On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 12:02:18AM +0100, Joerg Jung wrote: > The problem with the MacBook8,1 is the USB trackpad/keyboard is connected > via SPI internally. No SPI driver in OpenBSD. > Moreover, the internal SSD is connected via NVMe, also not supported. > > Also, both seem not really working in any other open source OS yet. > See here http://moepi.net/?page_id=213 > > Interesting is, MacBookPro12,1 seems to use same SPI Trackpad as well, > but (ACPI?) behaves differently and seems working using Linux, see here: > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-acpi/msg61848.html
Perhaps all the "Force Touch" trackpads are SPI connected? > > His solution was a > > USB keyboard and a USB hub. I didn't have either handy but may try that > > later today. In the case of the 12-inch Retina MacBook, there is only > > that single USB-C port so I'm not sure if the USB hub was needed for any > > reason other than to provide at least two ports (one for USB flash drive > > and one for USB keyboard). > > No real success here, the USB 3.x hub I tried was passive (likely not enough > power) > and crashed the machine on attach/detach. It sounds like the MacBook8,1 does not work for now then. That's too bad. I wonder if the MacBookPro11,4 (2015 15-inch with integrated graphics) also has the same SPI trackpad? I wonder if it also has storage issues with OpenBSD? My goal is to document how well OpenBSD works on all the recent Apple hardware I can. I'm intending to purchase a MacBookPro11,1 (2014 13-inch) which it sounds like from the thread works pretty well. I am interested to find out if the SD card slot works. I'm also hoping to find out more about the storage, SD card, and trackpad of the MacBookPro11,4 (2015 15-inch with integrated graphics) and also of the MacBookPro11,2 (2014 15-inch with integrated graphics). Both of these machines still have Haswell chips (unlike the MacBookPro12,1). The MacBookAir6,1 (2013/2014 11-inch MacBook Air) I have works very well in all respects but since it's the 11-inch it does not have an SD card and my MacBookAir7,2 (2015 13-inch MacBook Air) works reasonably well but lacks X acceleration (due to Broadwell) and the brightness cannot be adjusted with xbacklight(1). The SD card slot also is not detected in any way. I'm hoping to get some feedback on the SD card slot on the MacBookAir6,2 if possible as well. Bryan
