Getting a copy of our DSDT

So to start, we'll need to get a copy of your DSDT from your firmware. There's a couple of options:

MaciASL
- Open the app on the target machine(must already be running macOS) and the system's DSDT will show, then File -> SaveAs System DSDT. Make sure the file format is ACPI Machine Language Binary(.AML), this will require the machine to be running macOS
- Do note that all ACPI patches from clover/OpenCore will be applied to the DSDT
SSDTTime
- Supports both Windows and Linux for DSDT dumping
- Option 4 to dump
acpidump.exe
- In command prompt run path/to/acpidump.exe -b -n DSDT -z, this will dump your DSDT as a .dat file. Rename this to DSDT.aml
F4 in Clover Boot menu
- DSDT can be found in EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/origin, the folder must exist before dumping
acpidump.efi
- Add this to EFI/OC/Tools and in your config under Misc -> Tools with the argument: -b -n DSDT -z and select this option in OpenCore's picker. Rename the DSDT.dat to DSDT.aml. Tool is provided by acpica

If OpenCore is having issues running acpidump, you can call it from the shell with OpenCoreShell(reminder to add to both EFI/OC/Tools and in your config under Misc -> Tools ):

shell> fs0: // replace with proper drive

fs0:\> dir // to verify this is the right directory

Directory of fs0:\

01/01/01 3:30p EFI

fs0:\> cd EFI\OC\Tools // note that it's with forward slashes

fs0:\EFI\OC\Tools> acpidump.efi -b -n DSDT -z

1.8 KiB Raw Blame History

Getting a copy of our DSDT

1.8 KiB

Raw Blame History