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WhateverGreen Changelog

v1.6.7

  • Added constants for macOS 15 support
  • Fixed short-circuit evaluation from brightness bound overrides, thanks @damiponce and Gwy

v1.6.6

  • Extended the Backlight Registers Alternative Fix (BLT) submodule to support both KBL and CFL platforms. (by @0xFireWolf)
  • Revised the Backlight Registers Fix (BLR) submodule to make it compatible with the Backlight Smoother (BLS) on KBL platforms. (by @0xFireWolf)

v1.6.5

  • Added constants for macOS 14 support
  • Added a new boot argument -igfxblt to revert the optimizations done by the compiler in backlight related functions, fixing the 3-minute dark screen issue and making Backlight Smoother (BLS) work on mobile Coffee Lake platforms running macOS 13.4 or later. (by @0xFireWolf)

v1.6.4

  • Fixed Radeon RX 5500 XT identification regression

v1.6.3

  • Added various GPU identifiers from different Macs
  • Added disable-telemetry-load to disable iGPU telemetry loading that may cause a freeze during startup on certain laptops such as Chromebooks.

v1.6.2

  • Added W7170M/S7100X ID

v1.6.1

  • Improved Skylake graphics spoofing support by removing profile 2 from VTSupportedProfileArray on macOS 13+, thanks @abenraj and @dhinakg

v1.6.0

  • Added constants required for macOS 13 update
  • Added Skylake graphics spoofing support on macOS 13+ by @dhinakg
  • Modified brightness change requests to replace previous requests instead of queuing

v1.5.9

  • Add AMD prefix for all Radeon cards to follow latest Apple naming scheme

v1.5.8

  • Inverted logic for GVA support, which is now disabled by default and can be enabled by enable-gva-support.

v1.5.7

  • Fixed maximum backlight level on Ice Lake IGPUs

v1.5.6

  • Fixed deprecated code in unfairgva

v1.5.5

  • Changed the default delay of optimizing display data buffer allocations from 0 to 1 second to fix the issue that both internal and external displays flicker on some Ice Lake-based laptops. (Thanks @m0d16l14n1)
  • Disabled the black screen fix on Ice Lake platforms as it is only applicable to SKL/KBL/CFL/CML platforms.
  • Disabled the force complete modeset submodule on Ice Lake platforms as HDMI/DVI connections are not supported by the driver.
  • Added AMD Radeon RX 5000 series PWM backlight control support. (Thanks to @kingo132)

v1.5.4

  • Added the fix for the short period garbled screen after the system boots on Ice Lake platforms. (by @0xFireWolf, also thanks @m0d16l14n1 and @kingo132)

v1.5.3

  • Added no-gfx-spoof to avoid forcing device-id values from PCI I/O.
  • Added the backlight smoother submodule that makes brightness transitions smoother on Intel IVB+ platforms. (by @0xFireWolf)
  • MMIO Register Access submodules are now available on Intel IVB+ platforms. (by @0xFireWolf)
  • Improved ASUS-made AMD R9 380 GPU identification
  • Fixed applbkl property with <00 00 00 00> value failing to disable backlight patches
  • Note: This release requires Lilu v1.5.6 or later.

v1.5.2

  • Added device-id spoofing support for AMD graphics

v1.5.1

  • Added constants required for macOS 12 update
  • Added Intel Arrandale graphics support on 10.6 and 10.7 64-bit

v1.5.0

  • Fixed AMD WX-4170 name for 67E0 device id
  • Added NVIDIA driver error logging with -ngfxdbg

v1.4.9

  • Added per-GPU disabling API: inject disable-gpu to disable
  • Added per-GPU disabling kernel version specification: inject disable-gpu-min / disable-gpu-max to select kernel version to disable (inclusive range)
  • Added IGPU disabling API: inject disable-gpu to disable or use -wegnoigpu boot argument
  • Optimised Rocket Lake startup as IGPU is unsupported

v1.4.8

  • Fixed debug messages from cursor manipulation with NVIDIA GPUs on macOS 11

v1.4.7

  • Implemented unfairgva device property (use <01 00 00 00> value for MP5,1 to enable streaming DRM)

v1.4.6

  • Backlight registers fix replaces the previous Coffee Lake backlight fix and is now available on Intel Ice Lake platforms.
  • Boot argument igfxcflbklt=1 as well as device property enable-cfl-backlight-fix are deprecated and replaced by -igfxblr and enable-backlight-registers-fix.
  • Add max pixel clock override through -igfxmpc boot argument or enable-max-pixel-clock-override and max-pixel-clock-frequency device properties
  • Moved PNLF samples to OpenCore

