Using DW1820A (BCM94350ZAE) for Hac-Mini #113

goodbest · 2019-11-06T14:09:04Z

I have successfully made the Wi-Fi and bluetooth to work with this card on 10.15.1,
so now the 2nd nvme port can be used for hard drive.🤩
Hope @osy86 can add these option for this wifi card in the installation package in the future😄

The steps that made it work for me:

Follow the readme for HaC-mini to get all things done. (without the wifi part, of course).

2 open the box, replace the DW1820A with pre-installed intel 8265 wifi-card

(Important!!!) In the BIOS, disable PCIE ASPM (Active-state power management ).
boot into the system, mount efi (with clover configurator, or whatever), get into the path EFI/OC
Put the following kexts into Kexts dir

For bluetooth
- In 10.15.1, you needBrcmBluetoothInjector.kext, BrcmFirmwareData.kext, BrcmPatchRAM3.kext
- kexts can be grabbed from https://github.com/acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM
- please do read the readme in that repo for other systems
For Wi-Fi
- Actually, in 10.15.1, Wi-Fi will work natively without any kext
- but if you cannot, or if you want to remove the wifi country restriction (or do other modifications), you can get kext AirportBrcmFixup.kext from https://github.com/acidanthera/AirportBrcmFixup and setup some boot-args

add the following content in config.plist into the correct position.

For kexts, position is under Kernel/Add to let opencore to load the above kexts (example attached below)
To add boot-args (e.g. brcmfx-country=#a), position is under NVRAM/Add/<Some UUID>/boot-args

reboot, and profit.
All are working fine: Airdrop, Handoff, Unlock with Watch, Hotspot,..
If you stuck in the bootloop, you can disable the wifi and bluetooth in BIOS, log into the system and reverse the above changes. Good luck.

PS.

My wi-fi card SN is DW1820A CN-08PKF4
Vendor and Device is 14e4,43a3
Sub Vendor and Device is 106B, 0023
Some posts show mixed results for DW1820A with different kind of device/subdevice ID, But I've got lucky
Some posts says you must masking some pin in the card to get it working, but I think the step 3 above already did that "softly" (It's only my guess)
Some posts says you must add device properties to load 4360 kexts, but my machine and card don't need that
Some Reference
https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/11322-broadcom-bcm4350-cards-under-high-sierramojavecatalina/
https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/12169-bcm4350-cards-registry-of-cardslaptops-interop/
https://blog.daliansky.net/DW1820A_BCM94350ZAE-driver-inserts-the-correct-posture.html

			<dict>
				<key>BundlePath</key>
				<string>AirportBrcmFixup.kext</string>
				<key>Enabled</key>
				<true/>
				<key>ExecutablePath</key>
				<string>Contents/MacOS/AirportBrcmFixup</string>
				<key>PlistPath</key>
				<string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
			</dict>
			<dict>
				<key>BundlePath</key>
				<string>BrcmFirmwareData.kext</string>
				<key>Enabled</key>
				<true/>
				<key>ExecutablePath</key>
				<string>Contents/MacOS/BrcmFirmwareData</string>
				<key>PlistPath</key>
				<string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
			</dict>
			<dict>
				<key>BundlePath</key>
				<string>BrcmPatchRAM3.kext</string>
				<key>Enabled</key>
				<true/>
				<key>ExecutablePath</key>
				<string>Contents/MacOS/BrcmPatchRAM3</string>
				<key>PlistPath</key>
				<string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
			</dict>
			<dict>
				<key>BundlePath</key>
				<string>BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext</string>
				<key>Enabled</key>
				<true/>
				<key>PlistPath</key>
				<string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
			</dict>

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osy · 2019-11-11T04:45:15Z

Did you need to add anything to PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0) like in #91 (comment) ?

Did you have to make any other changes? Currently I am just including the kext and boot-arg. Is anything else needed?

