macOS Sonoma Support

[zxystd]

Apple had deleted the whole legacy 80211 stack on Sonoma, I am going to turn to the other IO80211Family which is using by macintosh of late 2018(although it will be also deleted in 2~3 years), it is a big work, almost all of the airport interfaces and network interfaces changed, need to start reversed over again. Just wait, I don't have too much spare time to diverse.

You can use itlwm.kext + Heliport.app instead for the while.

[qcTimb3rlandqc]

Apple had deleted the whole legacy 80211 stack on Sonoma, I am going to turn to the other IO80211Family which is using by macintosh of late 2018(although it will be also deleted in 2~3 years), it is a big work, almost all of the airport interfaces and network interfaces changed, need to start reversed over again. Just wait, I don't have too much spare time to diverse.

You can use itlwm.kext + Heliport.app instead for the while.

if you need tester lets me no ;)thx for work perfect job :)

[ameenjuz]

@zxystd any progress AirportItlwm.kext for Sonoma support? I missed this kext for Sonoma and I m waiting

[zxystd]

New IO80211Family is loaded. but it is just a beginning...

[qcTimb3rlandqc]

New IO80211Family is loaded. but it is just a beginning...

keep up the good work good to see that you keep us informed of the progress have a nice day

[cheesycod]

is there anything newer than the 2018 80211?

[zxystd]

Now network controller start success and begin to exchange informations.

The IOCTLs almost rewrite, hundreds of IOCTL structs should be reversed...

[cheesycod]

any chance of making a ath10k driver too or smth, just asking since I know that's a pipe dream

[laszlo-t]

@zxystd any progress AirportItlwm.kext for Sonoma support? I missed this kext for Sonoma and I m waiting

the itlwm.kext (v2.2.0) works for me on Sonoma (AX201)

[TheDarkosGang]

@zxystd any progress AirportItlwm.kext for Sonoma support? I missed this kext for Sonoma and I m waiting

the itlwm.kext (v2.2.0) works for me on Sonoma (AX201)

Did you use any boot-args?

[laszlo-t]

the itlwm.kext (v2.2.0) works for me on Sonoma (AX201)

Did you use any boot-args?

not for the wifi

[Lorys89]

Now network controller start success and begin to exchange informations.

The IOCTLs almost rewrite, hundreds of IOCTL structs should be reversed...

Thank you for your commitment, how is the development progressing?

[zxystd]

Now we get the wifi information.

[ameenjuz]

Now we get the wifi information. Great I m waiting your test kext

[ryzendew]

Such fast work

[Lorys89]

Now we get the wifi information.

Have you already made the scan of wifi networks work?

[zxystd]

Now we get the wifi list.

[Lorys89]

Now we get the wifi list.

I'm speechless, you're really the Top! (if you need test I have 4 hackintosh with wifi cards 9462, 9560, ax200, ax210)

[Lorys89]

Today probably comes out beta 2 of sonoma, it would be nice to already start testing your kext 😝

[aryajuanda]

Now we get the wifi list.

nice work... very good progress,

BTW the PCI vendor is 0x15AD (Vmware) not 0x8086 (intel)

[ryzendew]

they are working within vmware is my guess but they are still doing good work none the less and yes you can put wifi and BT in to vmware and have it work i just tried it ( The fact end users don't know how to use vmware is shocking )

[ryzendew]

Now we get the wifi list.

any updates on when we can test the kexts?

[ameenjuz]

@zxystd nice work good progress can you provide the kext for testing?

[xjh169]

坐等各位 发kext ，我的是 Wireless-AC 8265

[bilijp153]

坐等发kext，我的是 AC 9461

[notAperson535]

Now we get the wifi list.

Wow, you're definitely making progress!

[notAperson535]

And to all the people asking to test the kext, usually whenever they commit the new changes the kext appears in releases as a prerelease. So just wait until they push the changes.

[zxystd]

Now I am stuck at how to submit network packets into the new IO80211Family network stack, different with Apple Silicon WiFi drivers, I don't want to dig deep into the Skywalk stack which will almost force me rewrite the whole driver including the HAL layer, so I am faking the network packets going through the Ethernet interface instead of IOSkywalkLegacyEthernet and IOSkywalkLegacyEthernetInterface.

Yup, I am debugging on the Vmware with a Realtek USB wireless dongle, because Intel PCIE cards can not do passthrough on macOS. So the achieving results should be sync to AirportItlwm after the entire process running smoothly.

[Lorys89]

How do you proceed with the problem of network packets? Did you fix this problem? Give us updates 😉🙏

[o3p6]

Cheer on

[zxystd]

Good news! Now we can connect to the internet and have a smoothly network, also have the two problem to be resolved.

