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- General informations about drivers included and not included with OpenCorePkg (more information needed)
- Added reminder to _notinghardware/02-CPU/index.md to add informations about CPU instruction sets
- Added reminder to _notinghardware/08-BIOS/index.md to educate the user about legacy and UEFI systems
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2. Note what, hopefully, all drivers do, even if they're not needed; Having the information in a central page will be useful for those who want to think for themselves.

Add general informations about .efi files (and other drivers), explain dxe drivers

## Drivers included in OpenCorePkg

| Driver | What does it do? | Do I need it? | Notes |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ArpDxe | Networking protocoll driver | ❌ | Part of EDKII |
| AudioDxe | Setting up a boot chime | Don't add this for initial installation. Purely optional, come back to this in the post installation process. | |
| BiosVideo | Basic video driver for pre-UEFI systems | ❌ | This driver does not give you graphic acceleration in macOS! |
| CrScreenshotDxe | Tool to make screenshots | ❌ | |
| Dhpc4Dxe | Networking protocoll driver | ❌ | |
| DnsDxe | Networking protocoll driver | ❌ | |
| DpcDxe | Networking protocoll driver | ❌ | |
| Ext4Dxe | ? | | |
| FirmwaresettingsEntry | ? | ❌ | |
| HiiDatabase | Used to fix graphic issues on pre-UEFI systems | Don't add this for initial installation. | This driver does not give you graphic acceleration in macOS! |
| HttpBootDxe | | ❌ | |
| HttpDxe | | ❌ | |
| HttpUtilitiesDxe | | ❌ | |
| Ip4Dxe | | ❌ | |
| MnpDxe | | ❌ | |
| NvmExpressDxe | | ❌ | |
| OpenCanopy | GUI driver for OpenCore | Don't add this for initial installation unless you know what you are doing | |
| OpenHfsPlus | Open source HFS+ driver for macOS | Much slower than HFSPlus, so you shouldn't use it (unless you know what you're doing). Don't use on systems that lack RDRAND support. | |
| OpenLegacyBoot | Used to boot legacy OS from pre-UEFI systems | | |
| OpenLinuxBoot | | | |
| OpenNtfsDxe | Driver to read NTFS | (ToDo: When tf did Apple start to include NTFS support, find out when to add this driver) | |
| OpenPartitionDxe | | | |
| OpenRuntime | Required for fixing NVRAM, power management, RTC, memory mapping etc. | ✅ | |
| OpenUsbKbDxe | | | |
| OpenVariableRuntimeDxe | | | |
| Ps2KeyboardDxe | | | |
| Ps2MouseDxe | | | |
| ResetNvramEntry | Required to reset the system’s NVRAM | ✅ | |
| SnpDxe | | ❌ | |
| TcpDxe | | ❌ | |
| ToggleSipEntry | | | |
| Udp4Dxe | | ❌ | |
| UsbMouseDxe | | | |
| XhciDxe | | | |

## Other drivers

| Driver | What does it do? | Do I need it? | Notes |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| btrfs_x64 | | | |
| EnableGop | | | |
| ExFatDxe | | | |
| ext4_x64 | | | |
| HfsPlus | Apple’s proprietary driver for HFS volumes, not included OOB. | Yes, but don't use it at the same time as other HFS drivers | Don't use it on systems that lack RDRAND support. |
| HfsPlusLegacy | HFS+ driver for systems that lack RDRAND support. | Yes, if you lack RDRAND support | |
| HfsPlus32 | HfsPlus driver for 32-bit CPUs. | Yes, if you have a 32-bit CPU | Do not use it on 64-bit systems (unless you are specifically asked to do so). |
| EnhancedFatDxe | | | |


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# ToDo:

- Educate the user about CPU instruction sets and the consequences if they are missing. More precisely: RDAND, AVX, SSE, etc.

<h2 align="center">To begin, select the operating system of choice:</h2>
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1. Explain to the user the intent of this page is to select the best description closest to their motherboard chipset, or their actual motherboard if it's here.
2. Lead people to choose starting from their CPU brand

- Add note to educate the user about legacy and UEFI systems

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## Add driver information
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#### Tammo

## [Version~Type] - 2024-09-01
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- General informations about drivers included and not included with OpenCorePkg (more information needed)
- Added reminder to _notinghardware/02-CPU/index.md to add informations about CPU instruction sets
- Added reminder to _notinghardware/08-BIOS/index.md to educate the user about legacy and UEFI systems

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## Fix a changelog typo
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