[Sticky] Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

@softraid-support  Bingo.  Worked.  Thanks!

@sunstarfire

I just reproduced your complaint on my MacBook Air, the SoftRAID driver not loading with 11.2.

thanks we are investigating urgently!

@softraid-support OK, so you do not need the stuff you asked from me, the files from the system running 11.2? Close to bedtime here in Austria, so do not know when I would get to it. Let me know.

@sunstarfire

Thanks, but yes, we have this reproduced now, so we can take it from there.

@softraid-support Awesome. I just ran into something I have not seen before.

• all running fine in 11.1
• bootet Mac in recovery mode
• entered "csrutil disable"
• reboot
• kext would not load anymore, the usual, drive visible but not mountable
• Had to re-allow "blocked extensions" in System Settings
• system rebooted twice
• after that, all works fine

Maybe this helps with tracking down that thing.

@sunstarfire

One thing I notice with Big Sur, is it often requires two restarts to change some settings. (like startup systems)

Hopefully we can fix the 11.2 issue very soon.

@softraid-support Yes. You activate the extension, system reboots, bar stops at (estimated) 85%, system boots again, all works. That is always happening. But I do not see a crash in the logs...

Maybe it is this (look at the last lines, there is a time gap of 39 seconds...):

Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini com.apple.geod[360]: objc[360]: Class GEOETAProvider is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/GeoServices and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.geod.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.geod. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.242): entering bootstrap mode
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.distnoted.xpc.agent): This service is defined to be constantly running and is inherently inefficient.
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.lsd): Event stream com.apple.launchservices.LSObserver is already monitored by com.apple.lsd, ignoring
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.coreimportd): Unknown key for dictionary: NoEnvironmentVariables
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.242): exiting bootstrap mode
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini airportd[234]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: dispatch source activated with no event handler set; set a breakpoint on _dispatch_bug_deprecated to debug
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Start quit timer, will attempt to quit in 5 second(s) at 07:06:07
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Saving completion handler for phase loginwindow Boot
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Connected processes {
"76804582-34D0-45F1-BF6D-BAEC88467E90" = {
CompletionHandlerKey = "<__NSMallocBlock__: 0x600002e017c0>";
"Phase Name" = "loginwindow Boot";
"Process ID" = 133;
UUID = "76804582-34D0-45F1-BF6D-BAEC88467E90";
};
}
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Unregister process 133, phaseName loginwindow Boot, uuid 76804582-34D0-45F1-BF6D-BAEC88467E90
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Connected processes {
}
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Start quit timer, will attempt to quit in 5 second(s) at 07:06:07
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: There is no animation completion handler to call
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini systemstats[73]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: dispatch source activated with no event handler set; set a breakpoint on _dispatch_bug_deprecated to debug
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: There is no animation completion handler to call
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini systemstats[73]: assertion failed: 20C69: systemstats + 602280 [7A3151CF-9D9B-32A3-BD01-89D04979248C]: 0x2
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini systemstats[73]: assertion failed: 20C69: libsystemstats.dylib + 46216 [2B089FEC-3B07-34D3-B475-28F8C7A89869]: 0x2d
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini systemstats[73]: assertion failed: 20C69: systemstats + 399948 [7A3151CF-9D9B-32A3-BD01-89D04979248C]: 0x0
Jan 30 07:06:02 -Mac-mini systemstats[73]: assertion failed: 20C69: systemstats + 602280 [7A3151CF-9D9B-32A3-BD01-89D04979248C]: 0x2
Jan 30 07:06:03 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Order Out CG Shield Window
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Quitting because there are no phases. There are no connected processes. The UI is not showing.
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Quitting Progress App
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Showing the cursor in Progress UI
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: GUI session is not logged in
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Setting window alpha values to 0.0
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Ordering windows out
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Showing the cursor in Progress UI
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini Installer Progress[96]: Performing deferred configuration
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini loginwindow[133]: The connection was interrupted, calling interruption handlers
Jan 30 07:06:07 -Mac-mini wifiFirmwareLoader[380]: sandbox initialization failed: wifiFirmwareLoader: profile not found
Jan 30 07:06:08 -Mac-mini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.iomfb_fdr_loader[381]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Jan 30 07:06:47 -Mac-mini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.502): entering bootstrap mode

I don't really know, but this could be, yes.

@softraid-support I have all this. Let me know how to get it to you.

Send the a link to the file to me via "wetransfer.com".
Instructions:

go to the url:
wetransfer.com
Click the button that says "I Agree".
Click the "Add your files" button and select the Sysdiagnose file.
Click the ... Button.
Select the "Get transfer link" button.
Click the large "Get a Link" button.
After a short period of time, the wetransfer site will give you a link.
Send that link to support at softraid.

We have confirmed that SoftRAID driver does not load on an M1, with 11.2.

We are working on documenting this and how to revert to 11.1. This is my first draft, (Illustrations will be added later).

Any feedback is welcome.

Using Snapshots to revert to macOS 11.1 on an M1 Computer

Note: this does not affect data stored on external disks. This will not affect information stored on your Data volume, only the System volume.

Shutdown your M1 Mac.

Restart and hold the power key, until you see "Loading startup options"

Click on "options" and continue

Click on your startup volume
Select your admin account and enter password

Click "Restore from Time Machine"

In the info window, click "continue"

In the "Select a Restore Source" window, Select your startup volume and click "Continue"
This brings you to the Select a Local Snapshot" window.

Select the desired Snapshot
(generally, this is the last Snapshot on the list, i.e. you need to select the last Snapshot with 11.1, which will revert the system to this point in time.)

Click Continue, affirm again by clicking "Continue"

The system will automatically restart and startup from the restored Snapshot.

Following this thread in hopes of learning when a compatible 11.2 version is launched

This is an Apple issue, we need to wait untiil the next update to macOS, which should be sooner rather than later.

@softraid-support

Official 11.2 is now out. Should beta Softraid M1 users hold off doing this update for now? Thx.