Resolves #91 Resolves #113

goodbest · 2019-11-11T04:52:51Z

Currently on 10.15.1, I don't have to add those PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0) and blabla, as long as device 0x14E4,43a3 (for DW1820A) is natively supported by AirPortBrcmNIC in Apple.

However, if Apple drops the native device id for future potential system upgrade, you have to add those properties to fake DW1820A as Brcm4360 devices.

Resolves #91 Resolves #113

chatelp · 2020-02-05T09:05:42Z

Hi there,

I'm also trying to make my DW1820A (model CN-08PKF4) work under Catalina. After following the advices here, my Wifi is working, but can't connect to bluetooth devices. Like many of you it seems. Is there any new advice/solution in Feb 2020?

My loaded BT firmware version is v7 c44689, although it looks like that BrcmPatchRAM is not able to connect to the device at boot time (see boot log bellow)
On the kext site, I'm using BrcmPatchRAM-2.5.1-RELEASE in S/L (BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext, BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext and BrcmPatchRAM3.kext). I also tried first the vanilla / boot injection first with clover (swapping BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext with BrcmFirmwareData.kext) but same result.
My device properties is as follows:

<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1C,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
            <dict>
                <key>AAPL,slot-name</key>
                <string>WLAN</string>
                <key>compatible</key>
                <string>pci14e4,4353</string>
                <key>device_type</key>
                <string>Airport Extreme</string>
                <key>model</key>
                <string>Dell DW1820 (BCM4350) 802.11ac wireless</string>
                <key>name</key>
                <string>Airport</string>
                <key>pci-aspm-default</key>
                <integer>0</integer>
            </dict>

My boot args are as follows:

<key>Arguments</key>
        <string>kext-dev-mode=1 amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1 dart=0 -igfxnohdmi brcmfx-country=#a rtcfx_exclude=56-58 brcmfx-driver=1</string>

I didn't see any ASPM option to disable in my BIOS, but there is the pci-aspm-default/0 entry in clover. Is that enough?

What's less clear to me:
- I saw multiple advices on forums about checking USB? My System Informations says that BCM2045AO is "internal". Is that enough?
- Is there anything else I can try?

Boot log from BrcmPatchRAM:

