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roadrunner2 / macbook12-spi-driver

Input driver for the SPI touchpad / keyboard found in the 12" MacBook (MacBook8,1 + MacBook9,1) and 2016 through 2018 Macbook Pro's (MacBookPro13,* and 14,*); a Touch Bar driver is also available.
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Support for Retina MacBook Air #31

Closed fl4co closed 4 years ago

fl4co commented 4 years ago

Hi, I have a 2019 Retina MacBook Air. Keyboard and trackpad never worked on Linux, so I was excited to try kernel 5.3 as I read about new MacBook drivers being merged.

I tried booting a live distro (Tails 4.0 rc1, kernel 5.3.2) but unfortunately keyboard and trackpad don't work.

I see that this driver does not explicitly support the Air, but maybe newest Airs can use an adapted version of the Pros' driver. I have no technical skill on the matter but I'm available for testing if necessary.

Thank you.

fl4co commented 4 years ago

Ok, I've being doing some digging and it seems that newest Macs do not use the SPI interface for keyboard and trackpad, looks like the T2 chip manages them. I guess that's the explanation for this driver not working.

Byte1122 commented 4 years ago

@fl4co could you shine some light on your research? I mean I also have some problems with a macbook (pro) mid 2017 and how to know if the keyboard and touchpad are directed by the SPI or T2 chip. If I know it is the T2 chip I will stop spending hours. Thanks!

roadrunner2 commented 4 years ago

The 2016 and 2017 models have an SPI based keyboard and trackpad; the T2 chip was introduced in the 2018 models.

roadrunner2 commented 4 years ago

I'm closing this as I think the question has been answered.

@fl4co you probably want take a look at the work being done for the MacBookPro 15,* machines as I think those are closest to your machine.

@RED29 If you're having issues with getting the keyboard and trackpad working on your 2017 MBP (so presumably one of the 14,* models) then please open a new issue with more info.