• ~Can not DHCP, can be used by manual setting IP address.~
• ~Can not load by OpenCore, can be loaded by manual load.~

[zxystd]

For the loading problem, here is the error log, I don't know if it is the error of my kext's virtual table declaration or the OpenCore kext injection, anyone have ideas? Is the SkywalkFamily located in the prelinkedKC?

opencore-2023-06-30-041658.txt

[hendrilmendes]

I'm using opencore 0.9.4, I can test to see if the same thing happens

[bliss95]

For the loading problem, here is the error log, I don't know if it is the error of my kext's virtual table declaration or the OpenCore kext injection, anyone have ideas? Is the SkywalkFamily located in the prelinkedKC?

ChatGPT says that

Based on the error log, it seems that there are issues with the patching of certain kexts and the invalid size of some symbols. It is possible that the issue is related to the virtual table declaration of the SkywalkFamily kext or the OpenCore kext injection.

You can try the following steps to resolve the issue:

1. Check if the SkywalkFamily kext is located in the prelinked kernel cache (prelinkedKC). If not, try adding it to the prelinkedKC.

2. Ensure that the virtual table declaration of the SkywalkFamily kext is correct.

3. Check if there are any conflicts with other kexts or drivers in the system.

4. Try disabling kext injection in OpenCore and see if the issue persists.

5. If the above steps do not work, try reinstalling the affected kexts and rebuilding the prelinked kernel cache.

I hope this helps you resolve the issue.

[bliss95]

Also,

83:695 00:001 OC: Prelinked injection AirportItlwm.kext () - Invalid Parameter 83:697 00:001 OC: Prelinked injection AirportItlwm.kext v2.3.0 83:703 00:005 OCAK: Patching invalid size 77FF4 with 116B000 for com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 83:705 00:002 OCAK: Patching invalid size 4000 with 24C6000 for com.apple.driver.AppleBusPowerController 83:708 00:003 OCAK: Patching invalid size 1C000 with 20EA000 for com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 83:714 00:005 OCAK: Patching invalid size 2FFF with BF9000 for com.apple.driver.watchdog 83:724 00:009 OCAK: Patching invalid size 3FFC with 1EFC000 for com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBCommon 83:731 00:007 OCAK: Dependency com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPlatformProperties was not found for kext com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily

For the dependency issue with com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily, you may need to install the missing dependency (com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPlatformProperties) to resolve the issue.

[hendrilmendes]

Sonoma not working🥹

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[zxystd]

New Progress! Loading issue resolved, thanks for @imcdd inspired me. The last problem is the IPv4 DHCP(Now only IPv6 working), will see it after weekend.

[Lorys89]

@zxystd you have succeeded in this great undertaking, but will you be able to make airdrop work on intel cards?

[zxystd]

DHCP works!

[rchunping]

DHCP works!

great！

[Daasin]

@zxystd Forgive me if this counts as off-topic but regarding the changes you made to be on IO80211Family (or skywalk) instead of the legacy family. Would that impact stuff like handover & continuity?

(I know you said you disabled handover by default as of ventura but I'm hoping there's a boot-arg flag that we can set if we don't mind less speed and more instability to get closer to native features 🤞🏽)

And in anycase, thank you for your efforts on this, it truly makes a huge impact on the community and we are very grateful for your work. 🙏🏽

[o3p6]

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[zxystd]

@zxystd Forgive me if this counts as off-topic but regarding the changes you made to be on IO80211Family (or skywalk) instead of the legacy family. Would that impact stuff like handover & continuity?

It won't have an impact, I spoof the skywalk transport layer, not the upper controller layer, so it is also an airport network controller.

(I know you said you disabled handover by default as of ventura but I'm hoping there's a boot-arg flag that we can set if we don't mind less speed and more instability to get closer to native features 🤞🏽)

The continuity feature may be reenable in Sonoma version later, and maybe Ventura also have the chance to use IO80211Family instead of IO80211FamilyLegacy.

And in anycase, thank you for your efforts on this, it truly makes a huge impact on the community and we are very grateful for your work. 🙏🏽

Thank you, it definitely takes me much time...

[Lorys89]

Great job, when the release of this version to start with testing?

[qcTimb3rlandqc]

Great job, when the release of this version to start with testing?

Never for asking personne

[zxystd]

AirportItlwm-Sonoma-Preview01.zip The first preview version.

Considering this issue is for tracking the dev progress, if you have any issue on the kext or have any suggestions, please go to this issue #896.

[Lorys89]

AirportItlwm-Sonoma-Preview01.zip The first preview version.

Works great, you're the top💪

[maxpicelli]

Thanks a lot my friend!!! Works fine with AX211 intel!!! It's possible that works Airdrop? I using Fenvi T-1919 together with WIFI6 native from MOBO Gigabyte Aorus Z790. If works Airdrop im retired Fenvi Pcie.

[m0d16l14n1]

AirportItlwm-Sonoma-Preview01.zip The first preview version.

Great work, @zxystd! I wanted to clarify, will there be a similar test update for Ventura / Monterey and other early systems? Ofc, if it's possible to release that for you. Thanks in advance!