v1.4.5

  • Enabled loading in safe mode (mainly for AGDP fixes)
  • Resolved an issue that the maximum link rate fix is not working properly on Intel Comet Lake platforms. (Thanks @CoronaHack)
  • Allowed enabling igfxrpsc on Comet Lake
  • Fixed failed to route IsTypeCOnlySystem warning from Skylake to Ice Lake

v1.4.4

  • Extended the maximum link rate fix: Now probe the rate from DPCD automatically and support Intel ICL platforms. (by @0xFireWolf)
  • Fixed an issue that LSPCON driver causes a page fault if the maximum link rate fix is not enabled. (by @0xFireWolf)

v1.4.3

  • Added CFL and CML P630
  • Added MacKernelSDK with Xcode 12 compatibility
  • Fixed loading on macOS 10.11 and earlier

v1.4.2

  • Fixed disable-external-gpu (-wegnoegpu) on some systems
  • Disabled RPS control patch by default due to a bug in 10.15.6 IGPU drivers
  • Replaced igfxnorpsc=1 with igfxrpsc=1 to opt-in RPS control patch
  • Support all valid Core Display Clock (CDCLK) frequencies to avoid the kernel panic of "Unsupported CD clock decimal frequency" on Intel ICL platforms. (by @0xFireWolf)
  • Fix the kernel panic caused by an incorrectly calculated amount of DVMT pre-allocated memory on Intel ICL platforms. (by @0xFireWolf)

v1.4.1

  • Added igfxmetal=1 boot argument (and enable-metal property) to enable Metal on offline IGPU
  • Fixed applying patches on CometLake IGPUs, thx @apocolipse
  • Added constants required for 11.0 update
  • Added the use of RPS control for all the command streamers on IGPU (disabled via igfxnorpsc=1)
  • Add -igfxvesa to disable Intel Graphics acceleration.
  • Fix black screen on igfx since 10.15.5
  • Add workaround for rare force wake timeout panics on Intel KBL and CFL.
  • Add Intel Westmere graphics support.

v1.4.0

  • Added 0x3EA6, 0x8A53, 0x9BC4, 0x9BC5, 0x9BC8 IGPU device-id
  • Fixed framebuffer-conX-alldata patching regression
  • Added disable-hdmi-patches device property alias to -igfxnohdmi

v1.3.9

  • Added igfxdumpdelay boot argument to delay -igfxdump in ms
  • Partially fix ICL framebuffer patching
  • Add support to injecting Force_Load_FalconSMUFW from OpenCore
  • Disabled automatic enabling of GVA for Polaris on 10.13 and lower
  • Replaced -radnogva argument with radgva=0/1 to force GVA for Polaris
  • Added wegtree=1 boot argument (rebuild-device-tree property) to force device renaming on Apple FW

v1.3.8

  • Added igfxfw=2 boot argument and igfxfw IGPU property to load Apple GuC firmware
  • Added igfxpavp=1 boot argument (and igfxpavp property) to force enable PAVP output
  • Added igfxfcms=1 boot argument (and complete-modeset property) on Skylake and Apple
  • Improved performance with Lilu 1.4.3 APIs
  • Added -igfxfbdbg boot argument to debug IGPU framebuffer (debug builds only)
  • Added igfxagdc=0 boot argument and disable-agdc IGPU property to disable AGDC
  • Added igfxonln=1 boot argument and force-online IGPU property force online status for all displays
  • Added igfxonlnfbs=MASK boot argument and force-online-framebuffers IGPU property to override display status

v1.3.7

  • Improved the maximum link rate fix: Now correct the value read from extended DPCD as well. (by @0xFireWolf)
  • Improved firmware loading handling on 10.15.4 (may fix booting issues on KBL+)
  • Improved support for Comet Lake IGPUs (thx @stormbirds)

v1.3.6

  • Enabled CoreLSKD streaming patches by default for AMD hardware DRM on Ivy Bridge
  • Repurposed 64 bit for FP 2.x streaming hardware accelerated streaming patches (can be used as shikigva=80)
  • Fixed accelerator name update logic for X4xxx kexts
  • Fixed Verde IOGVACodec injection to make hardware video decoder work
  • Enable software TV+ decoding on all CPUs without IGPU (shikigva=256)
  • Added HEVC capabilities to AMD6 decoders for all GPUs (disabled by -radnogva or disable-gva-support)
  • Added HW decoder device-id spoofing via -radcodec boot-arg, by @osy86

