DSDT Patching
- Sandy/Ivy Bridge motherboards which have applied UEFIPatch
- ASRock Haswell/Broadwell/Skylake/Kabylake (excluding HEDT (X99/LGA2011-3 and X299/LGA2066)) because these often come with broken DSDT for 4G decoding
- X79/LGA2011-0 systems which have applied UEFIPatch
Extend MMIOH limit to fix Above 4G Decoding - Systems without 4G decoding even in hidden settings, this fix will only work in Linux for them though (atleast with GPUs)
If you do not have a motherboard which requires DSDT patching you can skip to Flashing modified UEFI.
Before opening any issues about iASL errors make sure you have read the bottom of the page explaining how to fix them.
All warnings output by iASL are safe to ignore and will not cause any issues.
Please be aware of pad file issue when modifying DSDT on ASUS motherboards. This page contains information about doing the workaround.
If you've applied patch Replace 16GB MMIO region with complete use of physical address space (Ivy Bridge) and have problems booting Windows or get an error about insufficient resources you'll need to patch the DSDT. You can both make Windows/Linux load a patched DSDT but we will be modifying it in the UEFI firmware.
Make sure 4G decoding is enabled before doing the following. See Enabling hidden 4G decoding if you cannot find the option.
Open Device Manager, select View -> Resources by Type and expand Large Memory. If your Pci Bus range ends at FFFFFFFFF or above then DSDT modification isn't required. GPUs supporting Resizable BAR will only show under Large Memory after Resizable BAR is enabled.
Run sudo dmesg | grep "root bus resource". If then last one ends at fffffffff or above then DSDT modification isn't required.
☁ ~ sudo dmesg | grep "root bus resource"
[ 0.161520] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-3e]
[ 0.161522] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0000-0x0cf7 window]
[ 0.161523] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0d00-0xffff window]
[ 0.161525] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000a0000-0x000effff window]
[ 0.161526] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xdfa00000-0xfeafffff window]
[ 0.161527] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x21e600000-0xfffffffff window]
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Use UEFITool to extract body from the AmiBoardInfo (GUID
9F3A0016-AE55-4288-829D-D22FD344C34) module PE32 image section to AmiBoardInfo.efi (make sure extension is .efi when saving). Both NE and the old version will work. Make sure to use the modified BIOS image created in the previous step.
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Download AmiBoardInfoTool. If you're on Linux you will need to build it from source using CMake which also requires that you install the distorm3 development package.
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Run
AmiBoardInfoTool -a AmiBoardInfo.efi -d DSDT.aml. This will extract the compiled DSDT from AmiBoardInfo to DSDT.aml -
Use
iasl DSDT.amlto decompile the DSDT to DSDT.dsl. You can download iasl for Windows from Intel or on Ubuntu fromacpica-tools. -
Rename DSDT.dsl to DSDTMod.dsl and open it in a text editor. Search for
CreateQWordFieldyou will find something like this (stock DSDT from my Gigabyte B75M-D3H F16d BIOS)
CreateQWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0F._LEN, M2LN) // _LEN: Length
CreateQWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0F._MIN, M2MN) // _MIN: Minimum Base Address
CreateQWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0F._MAX, M2MX) // _MAX: Maximum Base Address
M2LN = 0x0000000400000000
If ((TUUD >= 0x1000))
{
M2MN = (TUUD << 0x14)
}
Else
{
M2MN = 0x0000000100000000
}
M2MX = ((M2MN + M2LN) - One)Change it to something like the following.
CreateQWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0F._LEN, M2LN) // _LEN: Length
CreateQWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0F._MIN, M2MN) // _MIN: Minimum Base Address
CreateQWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0F._MAX, M2MX) // _MAX: Maximum Base Address
// 36-bit / 64GB is highest supported by Sandy/Ivy Bridge
M2MX = 0xFFFFFFFFF
If ((TUUD >= 0x1000))
{
M2MN = (TUUD << 0x14)
}
Else
{
M2MN = 0x0000000100000000
}
M2LN = (M2MX - M2MN) + One-
Compile the modified DSDT by running
iasl DSDTMod.dsl. If iasl reports any errors you will have to manually fix them. -
Create a new modified AmiBoardInfo using
AmiBoardInfoTool -a AmiBoardInfo.efi -d DSDTMod.aml -o AmiBoardInfoMod.efi. If you get the errorERROR: PE32 has .ROM but not DYNAMIC_BASE set -> Unpatchable atm..you'll need to remove unneeded code from the DSDTMod.dsl so that its compiled size is smaller than the original. See bottom of this page for more information about fixing this. -
Use UEFITool (non NE) to replace body on AmiBoardInfo module PE32 image section with our new AmiBoardInfoMod.efi
Make sure to check for pad file issue and use the workaround if needed, see Pad file issue workaround. You can get the .ffs (for use in MMTool) of your modified AmiBoardInfo by using UEFITool Extract as-is on the DXE Driver after replacing the PE32 on a temporary copy of your BIOS.
