> This looks similar to Re: ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working.
It does look similar, but it cannot possibly be the same issue:
o In this thread, the ESXi applesmc driver is talking to the virtual SMC exposed to it by Fusion. None of that code has changed in a long time and so it should work.
o In the other thread, the ESXi applesmc driver is talking to a physical SMC, whose ACPI resources have changed in newer Macs, so the driver is confused and fails to load.
Since this is not the same issue, the fix in the other thread (patched SMC driver) cannot possibly help.