TinyCorePure64 14.0 Mouse and Keyboard Not Working on Macbook Pro

[Juanito]

Hopefully, it's not this:

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# CONFIG_SPI is not set

[Juanito]

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The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_KEYBOARD_APPLESPI:

    prompt: Apple SPI keyboard and trackpad
    type: tristate
    depends on: ( CONFIG_ACPI && CONFIG_EFI ) && ( CONFIG_SPI ) && ( CONFIG_X86 || CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST ) && ( CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS )
    defined in drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig
    found in Linux kernels: 5.3–5.19, 6.0–6.3
    modules built: applespi

...looks like it is and you'll need to recompile the kernel 

[pek]

Thank you very much Juanito for looking into this.
Although I already lost since this

..would tend to indicate you need to look at the spi_pxa2xx_platform and applespi divers

So.. can you please show me link of howto recompile kernel? (I will need to learn a lot before actually doing it)
And what "things" should I recompile into the kernel?

[Juanito]

If you search these forums on “prepare kernel source” someone asked the same question last week.

[Juanito]

You may also need this:

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The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX:

    prompt: PXA2xx SSP SPI master
    type: tristate
    depends on: CONFIG_ARCH_PXA || CONFIG_ARCH_MMP || CONFIG_PCI || CONFIG_ACPI || CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST
    defined in drivers/spi/Kconfig
    found in Linux kernels: 2.6.17–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.3
    modules built: pxa2xx_spi, spi-pxa2xx-platform, spi-pxa2xx


[pek]

Thanks for the hints.

I'm guessing this is the link
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,26236.msg168802.html#msg168802

So far, I don't understand any of that yet..  and it's getting very late now.
I'll come back and learn it bit by bit later and possibly one day I'll comeback to actually do it. 

[pek]

Hi Juanito,
I think this is the key part to get started

To prepare the CorePure64-14.x kernel source:
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tce-load -i compiletc perl5 elfutils-dev ncursesw-dev bc
wget http://tinycorelinux.net/14.x/x86_64/release/src/kernel/linux-6.1.2-patched.txz
tar xf linux-6.1.2-patched.txz
wget http://tinycorelinux.net/14.x/x86_64/release/src/kernel/config-6.1.2-tinycore64
cd linux-6.1.2
make mrproper
cp ../config-6.1.2-tinycore64 .config
make oldconfig
make prepare
make modules_prepare

So I did all of that and gets these bunch of files

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rwxr-xr-x   26 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:47 ./
drwxr-xr-x    3 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 ../
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        460 May 10 13:44 ..checked-atomic-arch-fallback.h.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        455 May 10 13:44 ..checked-atomic-instrumented.h.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        415 May 10 13:44 ..checked-atomic-long.h.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff          0 May 10 13:44 .checked-atomic-arch-fallback.h
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff          0 May 10 13:44 .checked-atomic-instrumented.h
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff          0 May 10 13:44 .checked-atomic-long.h
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff      19.9K Dec 31 12:33 .clang-format
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff         59 Dec 31 12:33 .cocciconfig
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff     194.9K May 10 13:44 .config
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        151 Dec 31 12:33 .get_maintainer.ignore
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff         62 Dec 31 12:33 .gitattributes
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff       2.0K Dec 31 12:33 .gitignore
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff      24.6K Dec 31 12:33 .mailmap
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        683 May 10 13:45 .missing-syscalls.d
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        369 Dec 31 12:33 .rustfmt.toml
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        496 Dec 31 12:33 COPYING
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff      99.3K Dec 31 12:33 CREDITS
drwxr-xr-x   86 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 Documentation/
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff       2.5K Dec 31 12:33 Kbuild
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        555 Dec 31 12:33 Kconfig
drwxr-xr-x    6 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 LICENSES/
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff     672.3K Dec 31 12:33 MAINTAINERS
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff      69.0K Dec 31 12:33 Makefile
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        727 Dec 31 12:33 README
drwxr-xr-x   24 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 arch/
drwxr-xr-x    3 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 block/
drwxr-xr-x    2 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 certs/
drwxr-xr-x    4 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 crypto/
drwxr-xr-x  139 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 drivers/
drwxr-xr-x   83 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 fs/
drwxr-xr-x   33 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:44 include/
drwxr-xr-x    2 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 init/
drwxr-xr-x    2 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 io_uring/
drwxr-xr-x    2 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 ipc/
drwxr-xr-x   22 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:44 kernel/
drwxr-xr-x   22 tc       staff      12.0K May 10 13:41 lib/
drwxr-xr-x    6 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 mm/
drwxr-xr-x   71 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 net/
drwxr-xr-x    6 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 rust/
drwxr-xr-x   39 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 samples/
drwxr-xr-x   17 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:45 scripts/
drwxr-xr-x   14 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 security/
drwxr-xr-x   27 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 sound/
drwxr-xr-x   41 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 tools/
drwxr-xr-x    4 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 usr/
drwxr-xr-x    4 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 13:41 virt/

Somehow I think I need to connect that files with this.. correct?

You may also need this:
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The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX:

    prompt: PXA2xx SSP SPI master
    type: tristate
    depends on: CONFIG_ARCH_PXA || CONFIG_ARCH_MMP || CONFIG_PCI || CONFIG_ACPI || CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST
    defined in drivers/spi/Kconfig
    found in Linux kernels: 2.6.17–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.3
    modules built: pxa2xx_spi, spi-pxa2xx-platform, spi-pxa2xx

The problem is I don't know what to do from here. No Idea. Sorry..
Can you guide me please?

