Possible IntelBluetoothInjector.kext bug. Extremely long boot times and missing internal drives after upgrade from Big Sur to Monterey.

[dmcnaugh15]

Description

After upgrading to Monterey, I had a couple problems, possibly related to this kext, as follows:

• Extremely long boot times: After selecting the appropriate drive from the boot picker, it took over 4 minutes to load to the mac screen (versus 16 seconds on Big Sur). That's using the exact same EFI folder with OC 0.7.5 on the same computer.

• Internal hard drives were all missing (see screenshots). Just as for number 1 (above), I was using the exact same EFI folder as for Big Sur, on the same computer. Drives were visible for Big Sur, but not Monterey.

• After disabling IntelBluetoothInjector.kext, the problem resolved. Others have reported the same problem. See this insanelymac thread: https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349510-missing-internal-drives-and-extremely-long-boot-times-after-monterey-upgrade-help/?tab=comments#comment-2771243

Environment

• Kext version: IntelBluetoothInjector.kext v2.0.1
• WiFi Card Model: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) - Z390 (Coffee Lake)
• Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K
• Radeon RX 580 Series
• macOS Version: 12.0 (Monterey)

Logs

http://DAMDAS.myqnapcloud.com:8082/share.cgi?ssid=cebeef9f960240328f7db0f5196af5c1

Screenshots

[williambj1]

Read the docs, this is a user mistake.

[dmcnaugh15]

I see it now in the documentation. Thank you!