Hi, Never Nada: > I think Tails should consider adding this Apple SPI Linux driver that is used > by many people already: > https://github.com/cb22/macbook12-spi-driver/
Yep, see https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/15652 that I updated the last time I looked into this. > This solution works so well now that it will be added to the [Linux > kernel](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Finally-MBP-Key-Touchpad) > soon. This is great news, I'm glad this driver was finally submitted upstream! I see the reviewers of the initially submitted patch series requested changes and the driver is not in Linus' tree yet. > But waiting for Debian to have this in the kernel could take more > than a year. FYI this is incorrect: Tails generally ships the kernel from Debian sid, which does not lag much vs. Linux mainline, and generally enables such hardware support quickly upon request. Right now is special though (due to the Buster freeze). We'll probably stick to 4.19 for a little while more though, so we should get whatever Linux 5.x is current in our October or December release. > Can this driver be added to Tails? Given we'll get the real fix for free soon, I don't think it's worth investing our limited resources into a temporary solution (especially one that depends on third-party code and that probably won't work with Secure Boot). But if someone was ready to do the work, we would consider a good quality patch: see #15652 :) Cheers, -- intrigeri _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
