The Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) is an Intel-based laptop with the Model Identifier MacBookPro16,2. It is the final MacBook Pro which was released before the switch to Apple silicon.
There are very similar models with the identifiers MacBookPro16,1…16,4 and most information here applies to the others as well.
Hardware
A number of components are not supported by the mainline kernel (as of 6.9). Out-of-tree patches need to be applied to use these components.
Components
| Device
|
Make/model
|
Status
|
Vendor ID / Product ID
|
Kernel driver(s)
|
Kernel version
|
Notes
|
| CPU
|
Intel Core i5-1038G7
|
Works
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
6.9.4
|
|
| iGPU
|
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7
|
Works
|
PCI 8086:8a53
|
i915
|
6.9.4
|
|
| GPIO
|
Intel GPIO Pin Controller
|
Works
|
N/A
|
pinctrl_intel
|
6.9.4
|
|
| I2C/SMBus Controller
|
Intel SMBus Controller
|
Works
|
PCI 8086:38c8
|
i2c_i801
|
6.9.4
|
|
| SPI Controller
|
Intel Ice Lake SPI Controller
|
Works
|
PCI 8086:38a4
|
spi_intel_pci
|
6.9.4
|
|
| LPSS Controller
|
Intel Low Power Subsystem Controller
|
Works
|
PCI 8086:38a8
|
intel_lpss_acpi, intel_lpss_pci
|
6.9.4
|
required for Bluetooth
|
| Serial Controller
|
Designware Serial Controller
|
Works
|
?
|
8250_dw
|
6.9.4
|
required for Bluetooth
|
| VHCI bridge
|
Apple T2 Bridge Controller
|
Partial
|
PCI 106b:1801
|
apple-bce
|
out of tree driver
|
requires that the IOMMU is enabled; required for keyboard, trackpad, and the Apple Audio device
|
| Secure element
|
Apple T2 Secure Enclave Processor
|
Unsupported
|
PCI 106b:1802
|
|
|
|
| NVMe
|
Apple ANS2 NVMe Controller
|
Works
|
PCI 106b:2005
|
nvme
|
6.9.4
|
|
| Audio
|
Intel Corporation HD Audio device
|
Works
|
PCI 8086:7270
|
snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_icl
|
6.9.4
|
for HDMI/DisplayPort audio
|
| Audio
|
Apple Audio Device
|
Partial
|
PCI 106b:1803
|
apple-bce
|
out of tree driver
|
only playback, no recording
|
| Wireless LAN
|
Broadcom BCM4364 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
|
Works
|
PCI 14e4:4464
|
brcmfmac
|
6.9.4
|
needs firmware that is not in linux-firmware.git, see #Wifi
|
| Bluetooth
|
Broadcom BCM4364 Bluetooth
|
Works
|
PCI 14e4:4464
|
hci_uart, hci_uart_bcm
|
6.9.4
|
|
| Thunderbolt 3
|
Intel Ice Lake Thunderbolt NHI
|
Works
|
PCI 8086:8a17, PCI 8086:8a0d
|
thunderbolt
|
6.9.4
|
also requires that CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE is enabled
|
| USB 3
|
Intel Ice Lake USB Controller
|
Works
|
PCI 8086:38ed
|
xhci_hcd
|
6.9.4
|
|
| Keyboard
|
Apple Magic Keyboard
|
Works
|
USB 05ac:027e
|
usbhid
|
6.9.4
|
|
| Touchpad
|
Apple Magic Touchpad
|
Works
|
USB 05ac:027e
|
bcm5974
|
6.9.4
|
|
| Touchbar
|
Apple Touchbar
|
Works
|
USB 05ac:8302, USB 05ac:8102
|
appletbdrm, hid_appletb_bl, hid_appletb_kbd
|
out of tree driver
|
Controlled by app-laptop/tiny-dfr, see #Touchbar
|
| Fingerprint sensor
|
Apple Touch ID sensor
|
Unsupported
|
?