v1.3.5

  • Added Lilu 1.4.0 support, which is now the minimum supported version
  • Dropped legacy boot arguments (-shikigva, -shikifps)
  • Fixed handling agdpmod GPU property (in IGPUs and in conjunction with boot-arg)
  • Added -wegtree boot argument to force device renaming
  • Fixed FairPlay DRM playback patches on 10.15
  • Added shikigva and shiki-id aliases in IORegistry
  • Added applbkl aliases to IORegistry (data, 32-bit)
  • Added applbkl-name and applbkl-data IORegistry data keys to provide custom backlight data
  • Fixed applying CoreFP patches on Apple firmware, when they are not needed
  • Added shikigva=16 (repurposed) property to use AMD hardware DRM decoder in select apps
  • Added shikigva=128 (repurposed) property to use hardware decoder for FairPlay 1.0 (can be used as shikigva=144)
  • Do not disable DRM patches when shikigva is used even on Apple hardware for MacPro5,1 support

v1.3.4

  • Added support for disabled AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy in AMD drivers on 10.15.1
  • Added basic support for -radcfg and -radgl on AMD Navi GPUs

v1.3.3

  • Rework backlight panel info injection to fix Mac issues

v1.3.2

  • Added more GPUs for detection
  • Enable IGPU graphics kernel panic workaround on 10.14.4+ on SKL

v1.3.1

  • Fixed an issue that LSPCON driver fails to set the mode after the adapter power is off, i.e. sleep/wake up cycle.
  • Unified release archive names
  • Enforce complete IGPU modeset on Kaby Lake and newer (overridable by igfxfcmsfbs bootarg or complete-modeset-framebuffers device property)
  • Disable VRAM testing on AMD GPUs on 10.14.4+ (based on vladie's patch)

v1.3.0

  • Fixed custom connector support for Radeon GPUs, thx @lwfitzgerald
  • Added disable-gfx-submit property to back ngfxsubmit=0 boot argument
  • Added GuC firmware loading patch for latest SKL+ drivers
  • Allow loading on 10.15 without -lilubetaall
  • Disabled NVIDIA performance fix on 10.15, as it now is built-in
  • Enable HDMI 2.0 patches on 10.14+ (Use at own risk in case of undiscovered change)
  • Added CFL graphics kernel panic workaround on 10.14.4+
  • Added infinite loop fix when calculating dividers for Intel HDMI connections on SKL, KBL and CFL platforms.
  • Added driver support for onboard LSPCON chips to enable DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 output on Intel IGPUs (by @0xFireWolf)

v1.2.9

  • Added AMD Radeon VII to detected list
  • Disabled automatic framebuffer usage on Polaris GPUs
  • Added preserve-names device property to preserve current GPU names
  • Added AppleVPA patching support, replaces NoVPAJpeg.kext (thx CMMChris and uglyJoe)

v.1.2.8

  • Added KBL graphics kernel panic workaround on 10.14.4+
  • Added IGPU DPCD link incompatible rate patch (thanks @0xFireWolf)

v1.2.7

  • Added more IGPU device-ids to detected list

v1.2.6

  • Added applbkl=0 boot argument to termporarily disable AppleBacklight patching code
  • Fixed AMD Verde CAIL injection logic
  • Fixed breaking backlight on Apple hardware, on laptops with AMD GPUs, and on 10.11 or earlier
  • Changed CFL backlight patches to enable by default on CFL drivers only (avoids issues with faux "KBL" 8xxx CPUs)

v1.2.5

  • Added support for specifying agpmod in external GPU properties
  • Added fatal error on agpmod=cfgmap on 10.14 and newer, which had no effect since 10.13.4
  • Added igfxcflbklt boot argument and enable-cfl-backlight-fix property to fix CFL backlight
  • Added max backlight frequency override via max-backlight-freq IGPU property on CFL
  • Added framebuffer-camellia and framebuffer-flags patching
  • Added AppleBacklight patching code (based on AppleBacklightFixup by hieplpvip)
  • Added NVIDIA HDMI enabling code for firmwares that disable it by default (thanks @Fraxul)
  • Enabled CFL backlight patches by default on laptops with CFL graphics
  • Fixed SNB IGPU HDMI automatic patching
  • Fix multiple AMD GPU support improperly handling configuration properties

