The goal of this project is to create an OS X driver for those Intel WiFi cards based on the MVM firmware (basically, the current and previous generations).
Intel 8260 Ac Hackintosh. 6/24/2019 0 Comments Hackintosh Supported WiFi Adapters for Desktops & Laptops OS X is compatible with a select few wifi chips, so you will. The network interface 'Intel (R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260' has begun resetting. There will be a momentary disruption in network connectivity while the hardware resets. Reason: The network driver requested that it be reset. This network interface has reset 1 time (s) since it was last initialized.
Supported Hardware
The following Intel WiFi cards/chips are supported:
- Intel® Wireless 3160
- Intel® Wireless 3165
- Intel® Wireless 4165
- Intel® Wireless 7260
- Intel® Wireless 7265
- Intel® Wireless 8260
- NUC on-board wireless for NUC 5i*RY*
- NUC on-board wireless for NUC 6i*SY*
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Driver Status
This driver is still in the
can it be done?stage.
As of this writing the driver recognizes the appropriate hardware and loads a matching firmware file, but does not yet send the firmware to the hardware.
Now I'm in the process of trying to get all the Linux driver code to build on Mac OS X. This will be a very long process. Work is currently happening on the
Portingbranch, but only a small subset of the code even compiles right now.
Long story short, this driver does not yet actually connect to wireless networks.
If you're interested in helping, it would be great to have more people try test builds just to ensure it accurately identifies all the hardware I don't have on hand to try.
Development Status
There are notes on the project wiki. If you're interested in helping out at the code level, that would be super.
Right now all the action is on the
Portingbranch.
Loading/Installation
Typical third-party driver kexts should be installed to /Library/Extensions, but that's not recommended for this driver yet. Even in this initial work I've managed to craft a bug that crashed my machine when the driver loaded. If the driver was installed system-wide, that would happen on every boot, which seems rather unfortunate. So the manual loading process is recommended for now.
Manual Testing
- Download the latest AppleIntelWiFiMVM.kext.zip (or build from source)
- Unzip if needed
- From Terminal, go to where the kext is and run:
Shellchown -R root:wheel AppleIntelWiFiMVM.kextsudo kextload AppleIntelWiFiMVM.kextsudo kextunload AppleIntelWiFiMVM.kext
- Run Console.app and scroll to the bottom of the system log (usually displayed by default) or search it for AppleIntelWiFiMVM. You should see output such as:
Text2/12/16 11:16:51.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleIntelWiFiMVM loading for device Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 72652/12/16 11:16:51.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleIntelWiFiMVM LOADED firmware file iwlwifi-8000C-16.ucode
System-wide Installation
You've been warned!
But to install system-wide, use your favorite kext installer tool to install the kext to /Library/Extensions. It should load automatically, and generate the same output as above that you can view in Console.app
Credits
In building this driver, I'm relying on:
- The iwlwifi Linux driver
- The Intel firmware releases for this hardware (probably largely due to the Linux drivers)
- Mieze's IntelMausiEthernet OS X driver for wired Ethernet adapters
- RehabMan and the-darkvoid's BrcmPatchRAM OS X driver for USB Bluetooth adapters
License
This driver (including any code I used in it from the projects above) is covered by the GPL v2
The Intel firmware is covered by the firmware license
Hey Techhowdy readers, in today’s tutorial I’m going to show you The Step by Step Process to Fix Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on Hackintosh macOS Sierra. After following this tutorial, you will be able to solve Wi-Fi and Bluetooth problems cards.
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The following Cards will be able to work with this method. (In some cases this method of fixing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on other Hackintosh compatible cards has been successful) :
Broadcom BCM94352HMB/BCM94352 802.11/ac/867Mbps WLAN + BT4.0 Half Mini PCI-E Card
Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 8260NGW NGFF 867Mbps WIFI Card
This tutorial on fixing Bluetooth issues on Hackintosh is dedicated to macOS Sierra. If you are using macOS High Sierra on your Hackintosh then please follow this tutorial on Step by Step Process to Fix Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on Hackintosh macOS High Sierra (will be posting soon).
Before we start the process of fixing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on hackintosh, you would need to Download the following Files:
Fixing Wi-Fi On Hackintosh macOS Sierra
Intel Ac 8260 Speed
So, the first thing you need to do is to mount your EFI partition from your Bootloader. Use the EFI Mounter application provided in the downloaded folder.
Open the EFI Mounter and Select your EFI Partition Disk, in my case it is disk1s1 and Click OK.
Intel Ac 8260 Wireless Card
When asked “Would you like to mount or unmount the EFI partition” Click on Mount.
When your disk is mounted, you should be able to see your EFI partition folder.
Intel Ac 8260 Hackintosh
Then you want to go to EFI >> CLOVER and open config.plist file. (Right-click >> Open With >> TextEdit)
Intel Ac 8260 Problems
Open the config.plist file and you want to find KextsToPatch.
Then you’re going to add the Text provided in the Wi-Fi (Add to config.plist [Clover]) >> Text to Add File. (Check the Downloaded Folder). Copy the Text from the File and Paste it between the <array> </array> Tags (Do not Delete any other text or tags, Just paste the text provided). I pasted it just before the end of my </array> Tag.
Now Save your config.plist file and shutdown and restart your Hackintosh. Do not restart your macOS sierra Hackintosh as it will load wrong/old Kexts.You should now have the Wi-Fi working properly on your macOS sierra Hackintosh. You would be able to see the Wi-Fi card being detected by Hackintosh.
Fixing Bluetooth On Hackintosh macOS Sierra
Now let’s fix the Bluetooth issue on macOS Sierra Hackintosh. First, you’re going to mount EFI partition of the Bootloader. Use the EFI Mounter application provided in the downloaded folder.
Open the EFI Mounter and Select your EFI Partition Disk. In my case it is disk1s1. When asked “Would you like to mount or unmount the EFI partition” Click on Mount.
When your disk is mounted, you should be able to see your EFI partition folder.
Then you want to go to EFI >> CLOVER >> kexts >> 10.12 folder and Copy the two files (BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext and BrcmPatchRAM2.kext) from Bluetooth (Add to Clover) Folder and Paste them into EFI >> CLOVER >> kexts >> 10.12 folder.
Now close your folder and shutdown and restart your Hackintosh. Do not restart your macOS sierra Hackintosh as it will load wrong/old Kexts.You should now have the Bluetooth working properly on your macOS sierra Hackintosh. You would be able to see the Bluetooth card being detected by Hackintosh.
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