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Why did I remove the links to T|I?

Why my name was changed to euqlaog?

No idea why I and other long term T|I users were banned.

Where is Nando4?

See: https://egpu.io/nando4-ti-ban/

Automate-eGPU.sh

General instructions (OS X 10.9.5 – macOS 10.12.* )

https://egpu.io/forums/mac-setup/automate-egpu-sh-is-reborn-with-amd-polaris-fiji-support-for-macos/#post-1487

This script is not applicable to High Sierra. I've ceased development of this script.

Please do not release anything under the MIT license (v0.9.8), it would be VOID under the Apple’s SLA.

http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOS1012.pdf

This script automates Nvidia and AMD eGPU setup on OS X.

Native AMD support
Detects your OS X product version and build version
Automatic Nvidia web driver download and installation
Automatic IOPCITunnelCompatible mods + Nvidia web driver mod
Detects Thunderbolt connection
Detects your Mac board-id and enables eGPU screen output
Background services
Automatic backups with rsync and uninstalling
Detects GPU name by scraping device id from http://pci-ids.ucw.cz
OpenCL benchmarking

The script can be executed by two OS X Terminal commands:

chmod +x automate-eGPU.sh
sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh

Options

-a	Switch on automatic mode
-m	Switch off automatic mode (default)
-url	Install Nvidia driver pkg from any valid web address
-clpeak	OpenCL performance test (http://github.com/krrishnarraj/clpeak)
-skip-web-driver	Skip Nvidia Web driver installation (for Kepler cards)
-skip-agdc	Skip AddBoardId() function
-uninstall	Restore original kexts, unload services and delete application support files

The manual [-m] mode does only the minimum initialization in order to use the eGPU.

The advanced [-a] mode aims to configure everything automatically in the background, so that user can continue working after OS X updates immediately. Resolves the boot screen freezing issue with multi-slot enclosures & dGPU equipped Macs, and is beneficial with the nMP, allowing to use any TB port for booting without issues. It’s likely that you can now run more than one Nvidia Kepler eGPUs externally out of the box with any TB2 Mac, without manual delay. You can switch the mode at any time. Confirmed to work with subsequent OS X 10.11 El Capitan Developer builds (you have to disable System Integrity Protection). The script detects if you have turned it on/off.

OS X 10.11 brings Metal to Mac. I wrote a piece of code to determine if your eGPU supports Metal API. Just follow these steps:

curl -o ~/Desktop/metaltest.swift https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/master/metaltest.swift

cd ~/Desktop

swiftc -sdk $(xcrun --show-sdk-path) -target x86_64-apple-macosx10.11 -o metaltest metaltest.swift

./metaltest

Thanks to jrprice’s NBody-Metal app, a GTX 980 runs 65536 bodies nearly 30 FPS on retina display. Approximately 7 times faster than Iris Pro. A simulation of 32768 bodies achieves 60 FPS. https://github.com/jrprice/NBody-Metal

What’s new in 1.0.1

Added support for AMD Baffin in 10.12.4

What’s new in 1.0.0

A new method for rebuilding cache files
AMD Polaris and Fiji support (limited CUs)
-skip-agdc option
-skipdriver renamed to -skip-web-driver
Removed secondary data scraping methods

Version 1.0.0 is released with new licensing:

https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/blob/master/SCRIPT-LICENSE.txt

What’s new in 0.9.9

Version 0.9.9 is released with new licensing: https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/blob/master/SCRIPT-LICENSE.txt

~~Native support (experimental) for R9 Nano and RX 480 with a Baffin personality (just remember to turn on -a mode).~~
Nvidia web driver support (experimental) for macOS Sierra beta builds

What's new in 0.9.8

Support for OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 and Kepler cards
Added board-ids for iMac15,1 and iMac17,1
Fixed issue #8 https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/issues/8
Fixed issue #9 https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/issues/9 (thanks keymone)
Fixed issue #13 https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/issues/13

