Broadcom Wifi on macOS Sonoma and Sequoia (Fenvi T919 and others)
A collection of instructions and links to make Broadcom Wifi work natively again under macOS Sonoma and Sequoia.
Apple dropped Broadcom Wifi support since Sonoma, while Broadcom Wifi worked natively until Ventura. I tested this with a Fenvi T919 card on Sequoia 15.1. This guide should work with most Broadcom cards that worked natively under Ventura, but there may be exceptions.
Broadcom Wifi working on Sequoia Hackintosh
This process involves disabling SIP and AMFI, so be warned!
1. Get kexts
- Check https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/tree/main/payloads/Kexts/Acidanthera and download the latest version of AMFIPass-v1.4.1-RELEASE.zip
- Check https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/tree/main/payloads/Kexts/Wifi and download the latest version of IOSkywalkFamily-v1.2.0.zip and IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext
Extract and add these Kexts to your EFI folder:
- AMFIPass.kext
- IOSkywalkFamily.kext
- IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext
2. Edit config.plist
Edit your config.plist so that it reflects these changes:
2.1 - Add the new kexts to your existing ones (Kernel - Add)
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>Any</string>
<key>BundlePath</key>
<string>AMFIPass.kext</string>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>V1.4.1</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
<key>ExecutablePath</key>
<string>Contents/MacOS/AMFIPass</string>
<key>MaxKernel</key>
<string></string>
<key>MinKernel</key>
<string></string>
<key>PlistPath</key>
<string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>Any</string>
<key>BundlePath</key>
<string>IOSkywalkFamily.kext</string>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>V1.0</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
<key>ExecutablePath</key>
<string>Contents/MacOS/IOSkywalkFamily</string>
<key>MaxKernel</key>
<string></string>
<key>MinKernel</key>
<string>23.0.0</string>
<key>PlistPath</key>
<string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>Any</string>
<key>BundlePath</key>
<string>IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext</string>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>V1200.12.2b1</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
<key>ExecutablePath</key>
<string>Contents/MacOS/IO80211FamilyLegacy</string>
<key>MaxKernel</key>
<string></string>
<key>MinKernel</key>
<string>23.0.0</string>
<key>PlistPath</key>
<string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>Any</string>
<key>BundlePath</key>
<string>IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC.kext</string>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>V1400.1.1</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
<key>ExecutablePath</key>
<string>Contents/MacOS/AirPortBrcmNIC</string>
<key>MaxKernel</key>
<string></string>
<key>MinKernel</key>
<string>23.0.0</string>
<key>PlistPath</key>
<string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
</dict>
2.2 - Allow for IOSkywalk kext downgrade by excluding it (Kernel - Block)
<dict>
<key>Arch</key>
<string>Any</string>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>Allow IOSkywalk Downgrade</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
<key>Identifier</key>
<string>com.apple.iokit.IOSkywalkFamily</string>
<key>MaxKernel</key>
<string></string>
<key>MinKernel</key>
<string>23.0.0</string>
<key>Strategy</key>
<string>Exclude</string>
</dict>
2.3 - Change SecureBootModel to Disabled (Entries - Security)
<key>SecureBootModel</key>
<string>Disabled</string>
2.4 - Set your SIP to Disabled (NVRAM - Add - 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82)
03080000 in the plist editor
<key>csr-active-config</key>
<data>AwgAAA==</data>
- Double check your config.plist
3. Reboot
- Reboot into OpenCore, press the Space key. Reset your NVRAM and continue booting.
- Download OCLP from here: https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/releases
- Open OCLP and select Root Patching (needed after every update). It will ask you to reboot again after it finishes patching.
4. Activate AppleVTD
- This may be optional for some cards, but for my Broadcom BCM94360CD based Fenvi FV-T919 Wifi PCIe card, this step was required.
4.1 Patch DMAR
- use the following guide: https://dortania.github.io/Getting-Started-With-ACPI/Universal/dmar-methods/manual.html
- Make sure your new patched DMAR.aml file is in your EFI Partition's
EFI/OC/ACPIfolder and also added to yourconfig.plist.
4.2 Edit config.plist
Kernel --> Quirks
<key>DisableIoMapper</key> <false/> <key>DisableIoMapperMapping</key> <true/>ACPI --> Add
<dict> <key>Comment</key> <string></string> <key>Enabled</key> <true/> <key>Path</key> <string>DMAR.aml</string> </dict>ACPI --> Delete
<dict> <key>All</key> <true/> <key>Comment</key> <string>Drop DMAR table</string> <key>Enabled</key> <true/> <key>OemTableId</key> <data></data> <key>TableLength</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>TableSignature</key> <data>RE1BUg==</data> </dict>
TableSignature is 444D4152 in the plist editor
4.3 In the BIOS set
- VT-d --> Enabled
4.4 Check AppleVTD
- Reboot
- Download and open IORegistry Explorer https://github.com/utopia-team/IORegistryExplorer/releases
- In IOReg search for
AppleVTD - If enabled, the AppleVTD property can bee seen under the AppleACPIPlatformExpert node
5. Check
- Reboot and check for native Wifi. If it's still not working, reset your NVRAM and check again.
Credits
- 5T33Z0 clear instructions of OCLP on Hackintosh (read this, if you're unfamiliar with using OCLP on Hackintosh!)
- OCLP team who made this possible, even though they don't officially support OCLP on hackintosh
- billabongbruno with an older such guide on Github
- u/6e656f73 on r/hackintosh especially for the AppleVTD tip :-)
- various posts in various hackintosh and OCLP related forums
Please comment with any corrections or improvements, and I will include them. (Edits: 2024-11-21 minor corrections of workflow and formatting, more credits.)
Permanent location of this guide which might receive updates for longer than this post: https://chriswayg.gitbook.io/opencore-visual-beginners-guide/advanced-topics/broadcom-wifi-on-macos-sequoia