Filtering the log data using "process == "kernel" AND composedMessage CONTAINS[c] "brcm""
Skipping info and debug messages, pass --info and/or --debug to include.
Timestamp                       (process)[PID]
2020-02-04 22:36:05.093980+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211Controller::init(OSDictionary*)> AirPort_BrcmNIC::init AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2 "AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2" Jan  9 2020 21:50:21
2020-02-04 22:36:05.094015+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AirPortBrcmNIC) <AirPortBrcmNIC`osl_iolog_withtimestamp> ARPT: 1.094012: AirPort_Brcm43XX:probe:, this[0x5726cc79de9f6595]  score[2048]
2020-02-04 22:36:05.094030+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211Controller::init(OSDictionary*)> AirPort_BrcmNIC::init AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2 "AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2" Jan  9 2020 21:50:21
2020-02-04 22:36:05.094048+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AirPortBrcmNIC) <AirPortBrcmNIC`osl_iolog_withtimestamp> ARPT: 1.094046: AirPort_Brcm43XX:probe:, this[0x5726cc79dfeca595]  score[1400]
2020-02-04 22:36:05.094060+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211Controller::init(OSDictionary*)> AirPort_Brcm4360::init AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2 "AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2" Jan  9 2020 21:50:21
2020-02-04 22:36:05.094076+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AirPortBrcm4360) <AirPortBrcm4360`osl_iolog_withtimestamp> ARPT: 1.094074: AirPort_Brcm43XX:probe:, this[0x8dfdfc16f0fb27f7]  score[1110]
2020-02-04 22:36:08.302842+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211Controller::init(OSDictionary*)> AirPort_BrcmNIC::init AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2 "AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2" Jan  9 2020 21:50:21
2020-02-04 22:36:08.302895+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211Controller::init(OSDictionary*)> AirPort_BrcmNIC::init AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2 "AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2" Jan  9 2020 21:50:21
2020-02-04 22:36:08.302919+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211Controller::init(OSDictionary*)> AirPort_Brcm4360::init AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2 "AirPortFamily_kexts-1580.2" Jan  9 2020 21:50:21
2020-02-04 22:36:08.302990+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AirPortBrcm4360) <AirPortBrcm4360`osl_iolog_withtimestamp> ARPT: 5.398926: AirPort_Brcm43XX:probe:, this[0x8dfdfc16f0edf7f7]  score[1110]
2020-02-04 22:36:08.320802+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (kernel) BrcmPatchRAM: Version 2.5.1 starting on OS X Darwin 19.3.
2020-02-04 22:36:08.441690+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AirPortBrcm4360) <AirPortBrcm4360`osl_iolog_withtimestamp> ARPT: 5.537627: BRCM tunables:
2020-02-04 22:36:08.942980+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (BrcmFirmwareRepo) <BrcmFirmwareRepo`BrcmFirmwareStore::loadFirmwareFile(char const*, char const*)> BrcmPatchRAM: Loaded firmware "BCM4350C5_003.006.007.0222.4689_v8785.zhx" from resources.
2020-02-04 22:36:08.943266+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (BrcmFirmwareRepo) <BrcmFirmwareRepo`BrcmFirmwareStore::loadFirmware(unsigned short, unsigned short, OSString*)> BrcmPatchRAM: Decompressed firmware (12582 bytes --> 31740 bytes).
2020-02-04 22:36:08.943524+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (BrcmFirmwareRepo) <BrcmFirmwareRepo`BrcmFirmwareStore::loadFirmware(unsigned short, unsigned short, OSString*)> BrcmPatchRAM: Firmware is valid IntelHex firmware.
2020-02-04 22:36:09.045125+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (kernel) BrcmPatchRAM: uploadFirmware could not open the device!
2020-02-04 22:36:09.045131+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (kernel) BrcmPatchRAM: Processing time 0.101 seconds.
2020-02-04 22:36:09.049014+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (kernel) BrcmPatchRAM: Version 2.5.1 starting on OS X Darwin 19.3.
2020-02-04 22:36:09.149684+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (kernel) BrcmPatchRAM: [0a5c:6412]: USB [F828196A1998 v274] "BCM2045A0" by "Broadcom Corp"
2020-02-04 22:36:09.152125+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (kernel) BrcmPatchRAM: [0a5c:6412]: Firmware upgrade not needed.
2020-02-04 22:36:09.152257+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (kernel) BrcmPatchRAM: Processing time 0.103 seconds.
2020-02-04 22:36:09.668802+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211Controller::logDebug(char const*, ...)> AirPort_Brcm4360::getSSIDData(): Get failure: APPLE80211_IOC_SSID: 6
2020-02-04 22:36:12.820869+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211VirtualInterface::init(IO80211Controller*, ether_addr*, unsigned int, char const*)> IO80211VirtualInterface::AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::init name <p2p0> role 1
2020-02-04 22:36:12.821841+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211P2PInterface::init(IO80211Controller*, ether_addr*, unsigned int, char const*)> AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::init <p2p> role 1
2020-02-04 22:36:12.823553+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211VirtualInterface::init(IO80211Controller*, ether_addr*, unsigned int, char const*)> IO80211VirtualInterface::AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::init name <awdl0> role 4
2020-02-04 22:36:12.823572+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211P2PInterface::awdlAttachToBpf()> AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::awdlAttachToBpf name <awdl0> role 4 successful attach to bpf type 147
2020-02-04 22:36:12.839765+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (IO80211Family) <IO80211Family`IO80211P2PInterface::init(IO80211Controller*, ether_addr*, unsigned int, char const*)> AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::init <awdl> role 4

chatelp · 2020-02-05T10:14:02Z

Found solution : https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/12392-solved-7490-catalina-dw1820a-bluetooth-problem/

missingsince · 2020-03-19T03:28:16Z

Found solution : https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/12392-solved-7490-catalina-dw1820a-bluetooth-problem/

Same card here. Bluetooth works fine (even after waking from sleep).