[Paul_123]

After this step

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cp ../config-6.1.2-tinycore64 .config

You can either edit the .config file and change the line that looks like
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_APPLESPI is not set
to
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_APPLESPI=m

Be sure to check the dependencies.   It is probably easier for you would be to run

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make menuconfig

Then find the config options and set them to m.   The reason to use menuconfig, is that it will automatically enable the needed dependencies for you.

[patrikg]

And when in menuconfig program you can press "/" the slash key, to get search of the CONFIG that you want.
Enable it with "M" so you get a module, and you also get the dependency's checked in,

[pek]

Thank you Paul_123 and patrikg

When I do make menuconfig and search for applespi,
it shows at search result but i can not find it at the said location.
Please see attached screenshots.

You can either edit the .config file and change the line that looks like
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_APPLESPI is not set
to
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_APPLESPI=m

what i did was appended this line, because it's not originally in the .config

I also changed this

# CONFIG_SPI is not set
to
# CONFIG_SPI=m

but still can not find the checkbox.

Did i miss something??

[Rich]

Hi pek
Don't edit the config file manually. It's too easy to get it wrong.

Run these commands:

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cd linux-6.1.2
make mrproper
cp ../config-6.1.2-tinycore64 .config
make oldconfig
make menuconfig
Then:
select  Device Drivers
scroll down to  SPI support  and hit the  y  key
Hit  Enter
scroll down to  PXA2xx SSP SPI master  and hit  m
select  Exit  using the  right arrow  key and hit enter
scroll up 4 lines to  Input device support  and hit  Enter
scroll down to  Keyboards  and hit  Enter
scroll down 3 lines to  Apple SPI keyboard and trackpad  and hit  m

If you are done, select  Save  using the  right arrow  key and hit enter enter enter
select  Exit  using the  right arrow  key and hit enter enter

[pek]

Hi Rich, thanks for very comprehensive clarification.
I successfully did that. And proceed with

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make prepare
make modules_prepare
Then I ended up with these bunch of files

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drwxr-xr-x   26 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:49 ./
drwxr-xr-x    3 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 ../
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        460 May 10 20:45 ..checked-atomic-arch-fallback.h.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        455 May 10 20:45 ..checked-atomic-instrumented.h.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        415 May 10 20:45 ..checked-atomic-long.h.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff          0 May 10 20:45 .checked-atomic-arch-fallback.h
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff          0 May 10 20:45 .checked-atomic-instrumented.h
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff          0 May 10 20:45 .checked-atomic-long.h
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff      19.9K Dec 31 12:33 .clang-format
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff         59 Dec 31 12:33 .cocciconfig
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff     199.9K May 10 20:43 .config
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff     194.9K May 10 20:38 .config.old
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        151 Dec 31 12:33 .get_maintainer.ignore
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff         62 Dec 31 12:33 .gitattributes
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff       2.0K Dec 31 12:33 .gitignore
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff      24.6K Dec 31 12:33 .mailmap
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        683 May 10 20:46 .missing-syscalls.d
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        369 Dec 31 12:33 .rustfmt.toml
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        496 Dec 31 12:33 COPYING
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff      99.3K Dec 31 12:33 CREDITS
drwxr-xr-x   86 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 Documentation/
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff       2.5K Dec 31 12:33 Kbuild
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        555 Dec 31 12:33 Kconfig
drwxr-xr-x    6 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 LICENSES/
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff     672.3K Dec 31 12:33 MAINTAINERS
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff      69.0K Dec 31 12:33 Makefile
-rw-r--r--    1 tc       staff        727 Dec 31 12:33 README
drwxr-xr-x   24 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 arch/
drwxr-xr-x    3 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 block/
drwxr-xr-x    2 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 certs/
drwxr-xr-x    4 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 crypto/
drwxr-xr-x  139 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 drivers/
drwxr-xr-x   83 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 fs/
drwxr-xr-x   33 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:39 include/
drwxr-xr-x    2 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 init/
drwxr-xr-x    2 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 io_uring/
drwxr-xr-x    2 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 ipc/
drwxr-xr-x   22 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:45 kernel/
drwxr-xr-x   22 tc       staff      12.0K May 10 20:36 lib/
drwxr-xr-x    6 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 mm/
drwxr-xr-x   71 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 net/
drwxr-xr-x    6 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 rust/
drwxr-xr-x   39 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 samples/
drwxr-xr-x   17 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:46 scripts/
drwxr-xr-x   14 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 security/
drwxr-xr-x   27 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 sound/
drwxr-xr-x   41 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 tools/
drwxr-xr-x    4 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 usr/
drwxr-xr-x    4 tc       staff       4.0K May 10 20:36 virt/
which one is the one i need? And how to use it?
Sorry for super noob questions.

[Juanito]

Now you need “make”.

[pek]

wow.. it took forever to finish 

Now I have vmlinux file.

So, I just replace stock vmlinuz64 with this vmlinux and boot it up with grub, but i got this

error: invalid magic number
error: you have to load the kernel first

my grub entry is

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menuentry "tinycore64 apple" {
  linux /boot/vmlinux quiet
  initrd /boot/corepure64.gz
}

Help please..

[Juanito]

The file is called vmlinuz with a z at the end.