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https://github.com/coldnew/macbookpro-2015-config

My personal Gentoo config for MacBook Pro Retina 2015 13"
https://github.com/coldnew/macbookpro-2015-config

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My personal Gentoo config for MacBook Pro Retina 2015 13"

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* Macbook Pro Retina 2015 configs



These are my config files and scripts for Gentoo Linux on Macbook Pro Retina 2015 13".



Fell free to use them :)



You may also interested in my [[https://github.com/coldnew/coldnew-overlay/blob/master/app-laptop/macbookpro2015/macbookpro2015-9999.ebuild][macbookpro2015-9999.ebuild]].



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* Which devices work ?



So...you want to install Gentoo Linux on MacBook Pro 2015 ? Here's what I got:



** Wifi



The official =broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-r3= driver doesnt seem to like =BCM43602= which is used in MBPR 12,1, so we should use a kernel provided driver =brcfmac=.



Use the =brcmfmac= driver shipped with the linux kernel to enable wifi, you also need to install =sys-kernel/linux-firmware= for =/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.bin=.



I use =/etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware= to control which firmware I need to install, and the firmware we need to make wifi work is



: brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.bin



Add the savedconfig file, and enable =savedconfig= USE to emerge linux-firmware



: USE="savedconfig" emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware



** TouchPad



Works great! two finger scrolling and left/right button can work.



*** Related patches



Here's related patches for touch pad.



- [[https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96771][Bug 96771 - MacbookPro12,1 (Early 2015) touchpad is not fully functional]]



** Suspend



Appears to work, I use the =suspend to RAM= method



** SD Card Reader



   SD card reader has been not worked for a long time, after I upgraded to =macOS Sierra= version =10.12.6= , it works now :P.



   You should have the following =lsusb= info:



   #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE

     Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05ac:8406 Apple, Inc.

     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

     Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:0273 Apple, Inc. Internal Keyboard/Trackpad (ISO)

     Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ac:8290 Apple, Inc. Bluetooth Host Controller

     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

   #+END_EXAMPLE



   The device =05ac:8406= is the sdcard reader, make sure it exists or not.



*** Related Bug reports



- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315063



- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1531653



- https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/3ydoxs/unable_to_detect_builtin_sd_card_reader/



** Bluetooth



TODO: find related config files (current in my kernel setting)



* QA



** TODO Users with id (501) not shown in GDM ?



   NOTE: I think I am wrong, cant' make this work yet.



   To make compatible with my Mac, I changed the Linux user to =uid:gid 501:20=, and found there's no user listed in GDM,

   this may be due to =/etc/login.defs= having values like



   : UID_MIN                  1000



   change it to following, and the user will show up (maybe ?)



   : UID_MIN                   500



** How to add "Mac OSX" to grub menu



Just add the following entry to =/etc/grub.d/40_custom=



#+begin_src sh

menuentry "Mac OSX" {

    insmod hfsplus

    search --set=root --file /System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi

    chainloader /System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi

}

#+end_src



Then use these commands to rebuild grub menu.



: grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg



** Boot hang on "switch to clocksource tsc" [FIXED in 4.1-rc3]



If you have a problem booting the system properly and encounter an error such as



: switch to clocksource tsc



you can revert commit =7bc5a2b= "ACPI: Support _OSI("Darwin") correctly" or apply patch list in



https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94651