However, if I reboot the system or shut down - it will not connect to anything when coming back on.

If I pull the power cord (no matter how long for) reattach power and cold boot - it’ll work every single time.

Are you experiencing anything like that ?

goodbest · 2020-03-19T04:02:38Z

Found solution : https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/12392-solved-7490-catalina-dw1820a-bluetooth-problem/

Same card here. Bluetooth works fine (even after waking from sleep).

However, if I reboot the system or shut down - it will not connect to anything when coming back on.

If I pull the power cord (no matter how long for) reattach power and cold boot - it’ll work every single time.

Are you experiencing anything like that ?

What is the version of kexts you have?

If you use the link above, those kexts would be version 2. (I think it's a modified version, couldn't find the source code of it).
If you use the kexts bundled with current hac-mini pkg, it would be version 2.5.1

I use the 2.5.1 version, but I experience quite differently from you:
If I pull the power cord and boot for the first time, BT could't connect.
But if I then soft reboot again (or multiple times), it'll work perfectly.
(A hard power reboot, and then a soft reboot is necessary).

I believe the issue is related with kext's uploading firmware or connection initialization.

swatchie-1 · 2020-04-20T15:56:32Z

@goodbest hi is your Apple Watch auto unlock working consistently? I followed your instructions too and I got bluetooth, handoff, continuity to work.

But I can't get Wifi Personal Hotspot with my iPhone to work.
I also can't get the Apple Watch Auto unlock to work.

Can you give some advice?

lmshsqlc · 2020-04-20T16:11:00Z

@goodbest hi is your Apple Watch auto unlock working consistently? I followed your instructions too and I got bluetooth, handoff, continuity to work.

But I can't get Wifi Personal Hotspot with my iPhone to work.
I also can't get the Apple Watch Auto unlock to work.

Can you give some advice?

3rd party WiFi card won’t give you consistent Apple Watch unlock.

swatchie-1 · 2020-04-20T16:12:42Z

@lmshsqlc what about iPhone's personal Hotspot through the Wifi ? does it work with the DW1820a?

lmshsqlc · 2020-04-20T16:13:54Z

@lmshsqlc what about iPhone's personal Hotspot through the Wifi ? does it work with the DW1820a?

It works.

swatchie-1 · 2020-04-20T16:18:35Z

@lmshsqlc what about iPhone's personal Hotspot through the Wifi ? does it work with the DW1820a?

It works.

Then you must be doing something right.
Can I know your Device properties for PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x01)/Pci(0x0)
Is your compatible string: pci14e4,43a0 ?

as for your kexts can I know if you using the latest:
Brcmbluetoothinjector.kext
Brcmfirmwaredata.kext
brimpatchram3.kext?

Any other kext?
Appreciate some advice.

lmshsqlc · 2020-04-20T16:27:09Z

@lmshsqlc what about iPhone's personal Hotspot through the Wifi ? does it work with the DW1820a?

It works.

Then you must be doing something right.
Can I know your Device properties for PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x01)/Pci(0x0)
Is your compatible string: pci14e4,43a0 ?

as for your kexts can I know if you using the latest:
Brcmbluetoothinjector.kext
Brcmfirmwaredata.kext
brimpatchram3.kext?

Any other kext?
Appreciate some advice.

actually I’m not using it anymore but it does not support consistent Apple Watch unlock. For further help please relay to the community.
I am now using an apple airport card and it works flawlessly

goodbest mentioned this issue Nov 10, 2019

DW1820A support as an installer option #91

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