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PATA and macOS Monterey support

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#707 opened on Nov 7, 2021

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Description

With macOS Monterey, the AppleIntelPIIXATA we use to restore PATA support broke. Because of this, numerous 2008 era Macs have lost support for their DVD drive when booted into Monterey.

Currently unknown where the issue lies, further investigation required.

Affected Models

  • MacBook4,1
  • MacBookPro4,1
  • iMac7,1
  • iMac8,1
  • MacPro3,1
  • Xserve2,1

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Research direction
Investigate the AppleIntelPIIXATA kernel extension changes in macOS Monterey to identify the breaking change affecting PATA support.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
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Bug
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Unclear
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Python
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40