Dec 02, 2017 The AMD drivers consist of a lot of kernel extensions, two of which are particularly interesting for the (possible) OS X compatibility of a specific GPU: AMD5,6,7,8,9000Controller.kext (one for each AMD Radeon GPU family) and AMDRadeonX3,4000.kext. The first is responsible of setting up basic 2D operation, correct resolutions, handling the. So, I was relying on Intel HD graphics. Amd a9-9420 and GPU: amd radeon R5 M420 and amd radeon HD 8500M. I am writing this using Mac OS Sierra on and a6 APU.
I tested this card with 10.9.1 and also updated 10.9.2 versions of Mavericks, both with positive and good results. Os X was installed via myHack 3.3.1, with Chameleon 2.2 SVN 2266 boot loader included in this myHack version.
Before instalation, to prepare your USB installer rename default AMD6000Controller.kext (previously called ATI6000Controller.kext ) to smth like AMD6000Controller.kextback to disable it. If not disabled you will get “white screen with a cursor” error and your system won’t start at all. Install your system as usual using myhack install method. Note that old kexts in 10.8 and earlier versions was named with ATI prefix, Apple renamed them to AMD for some reason in newer version.
Kext needed for this card to work properly are all included in default free Mavericks 10.9 from App store and they are:
AMD6000Controller.kext
AMDFramebuffer.kext
AMDRadeonX3000.kext
AMDSupport.kext
AMD6000Controller.kext
AMDFramebuffer.kext
AMDRadeonX3000.kext
AMDSupport.kext
There is no need to modify any of them. Device id and vendor id are defined in AMDRadeonX3000.kext ( 0x67581002 ) inside info.plist file somewhere near the end under “AMDTurksGraphicsAccelerator”.
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Also with this new kexts and latest myHack 3.3.1 there is no need to use flags such AtiConfig and AtiPorts, just simple “GraphicsEnabler=Yes” will be enough + in some cases I had too add “PciRoot=1” . In the case you need it here is my working Boot.plist:
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
<key>PciRoot</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
<key>PciRoot</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
Only bug I noticed on this card was like in earlier versions, just a litlle blink on mac osx boot screen while card is loaded. Besides that everything works perfectlly normal. Wish you luck ?
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