Apple MacBook


Latest tested FreeBSD version 12.0-CURRENT r337003

Installation was straightforward apart from the fact that the Wi-Fi card is not supported.

  • CPU: ?
  • Memory: 16GB
  • Screen: Retina 15.4 inch
  • Storage: 256GB SSD
  • Wireless: BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (no driver)

Component Status Details
Graphics Graphical sessions ✔ X starts after installing graphics/drm-next-kmod and loading /boot/modules/i915kms.ko. I didn't test if it also works with the i915kms module from the base system.
Backlight (brightness) control ✔ Controllable with graphics/intel-backlight.
Input devices Keyboard backlight ✘ Maybe it requires some kernel modules?
Touchpad ✔ Works out-of-the-box. The scrolling speed could be better tuned but it's a personal taste.
Media keys Brightness keys ✘
Volume keys ✘
Network Wi-Fi ✘
Other Battery ✔ Lasts around 4.5h.
Bluetooth :!:
SD card reader :!:
Suspend & resume ✘ Does not wake up after calling zzz(8).
Webcam :!:
Ports HDMI :!:
Thunderbolt :!:
USB :!:
Sound Headphone jack ✘
Speakers ✘
Last update: 2018-08-01 02:42:23+0200
  • Legend
    • ✔ OK
    • :?: Somewhat OK: requires additional tweaking or works worse than expected
    • :!: Status unknown, untested
    • ✘ Does not work

The BCM4360 wireless network adapter does not seem to be supported just yet in the bwn(4) driver.

I installed the net/bwn-firmware-kmod port (it is not available via pkg(8) as its license does not allow for it) and then loaded the following kernel modules: if_bwn, bwn_v4_ucode and bwn_v4_lp_ucode. I've tried to load them once via kldload(8) and rc.conf(5) and once via loader.conf(5) but to no avail.

The device is not showing up as a result of sysctl net.wlan.devices.

References

  • laptops/apple_macbook.txt
  • Last modified: 2020/02/11 05:43
  • by TrevorRoydhouse