- Save the modified BIOS
Continue to Flashing modified UEFI
If you're unable to boot Windows or have non functioning GPU with 4G Decoding on then this modification will be required. Usually this issue is on ASRock boards.
This can also allow rebar on Linux for BIOS with missing 4G decoding (often Haswell) and may also work on Windows for compute GPUs. You can even override DSDT without any BIOS modification on Linux, just make sure to use DSDT from /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT as a base if you're using this method. This method may also require pci=realloc in Linux kernel command line if it doesn't work. On Linux NVIDIA GPUs will additionally require NVreg_EnableResizableBar=1 to make the driver resize them, Intel and AMD do it by default.
Make sure 4G decoding is enabled before doing the following. See Enabling hidden 4G decoding if you cannot find the option. If Windows crashes/freezes on boot logo with 4G Decoding enabled then patching is required
Open Device Manager and select View -> Resources by Type. If you have Large Memory then this isn't needed. Only the Pci Bus Large memory needs to show, GPUs supporting Resizable BAR will only show under Large Memory after Resizable BAR is enabled.
Run sudo dmesg | grep "root bus resource" and see if the last root bus resource is larger than 0xffffffff, if so then this isn't needed.
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Use UEFITool to extract body from the AmiBoardInfo (GUID
9F3A0016-AE55-4288-829D-D22FD344C34) module PE32 image section to AmiBoardInfo.efi (make sure extension is .efi when saving). Both NE and the old version will work. Make sure to use the modified BIOS image created in the previous step. If your module is called AmiBoardInfo2 then use the other DSDT modifying method for Skylake+ not this -
Download AmiBoardInfoTool. If you're on Linux you will need to build it from source using CMake which also requires that you install the distorm3 development package.
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Run
AmiBoardInfoTool -a AmiBoardInfo.efi -d DSDT.aml. This will extract the compiled DSDT from AmiBoardInfo to DSDT.aml
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Use UEFITool NE to extract body from raw section of the DsdtAsl (GUID
C118F50D-391D-45F4-B3D3-11BC931AA56D, search for it) module to DSDT.aml (make sure extension is .aml when saving). Make sure to use the modified BIOS image created in the previous step -
Use
iasl DSDT.amlto decompile the DSDT to DSDT.dsl. You can download iasl for Windows from ACPICA or on Ubuntu fromacpica-tools.
- Rename DSDT.dsl to DSDTMod.dsl and open it in a text editor. Search for
DWordMemoryand you should find multiple entries like this
DWordMemory (ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite,
0x00000000, // Granularity
0x000EC000, // Range Minimum
0x000EFFFF, // Range Maximum
0x00000000, // Translation Offset
0x00004000, // Length
,, _Y0C, AddressRangeMemory, TypeStatic)
DWordMemory (ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite,
0x00000000, // Granularity
0x000F0000, // Range Minimum
0x000FFFFF, // Range Maximum
0x00000000, // Translation Offset
0x00010000, // Length
,, _Y0D, AddressRangeMemory, TypeStatic)
DWordMemory (ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite,
0x00000000, // Granularity
0x00000000, // Range Minimum
0xFEAFFFFF, // Range Maximum
0x00000000, // Translation Offset
0xFEB00000, // Length
,, _Y0E, AddressRangeMemory, TypeStatic)After the last one add the following
QWordMemory (ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite,
0x0000000000000000, // Granularity
0x0000000000010000, // Range Minimum
0x000000000001FFFF, // Range Maximum
0x0000000000000000, // Translation Offset
0x0000000000010000, // Length
,, _YAF, AddressRangeMemory, TypeStatic)Next search for M1LN and you should find something like this
If ((PM0H == One))
{
CreateBitField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0D._RW, F0RW) // _RW_: Read-Write Status
F0RW = Zero
}
CreateDWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0E._MIN, M1MN) // _MIN: Minimum Base Address
CreateDWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0E._MAX, M1MX) // _MAX: Maximum Base Address
CreateDWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._Y0E._LEN, M1LN) // _LEN: Length
M1MN = (TLUD << 0x14)
M1LN = ((M1MX - M1MN) + One)Add the following below it
CreateQWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._YAF._LEN, M2LN) // _LEN: Length
CreateQWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._YAF._MIN, M2MN) // _MIN: Minimum Base Address
CreateQWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._YAF._MAX, M2MX) // _MAX: Maximum Base Address
// 39-bit for Haswell and up
M2MX = 0x8000000000 - One
If ((TUUD >= 0x1000))
{
M2MN = (TUUD << 0x14)
}
Else
{
M2MN = 0x100000000
}
M2LN = ((M2MX - M2MN) + One)- Compile the modified DSDT by running
iasl DSDTMod.dsl. If iasl reports any errors you will have to manually fix them.
