverted some of the changes to make Clover install dummy AppleEvent if no other implementation is present.

Let me know whether it works.

AppleEventFallback.zip

 

Lastest commit r4667 without AppleEvent.efi, but with AppleKeyaggregator.efi: I've got blackscreen at boot instead of clover GUI

 

I test new Clover.efi with AppleKeyaggregator.efi: I got Clover GUI at boot

 

Thanks

 

Sorry for my bad english and little test. Others can do better tests than me

[fusion71au]

8 hours ago, vit9696 said:

Thanks for the signal. Indeed it was logical to remove AppleEvent protocol support from Clover, as it is not "core" functionality and is supposed to be provided by FV2 drivers.

I guess Apple changed something and it is now unfortunately required even for a normal boot. I reverted some of the changes to make Clover install dummy AppleEvent if no other implementation is present.

Let me know whether it works.

AppleEventFallback.zip

 

Unfortunately, boot still hangs with problematic FV drivers, even if I use CLOVERX64.efi/BOOTX64.efi from the above post (UEFI booting into my non FV macOS volumes (10.13.6 hfs and 10.14beta10 apfs) on my NUC6i5SYH).

 

2 problematic r4667 drivers:  

AppleKeyFeeder-64.efi ---> freeze/unresponsive Clover Main Menu GUI

AppleKeyAggregator-64.efi ---> boot hang after launching macOS as shown below...

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Deleting both drivers from /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI ---> I can boot again normally with CLOVERX64.efi r4667.

 

I vote for Clover package installer not selecting these problematic FV drivers by default...

[SavageAUS]

 
Unfortunately, boot still hangs with problematic FV drivers, even if I use CLOVERX64.efi/BOOTX64.efi from the above post (UEFI booting into my non FV macOS volumes (10.13.6 hfs and 10.14beta10 apfs) on my NUC6i5SYH).
 
2 problematic r4667 drivers:  
AppleKeyFeeder-64.efi ---> freeze/unresponsive Clover Main Menu GUI
AppleKeyAggregator-64.efi ---> boot hang after launching macOS as shown below...
 
 
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Deleting both drivers from /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI ---> I can boot again normally with CLOVERX64.efi r4667.
 
I vote for Clover package installer not selecting these problematic FV drivers by default...

Agreed. Clover should only select what was previously selected. And not make default drivers that are not required for boot and those with FileVault know they use it and to select the drivers which will stay selected on further installs.

[gujiangjiang]

Clover Rename Devices can't sort manually.

 

Such as i want to patch OSID first then patch _OSI later but when i sort then in right way when i save the config.plist it still sort by A-Z and _XXX to the last so i want a features to sort Rename Devices manually to avoid some problem.

 

Thanks.

Edited September 10, 2018 by gujiangjiang

[SavageAUS]

18 hours ago, vit9696 said:

Thanks for the signal. Indeed it was logical to remove AppleEvent protocol support from Clover, as it is not "core" functionality and is supposed to be provided by FV2 drivers.

I guess Apple changed something and it is now unfortunately required even for a normal boot. I reverted some of the changes to make Clover install dummy AppleEvent if no other implementation is present.

Let me know whether it works.

AppleEventFallback.zip

Should this be renamed CLOVERX64.efi to overwrite the old one?

[Slice]

2 hours ago, gujiangjiang said:

Clover Rename Devices can't sort manually.

 

Such as i want to patch OSID first then patch _OSI later but when i sort then in right way when i save the config.plist it still sort by A-Z and _XXX to the last so i want a features to sort Rename Devices manually to avoid some problem.

 

Thanks.

Clover uses order of patches exactly as they written in config.plist.

But some program you used may change the order in their way. Don't use Clover configurator I take no responsibility how it can change config.plist.

[gujiangjiang]

37 minutes ago, Slice said:

Clover uses order of patches exactly as they written in config.plist.

But some program you used may change the order in their way. Don't use Clover configurator I take no responsibility how it can change config.plist.

 

I have tried Clover Configurator and Plist Editor but both of them are still sort by A-Z.

