Linux Mtd Driver For Mac
I have been able to install Linux Mint onto my 2015 MacBook Pro. I want to know this because I cannot right click at the moment as well as scrolling up and down webpages/terminal etc. Also it would be good to be able to use the built in Wi-Fi card instead of a wireless dongle. Also would would I have to install/change to use the display/keyboard light settings as well as the media and sound controls. Also are there ant other drivers that I should install on my Mac running Linux to make it run smoother? If so could you tell me how to install them too please?
@ChrisInEdmonton What I want to do is install software that allows me to use the ForceTouch trackpad in Linux (right now I can only single click, I would like to be able to right click, scroll with 2 fingers etc.) I would also like to be able to use the media player keys (F7-F12) (Which Ive been able to do with shortcuts) however I cannot use the keyboard and screen brightness keys (F1-F1,F5-F6). How would I enable compatibility for the hardware? Would it be drivers (this is what I'm asking) I also want to know how to use the built-in Network Card etc. – Aug 23 '15 at 14:58.
The kernel interfaces are completely different. Though MacOSX and Linux are both UNIXes-ish (in fact, Mac OS X is 100% UNIX Certified) they're vastly different in architecture.
Your best bet would be to try VMWare and use a Linux instance under VMWare to try and access it. EDIT: I just saw your edit, saying you have source and don't want VMWare. I'd still say no. The underpinnings of Linux and MacOSX are radically different. The source wouldn't 'just work' unless someone made it work specifically for MacOSX. I'd check the source for '#ifdef darwin' or something similar to that, it won't work.
You'd have to have the right version too - Apple changes it's kernel enough between major releases that a very old port may not work. Many years ago, there was a project for device drivers to be portable across platforms. It was called. The theory was to have a Device Driver Environment in your kernel. The APIs would be consistent across all OSes. Device drivers were source code compatible everywhere, and binary compatible (what you would like) across machines with the same ABI (x86, AMD64, etc). There was a port I remember for Darwin, but I think it was much more theoretical on MacOSX than anything.
The environment worked technically (it actually shipped as the native Device Driver Interface for UnixWare, with the old DDI a compatibility layer on top of UDI) but flopped for human/political reasons. Having as the main push for the project didn't help much.
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For an OS with good driver support (say, Solaris, Windows) having those drivers is an advantage over kernels that don't, so the only support would come by definition from OSes that didn't have drivers, and not a lot of influence. Stallman didn't like it much either - binary compatibility would make it less likely (he posited) to ship source for drivers.