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Create a new modified AmiBoardInfo using
AmiBoardInfoTool -a AmiBoardInfo.efi -d DSDTMod.aml -o AmiBoardInfoMod.efi. If you get the errorERROR: PE32 has .ROM but not DYNAMIC_BASE set -> Unpatchable atm..you'll need to remove unneeded code from the DSDTMod.dsl so that its compiled size is smaller than the original. -
Use UEFITool (non NE) to replace body on AmiBoardInfo module PE32 image section with our new AmiBoardInfoMod.efi
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Using UEFITool NE find the File GUID of DsdtAsl, in this case it is C118F50D-391D-45F4-B3D3-11BC931AA56D
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Search for that GUID in UEFITool (non NE) and replace body on the Raw section with DSDTMod.aml
Make sure to check for pad file issue and use the workaround if needed, see Pad file issue workaround. You can get the .ffs (for use in MMTool) of your modified AmiBoardInfo or DsdtAsl by using UEFITool Extract as-is on the DXE Driver after replacing the PE32 on a temporary copy of your BIOS.
- Save the modified BIOS
Continue to Flashing modified UEFI
⚠ Please make sure you use MMTool 4.50.0.23 to replace the AmiBoardInfo module when doing this on X79, there have been reports of newer MMTool versions and UEFITool causing high voltages when using overclocking
Only use this patch if you have applied UEFIPatch Extend MMIOH limit to fix Above 4G Decoding.
Follow the regular Sandy/Ivy Bridge guide for extracting/recompiling the DSDT. These are the changes that need to be made to the DSDT instead.
- Search for
If ((MALH || MALL)), there will most likely be two results. - Replace the contents of the If statement for each result, it should look something like the following.
Make sure that CRS1 and _Y05 is instead the identifier that was there before, for example it can be CRS2 and _Y0B instead. For the second If statement that you replace make sure to use M3 instead of M2 or you will get error Name already exists in scope
If ((MALH || MALL))
{
CreateQWordField (CRS1, \_SB.PCI0._Y05._LEN, M2LN) // _LEN: Length
CreateQWordField (CRS1, \_SB.PCI0._Y05._MIN, M2MN) // _MIN: Minimum Base Address
CreateQWordField (CRS1, \_SB.PCI0._Y05._MAX, M2MX) // _MAX: Maximum Base Address
// MMIOH range 56 - 64 TB
M2MX = 0x00003FFFFFFFFFFF
M2MN = 0x0000380000000000
M2LN = (M2MX - M2MN) + One
}
Most DSDT compilation errors can be solved easily but I've added these common ones here.
Replace ABCDEFGH with ABCDEFFF in the line it says.
Replace Return (Zero) with Return (ToBuffer(Zero))
Go to the line it mentions and remove the previous lines containing Arg
Change letters in string of the line mentioned to uppercase
Remove the IO (Decode16 variable mentioned.
Change _HID prefix to uppercase and remove X, eg Name (_HID, "Xpnp0c14") to Name (_HID, "PNP0C14").
You will need to use regex to fix this, find Name\s+\(_UID,\s*\"PCI\d\-CP(.*)\"\) and replace with Name \(_UID, 0x0$1\). For example in Notepad++.
Again this uses regex, find (Name\s*\(_PLD,\s*)Package(\s\([^\)].*\)[^\)]*) and replace with $1Package() { Buffer$2}.
Calculate the correct Length by subtracting Minimum from Maximum and adding one, in the following example the correct Length value would be 0xFDE00000 instead of incorrect 0xFDFC0000 which is causing the error. Replace it with the correct value.
DWordMemory (ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite,
0x00000000, // Granularity
0x02000000, // Range Minimum
0xFFDFFFFF, // Range Maximum
0x00000000, // Translation Offset
0xFDFC0000, // Length
,, _Y04, AddressRangeMemory, TypeStatic)
See https://github.com/acpica/acpica/issues/122#issuecomment-604045199
Remove unneeded ACPI _OSI entries to reduce DSDT size. Thanks lyzzz on win-raid for figuring this out.
If DSDT still isn't small enough you can try
- Remove all
ADBGlines - Remove device
BAT0/BAT1/BAT2 - Remove device
DOCK - Remove device
LID0 - Remove
SLICstring if you don't use SLI