 

I have an ideal about this feature.

Here are the Rename function now:

<dict>
	<key>ACPI</key>
	<dict>
		<key>RenameDevices</key>
		<dict>
			<key>GFX0</key>
			<string>IGPU</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
</dict>

I hope to change it to this way and it can avoid the default order of the Rename Devices Patch.

<dict>
	<key>ACPI</key>
	<dict>
		<key>DSDT</key>
		<dict>
			<key>RenameDevices</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>Comment</key>
					<string>Rename GFX0 to IGPU</string>
					<key>Disabled</key>
					<false/>
					<key>Find</key>
					<string>GFX0</string>
					<key>Rename</key>
					<string>IGPU</string>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
	</dict>
</dict>

And i also find some rename operation not only exist in Devices but also exist in Methods and Notify so if it possible to make Devices and Methods and Notify rename so we can easily rename Devices Methods and Notify and don't need to find HEX value.

<dict>
	<key>ACPI</key>
	<dict>
		<key>DSDT</key>
		<dict>
			<key>Rename</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>Comment</key>
					<string>Rename GFX0 to IGPU</string>
					<key>Disabled</key>
					<false/>
					<key>Find</key>
					<string>GFX0</string>
					<key>Rename</key>
					<string>IGPU</string>
					<key>Type</key>
					<string>Device</string>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>Comment</key>
					<string>Rename BRT6 to BRTX</string>
					<key>Disabled</key>
					<false/>
					<key>Find</key>
					<string>BRT6</string>
					<key>Rename</key>
					<string>BRTX</string>
					<key>Type</key>
					<string>Method</string>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>Comment</key>
					<string>Rename BAT0 to BATC</string>
					<key>Disabled</key>
					<false/>
					<key>Find</key>
					<string>BAT0</string>
					<key>Rename</key>
					<string>BATC</string>
					<key>Type</key>
					<string>Notify</string>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
	</dict>
</dict>

Thanks.

Edited September 10, 2018 by gujiangjiang

[Slice]

These are just DSDT binary patches.

RenameDevices assumed that devices have tree structure, they are located on PCI bridges and can be described in scores. The patch is not for Methods. It is more complex than just renaming.

[Sherlocks]

On 9/10/2018 at 8:13 AM, fusion71au said:

 

Unfortunately, boot still hangs with problematic FV drivers, even if I use CLOVERX64.efi/BOOTX64.efi from the above post (UEFI booting into my non FV macOS volumes (10.13.6 hfs and 10.14beta10 apfs) on my NUC6i5SYH).

 

2 problematic r4667 drivers:  

AppleKeyFeeder-64.efi ---> freeze/unresponsive Clover Main Menu GUI

AppleKeyAggregator-64.efi ---> boot hang after launching macOS as shown below...

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

Deleting both drivers from /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI ---> I can boot again normally with CLOVERX64.efi r4667.

 

I vote for Clover package installer not selecting these problematic FV drivers by default...

 

+1 in GUI, movement is slow r4668. i have AppleKeyFeeder-64.efi and AppleKeyAggregator-64.efi. i don't have AptioFixInput and don't use FV2.

[Slice]

10 minutes ago, Sherlocks said:

 

+1 in GUI, movement is slow r4668. i have AppleKeyFeeder-64.efi and AppleKeyAggregator-64.efi. i don't have AptioFixInput and don't use FV2.

Sorry I am not clear what is slow?

[Sherlocks]

Sorry I am not clear what is slow?

hi Slice. if press right button on keyboard in GUI, cursor moved line to down. this movement is slower than before. i don't have this problem before.

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[Slice]

17 hours ago, Sherlocks said:

 

+1 in GUI, movement is slow r4668. i have AppleKeyFeeder-64.efi and AppleKeyAggregator-64.efi. i don't have AptioFixInput and don't use FV2.

 

17 hours ago, Sherlocks said:

hi Slice. if press right button on keyboard in GUI, cursor moved line to down. this movement is slower than before. i don't have this problem before.

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As you don't use FV2 then you can safely remove all AppleKey***.