system_profiler SPPCIDataType crashes

[jamgold]

I am using this boot loader on a MacPro1,1 and when /usr/sbin/system_profiler tries to list the SPPCIDataType data type, the program crashes. No idea if that is related to the bootloader or not ...

system_profiler SPPCIDataType
2014-10-20 21:10:08.670 system_profiler[10531:127437] Property list invalid for format: 200 (property list dictionaries may only have keys which are CFStrings, not 'CFNumber')
2014-10-20 21:10:08.672 system_profiler[10531:127437] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'data parameter is nil'
*** First throw call stack:
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c3e964c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8ba0c6de objc_exception_throw + 43
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c3e94fd +[NSException raise:format:] + 205
    3   Foundation                          0x00007fff82dfb21f +[NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListWithData:options:format:error:] + 67
    4   SPSupport                           0x000000010bce207a -[SPDocument _setReport:forDataType:] + 97
    5   SPSupport                           0x000000010bce243a -[SPDocument _reportFromBundlesForDataType:] + 690
    6   SPSupport                           0x000000010bce2a47 -[SPDocument reportForDataType:] + 180
    7   SPSupport                           0x000000010bce2d01 __34-[SPDocument reportsForDataTypes:]_block_invoke + 68
    8   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88c06344 _dispatch_client_callout2 + 8
    9   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88c06873 _dispatch_apply_serial + 42
    10  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88bfac13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
    11  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88c059a1 _dispatch_sync_f_invoke + 39
    12  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88c05f60 dispatch_apply_f + 290
    13  SPSupport                           0x000000010bce2b55 -[SPDocument reportsForDataTypes:] + 234
    14  SPSupport                           0x000000010bce5d66 -[SPDocument xmlPropertyListRepresentationForDataTypes:] + 27
    15  system_profiler                     0x000000010bcd3865 system_profiler + 18533
    16  system_profiler                     0x000000010bcd3a6c system_profiler + 19052
    17  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88bff323 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
    18  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88bfac13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
    19  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88bfe365 _dispatch_queue_drain + 1100
    20  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88bffecc _dispatch_queue_invoke + 202
    21  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88bfd6b7 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 463
    22  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88c0bfe4 _dispatch_worker_thread3 + 91
    23  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff89c6d6cb _pthread_wqthread + 729
    24  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff89c6b4a1 start_wqthread + 13
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
2014-10-20 21:10:13.877 system_profiler[10530:127420] Non-zero termination status from '/usr/sbin/system_profiler -nospawn -xml SPPCIDataType -detailLevel full', termination status: 6

[Piker-Alpha]

Uhm. You are the first person to report this, here, so I wonder why nobody else did before you. Perhaps something went wrong during the installation of Yosemite, and when I see errors like this, then I normally reinstall the OS.

Have you asked other people on macrumors.com if they are experiencing the same (kind of) error(s)?

[jamgold]

I have posted it on macrumors, but nobody else seems to have seen it, or noticed it. I have a vanilla, new install of Yosemite on a USB disk done on a MacBook Pro, then changed the boot.efi, and the same thing happens when I boot my MacPro from there.

[MrZarniwoop]

I believe this error is normal with an unrecognized PCIe card in the system. Are you using a non-flashed PC graphics card?

[jamgold]

Yes indeed, I am. An NVIDIA GForce GT 640

[MrZarniwoop]

Pretty sure that'll do it. To know for sure, if you have one replace with any EBC firmware Mac graphics card and I bet the error goes away and System Information will properly show PCI information. I think this is true even if there is no driver for the card, like an Nvidia 7300GT or ATI 1900XT.

[jamgold]

I only have the original this 2006 MacPro came with. I thought it is not longer supported.

[MrZarniwoop]

Correct, it'll be awful because Yosemite will have no driver. But, the PCIe card should be recognized and then you'll know it's not because of a bug in the boot loader.