What’s new in 0.9.7

SetIOPCIMatch() function which sets and appends device IDs (both the AMD and Nvidia)
Automatic NVIDIA Driver Manager uninstalling
Minor bug fixes

What’s new in 0.9.6

Support for 2015 Macs (-a mode is required for successful booting with a multi-slot enclosure)
Prepared for Fiji architecture
Detects dGPUs for determining the correct [-a] mode behaviour
Fixed issue #3 https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/issues/3
Fixed issue #4 https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/issues/4
Checks for the existence of application support path and if the script is ran as root
Support for OS X El Capitan 10.11 GM

When the [-a] mode is turned on, Nvidia eGPU connected to nMP Bus 0 (port 5 or 6) works, but Thunderbolt Bus 1 or 2 (ports 1-4) require one additional restart and shut down without eGPU.

Example outputs

*** automate-eGPU.sh v0.9.7 - (c) 2015 by Goalque ***
-------------------------------------------------------
Detected eGPU
 GM204 [GeForce GTX 980]
Current OS X
 10.11 15A284
Previous OS X
 10.10.5 14F27
Latest installed Nvidia web driver
 Version: 346.02.03f01
 Source: 3rd Party
 Install Date: 9/26/15, 4:57 PM

You are running official Nvidia driver.
Checking IOPCITunnelCompatible keys...

Missing IOPCITunnelCompatible keys.
Mac board-id found.
Searching for matching driver...

Driver [346.03.02f01] found from:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_Certified/346.03.02f01/WebDriver-346.03.02f01.pkg
Do you want to download this driver (y/n)?
y
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 68.9M  100 68.9M    0     0  3500k      0  0:00:20  0:00:20 --:--:-- 3577k
Driver downloaded.
Removing validation checks...
Modified package ready. Do you want to install (y/n)?
y
installer: Package name is NVIDIA Web Driver 346.03.02f01
installer: Upgrading at base path /
installer: The upgrade was successful.
installer: The install requires restarting now.
Checking IOPCITunnelCompatible keys...

Missing IOPCITunnelCompatible keys.
IOPCITunnelCompatible mods done.
SetIOPCIMatch() set device ID 0x13C010DE in /System/Library/Extensions/NVDAStartupWeb.kext/Contents/Info.plist
All ready. Please restart the Mac.

*** automate-eGPU.sh v0.9.7 - (c) 2015 by Goalque ***
-------------------------------------------------------
Detected eGPU
 Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition]
Current OS X
 10.10.5 14F27
Previous OS X
 [not found]
Latest installed Nvidia web driver
 Version: 346.02.03f01
 Source: 3rd Party
 Install Date: 9/26/15, 2:51 PM

Checking IOPCITunnelCompatible keys...

IOPCITunnelCompatible mods are valid.
IOPCITunnelCompatible mods done.
All ready. Please restart the Mac.

R9 390:

Device: AMD Radeon HD Hawaii PRO Prototype Compute Engine
    Driver version  : 1.2 (Jul 29 2015 02:44:59) (Macintosh)
    Compute units   : 40
    Clock frequency : 1010 MHz

    Global memory bandwidth (GBPS)
      float   : 227.07
      float2  : 256.78
      float4  : 232.63
      float8  : 114.53
      float16 : 49.93

    Single-precision compute (GFLOPS)
      float   : 4533.45
      float2  : 4503.78
      float4  : 4516.94
      float8  : 4481.20
      float16 : 4430.48

    Double-precision compute (GFLOPS)
clCreateKernel (-46)
      Tests skipped

    Transfer bandwidth (GBPS)
      enqueueWriteBuffer         : 1.44
      enqueueReadBuffer          : 1.44
      enqueueMapBuffer(for read) : 25.47
        memcpy from mapped ptr   : 5.30
      enqueueUnmap(after write)  : 11652.11
        memcpy to mapped ptr     : 5.93

    Kernel launch latency : 6.37 us

Thanks to Netstor for testing NA211TB, especially with the Late 2013 Mac Pro.