Apple MacBook
1. 15.4-inch MacBook Pro (A1398)
Latest tested FreeBSD version |
12.0-CURRENT r337003 |
Installation was straightforward apart from the fact that the Wi-Fi card is not supported.
1.1. Hardware
- CPU: ?
- Memory: 16GB
- Screen: Retina 15.4 inch
- Storage: 256GB SSD
- Wireless: BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (no driver)
1.2. Support overview
Component |
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Details |
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Graphics |
Graphical sessions |
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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 |
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Controllable with graphics/intel-backlight. |
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Input devices |
Keyboard backlight |
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Maybe it requires some kernel modules? |
Touchpad |
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Works out-of-the-box. The scrolling speed could be better tuned but it's a personal taste. |
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Media keys |
Brightness keys |
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Volume keys |
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Network |
Wi-Fi |
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Other |
Battery |
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Lasts around 4.5h. |
Bluetooth |
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SD card reader |
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Suspend & resume |
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Does not wake up after calling zzz(8). |
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Webcam |
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Ports |
HDMI |
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Thunderbolt |
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USB |
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Sound |
Headphone jack |
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Speakers |
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Last update: 2018-08-01T00:42:23+0000 |
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- Legend
OK 
Somewhat OK: requires additional tweaking or works worse than expected ![/!\](/moin_static1911/modern/img/alert.png "/!\")
Status unknown, untested 
Does not work
1.3. Wi-Fi
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.
1.3.1. References
1.4. Files