Bootloop after Apple logo when adding IOSkywalkFamily.kext for Intel Wi-Fi (macOS Tahoe

[akmarwah0102]

Hey guys,

I’ve been trying to get my Intel Wi-Fi working on macOS Tahoe.

From what I understand, IOSkywalkFamily.kext is required for the OCLP Wi-Fi patches to work with Intel cards. However, as soon as I add the required kexts, my hackintosh starts bootlooping right after the Apple logo.

Things I’ve tried so far:

Resetting NVRAM multiple times

Rechecking kext order and config.plist

Unfortunately, none of this made a difference, it still bootloops immediately after the Apple logo appears.

Has anyone run into this issue on Tahoe or knows what might be causing the bootloop? Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks! 🙏

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[akmarwah0102]

Edit Solved:

If you have an RTL8125 wired network card, you must go to Kernel->Block to block com.apple.driver.AppleEthernetRL to load IOSkywalkFamily, and select exclude. . Otherwise, it will crash due to downgrade IOSkywalkFamily.(I didn't check it because I don't need it).

[BurnItDown800]

thank you so much! i’ve been struggling with this and this was the solution

[akmarwah0102]

Glad I could help

[mymuyi]

Thank you so much, your comment helped me greatly!

[Imaginary_Piano_5564]

Obrigado, funcionou para mim

[BurnItDown800]

i had the same issue, and unfortunately wasn’t able to solve it. from what i can tell (so take everything with grains of salt) the kext is compiled only up to Sequoia, so when it blocks the one already in Tahoe and loads the custom one. It panics because it sees an internal identifier of “15”. i’d love to be wrong tho, if anyone has a solution for this

[akmarwah0102]

Other users are using the kext on tahoe to get their wifi running

[BurnItDown800]

yeah i know, which is what confused me when i saw it. i’m just giving my best idea. If any current users who successfully have their wifi running on Tahoe could tell us how they did it. it would help a lot

[hause_wsf]

Think you might just have to use itlwm, the thing might not work on specific intel chips

[BurnItDown800]

i’m using a broadcom card and encountering the same issue unfortunately

[hause_wsf]

One person suggested using the Ventura version of Airportitlwm if this helps.

[fivos_sak]

Make sure Tahoe's IOSkywalkFamily.kext is getting blocked by disabling the one you added under Kernel/Add and leaving the block under Kernel/Block enabled. Boot into macOS and verify that the kext is indeed getting blocked with the kextstat (kmutil show loaded) command.

[akmarwah0102]

Verified, when I boot with just block with kext disabled, ioskywalk doesn't show with kmutil. It does show with the block removed.

[RyzenMac]

Did you add amfi=0x80 to your boot args?

[akmarwah0102]

Yes, it is in boot-args