Re: Bug#1110007: cdimage.debian.org: [MacBook Pro] Trackpad/keyboard do not work

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Cyril,

On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 11:37:34PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Osama Albahrani <osalbahr@gmail.com> (2025-08-10):
> > > A modified Debian 13 image can be found here:
> > >
> > https://people.debian.org/~kibi/bug-1110007/debian-13.0.0-amd64-NETINST+spi4macbook.iso
> > 
> > Thx! I confirm that the trackpad and keyboard work in the linked iso.
> 
> Great, thanks for the confirmation!
> 
> > > Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (2025-08-10):
> > > > Would you be happy to test a netinst image for either Debian 12 or
> > > > Debian 13 that includes the follow extra modules, so that we can confirm
> > > > and ask the release team for a proper addition?
> > > >
> > > >  - Debian 12:
> > > >      /lib/modules/6.1.0-37-amd64/kernel/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-pci.ko
> > > >      /lib/modules/6.1.0-37-amd64/kernel/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-platform.ko
> > > >  - Debian 13:
> > > >     /usr/lib/modules/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/kernel/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-core.ko.xz
> > > >     /usr/lib/modules/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/kernel/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-pci.ko.xz
> > > >     /usr/lib/modules/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/kernel/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-platform.ko.xz
> > > >     (Modules 2 and 3 list module 1 in their depends field.)
> 
> Kernel team, could you please include those 2 extra modules
> (spi-pxa2xx-pci and spi-pxa2xx-platform) in your next uploads to sid,
> trixie, and bookworm please? They're needed to make keyboard/touchpad
> work on some Macbooks:
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=038b1a05eae6666b731920e46f47d8e2332e07ff
> 
> (Although admittedly that's only been confirmed with a Debian 13 image.
> If you think we should confirm that's sufficient with Debian 12 too, and
> if Osama is fine with it, we could double check that too.)
> 
> intel_lpss_pci is also referenced in that upstream commit, and it's been
> involved in similar topics a while back. Since then, it's been shipped
> within kernel-image, I'm not sure whether that would also make sense for
> those SPI modules.
> 
> Thanks for your time!

I was actually preparing 6.12.41-1 to be uploaded soon, should I defer
it rather and have the above as well or can it wait for the next
upload?

In case it needs to be now, an yet untested
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/1607

Regards,
Salvatore