|
|
|
|
| Webcam
|
Apple FaceTime HD Camera
|
Works
|
USB 05ac:8514
|
uvcvideo
|
6.9.4
|
|
| Hardware Monitoring
|
various
|
Works
|
|
acpi_battery, applesmc, coretemp, int340x, nvme, sbs
|
6.9.4
|
applesmc needs out of tree patches
|
| Ambient light sensor
|
Apple Ambient Light Sensor
|
Unknown
|
USB 05ac:8262
|
hid_sensor_hub
|
|
|
ACPI / Power management
| Function
|
Status
|
Kernel driver(s)
|
Kernel version
|
BIOS version
|
Notes
|
| CPU frequency scaling
|
Works
|
intel_pstate, intel_rapl
|
6.9.4
|
2022.100.22.0.0
|
|
| GPU Powersaving
|
Not tested
|
i915
|
|
|
|
| PCIe Power Management (ASPM)
|
Not tested
|
|
|
|
|
| USB Type C Power Delivery
|
Works
|
|
6.9.4
|
2022.100.22.0.0
|
|
| Battery
|
Works
|
sbs
|
6.9.4
|
2022.100.22.0.0
|
|
| Suspend to RAM
|
Not tested
|
|
|
|
|
| Suspend to disk (hibernate)
|
Not tested
|
|
|
|
|
| Display backlight control
|
Works
|
backlight_apple
|
6.9.4
|
2022.100.22.0.0
|
|
| Keyboard backlight control
|
Works
|
hid_apple_magic_backlight
|
out of tree driver
|
2022.100.22.0.0
|
|
root #lspci -nnk
Expand00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:8a14] (rev 03)
DeviceName: SATA
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Iris Plus Graphics G7 [8086:8a53] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:0211]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:04.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Processor Power and Thermal Controller [8086:8a03] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel modules: processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake Thunderbolt 3 PCI Express Root Port #0 [8086:8a1d] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:07.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake Thunderbolt 3 PCI Express Root Port #1 [8086:8a1f] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:07.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake Thunderbolt 3 PCI Express Root Port #2 [8086:8a21] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:07.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake Thunderbolt 3 PCI Express Root Port #3 [8086:8a23] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:0d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake Thunderbolt 3 USB Controller [8086:8a13] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:0d.2 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake Thunderbolt 3 NHI #0 [8086:8a17] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: thunderbolt
00:0d.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake Thunderbolt 3 NHI #1 [8086:8a0d] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: thunderbolt
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:38ed] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:14.2 RAM memory [0500]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:38ef] (rev 10)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake Management Engine Interface [8086:38e0] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
Kernel modules: mei_me
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:38b8] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:38bc] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1e.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:38a8] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake LPC Controller [8086:3882] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:38c8] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_icl
00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:38a3] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Ice Lake SPI Controller [8086:38a4] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: intel-spi
Kernel modules: spi_intel_pci
e5:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4364 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:4464] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:07bf]
Kernel modules: brcmfmac
e6:00.0 Mass storage controller [0180]: Apple Inc. ANS2 NVMe Controller [106b:2005] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:1800]
Kernel driver in use: nvme
e6:00.1 Non-VGA unclassified device [0000]: Apple Inc. T2 Bridge Controller [106b:1801] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. T2 Bridge Controller [106b:1801]
e6:00.2 Non-VGA unclassified device [0000]: Apple Inc. T2 Secure Enclave Processor [106b:1802] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. T2 Secure Enclave Processor [106b:1802]
e6:00.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Apple Inc. Apple Audio Device [106b:1803] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:1889]
root #lscpu
ExpandArchitecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes: 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 8
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-7
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1038NG7 CPU @ 2.00GHz
CPU family: 6
Model: 126
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 4
Socket(s): 1
Stepping: 5
CPU(s) scaling MHz: 24%
CPU max MHz: 3800.0000
CPU min MHz: 400.0000
BogoMIPS: 3993.60
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts
acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art ar
ch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_f
req pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pc
id sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand la
hf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shado
w flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid
avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap avx512ifma clflushopt intel_pt avx512cd sha_ni avx5
12bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves split_lock_detect dtherm ida arat pln p
ts hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_pkg_req vnmi avx512vbmi umip pku ospke avx512_vbmi
2 gfni vaes vpclmulqdq avx512_vnni avx512_bitalg avx512_vpopcntdq rdpid fsrm md_clea
r flush_l1d arch_capabilities
Virtualization features:
Virtualization: VT-x
Caches (sum of all):
L1d: 192 KiB (4 instances)
L1i: 128 KiB (4 instances)
L2: 2 MiB (4 instances)
L3: 6 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA:
NUMA node(s): 1
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-7
Vulnerabilities:
Gather data sampling: Mitigation; Microcode
Itlb multihit: Processor vulnerable
L1tf: Not affected
Mds: Not affected
Meltdown: Not affected
Mmio stale data: Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Reg file data sampling: Not affected
Retbleed: Mitigation; Enhanced IBRS
Spec rstack overflow: Not affected
Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Spectre v1: Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Spectre v2: Mitigation; Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS SW
sequence; BHI SW loop, KVM SW loop
Srbds: Mitigation; Microcode
Tsx async abort: Not affected
root #lsusb
ExpandBus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 05ac:8233 Apple, Inc. iBridge
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05ac:8514 Apple, Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05ac:8262 Apple, Inc. Ambient Light Sensor
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 05ac:8103 Apple, Inc. Headset
Bus 005 Device 006: ID 05ac:027e Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Bus 005 Device 007: ID 05ac:8302 Apple, Inc. Touch Bar Display
Bus 005 Device 008: ID 05ac:8102 Apple, Inc. Touch Bar Backlight
Configuration
CPU flags
FILE /etc/portage/make.conf
COMMON_FLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=icelake-client"
FILE /etc/portage/package.use/00cpu-flags
*/* CPU_FLAGS_X86: aes avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl f16c fma3 mmx mmxext pclmul popcnt rdrand sha sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vpclmulqdq
Installation
Preparation
Mainline kernels do not support the internal keyboard, trackpad, Wifi and Bluetooth. Either connect USB keyboard/mouse/network or use a Linux image from t2linux during installation.
Kernel
Out of tree patches can be found on t2linux github.
Wifi
Several methods to obtain Wifi firmware are described in the t2linux documentation
Touchbar
Install app-laptop/tiny-dfr.
On OpenRC installations, add it to the boot runlevel.
root #rc-update add tiny-dfr boot
On systemd installations, enable the tiny-dfr service:
root #systemctl enable tiny-dfr.service
Troubleshooting
Framebuffer
Problem: The framebuffer may be too large for the panel, causing text to go off screen or become garbled.
Solution: Apply i915 patch 7001-drm-i915-fbdev-Discard-BIOS-framebuffers-exceeding-h.patch from t2linux
Touchbar
Problem: Touchbar not recognized after forced poweroff by holding the power button.
Solution: Reboot once more.
Problem: tiny-dfr fails to bind to the touchbar because the DRM device is already in use.
Solution: Ensure that tiny-dfr loads before Xorg or Wayland graphical sessions, as otherwise these may claim the touchbar drm device.