v1.2.4

  • Added platform list dumping to ioreg (at IOService:/IOResources/WhateverGreen), debug build only with -igfxfbdump
  • Fixed 10.14.1 IGPU KBL/CFL support without external GPU
  • Fixed warning about legacy processors (e.g. Xeon)
  • Fixed the support for providing custom names on Radeon RX models

v1.2.3

  • Added framebuffer-cursormem IGPU patch support (Haswell specific)
  • Added framebuffer-conX-XXXXXXXX-alldata IGPU patch support (platform-id specific conX-alldata)
  • Changed AGDP patch defaults to vit+pikera patch
  • Fixed semantic patches for Coffee Lake when it pretends to be Kaby

v1.2.2

  • Added framebuffer-conX-alldata IGPU patch support
  • Fixed automatic frame selection with -wegnoegpu boot-arg or disable-external-gpu IGPU property (Lilu 1.2.7 or newer)

v1.2.1

  • Added -wegnoegpu boot-arg and disable-external-gpu IGPU property to kill external GPU
  • Fixed IGPU framebuffer patches (requires Lilu 1.2.6)
  • Fixed -shikioff not working (note, -liluuseroff may be more handy)
  • Fixed loading on 10.8 and 10.9
  • Fixed device property reading for AMD CAIL overrides
  • Recovered GuC loading for internal usage (do NOT use, causes freezes and crashes)
  • Disabled HDMI 2.0 by default, use -cdfon boot-arg or enable-hdmi20 IGPU/GFX0 property to enable

v1.2.0

  • Merged GPU kexts into one (AMD, Intel, NVIDIA) including H/W acceleration (Shiki)
  • Added binary and structural Intel framebuffer patches (thx to headkaze)
  • Added Intel CFL support
  • Fixed certain AMD multimonitor issues
  • Enabled 10.14 support by default

v1.1.8

  • Added more GPU models to automatic detection
  • Hardened solved symbol verification to avoid panics with broken kext cache
  • Fixed compiling with older Xcode

v1.1.7

  • Added -radgl boot argument to disable Metal support
  • Disabled a few more unnecessary patches for 10.13.4

In order to boot with -radgl you may need to set the defaults:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.CoreDisplay useMetal -boolean no
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.CoreDisplay useIOP -boolean no

v1.1.6

  • Ensure proper GFX0 and HDAU renaming

v1.1.5

  • Added more GPU models to automatic detection (including new names from 10.13.4)
  • Added automatic CFG_USE_AGDC disabling to avoid constant issues with 4K display sleep and broken HDMI/DP ports

v1.1.4

  • Added automatic screen boot artifact correction (-radlogo is no longer necessary and is removed)
  • Added automatic CFG_FB_LIMIT correction to avoid issues on several Polaris GPUs on 10.13

v1.1.3

  • Added more GPU models to automatic detection
  • Added -rad4200 option to fix freezes and possibly improve the performance of Radeon Pro 560 on 10.13

v1.1.2

  • Enabled the kext in installer and recovery by default
  • Improved controller start debugging

v1.1.1

  • Added more GPU models to automatic detection
  • Rename GPU name to GFX0 only if it does not start with GFX prefix
  • Added -radnoaudio boot argument to avoid DP/HDMI audio autoenabling
  • Added no-audio-autofix gpu controller property to avoid DP/HDMI audio autoenabling

v1.1.0

  • Requires Lilu 1.2.0 or newer
  • Added more GPU models to automatic detection
  • Fixed GPU controller name to GFX0 if not already changed
  • Fixed HDMI audio initialising even when the kext is disabled

v1.0.4

  • Added more GPU models to automatic detection
  • Initial Vega series support
  • Fixed minor issues in HDMI audio enabling code

v1.0.3

  • Fixed radpg bit mask working incorrectly
  • Added manual tuning of aty_config, aty_properties, and cail_properties via ACPI
  • Changed HDMI audio layout-id to match HDEF layout-id if available

v1.0.2

  • Added more GPU models to automatic detection
  • Added basic automatic HDMI audio correction
  • Fixed WhateverName os version requirements
  • Disabled connector ordering by default (use connector-priority if needed)
  • Changed connector-priority default type importance
  • Added version info for easier debugging

v1.0.1

  • Added more GPU models to automatic detection
  • Disabled DVI transmitter changes by default (use -raddvi boot-arg)
  • Added IOAccelDeviceGetName correction
  • Added libWhateverName.dylib with an app for GPU GL/Compute/Metal engine name correction

v1.0.0

  • Initial release