> Am 26.11.2015 um 00:50 schrieb Bryan Vyhmeister <br...@bsdjournal.net>:
>
>> 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.

Can you send a dmesg for this Air7,2 please?

> I'm hoping to get some feedback on the SD card slot on the
> MacBookAir6,2 if possible as well.
>
> Bryan

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