Haikuware: Software for Haiku

Haiku currently will boot, without many features on the current intel based Core 2 Duo Macbook. This proposal seeks to remedy many of these limitations, particularly video, input, and main feature problems. The intel_extreme driver currently does not handle internal LCDs, or the composite USB device used on the Macbook’s touchpad / keyboard. These and other problems will be remedied by the development of native drivers, and updates to many of the great drivers present in the Haiku SVN tree. Several things will not be explicitly supported in this bounty including EFI booting, Bluetooth, Hotkeys, display brightness, and the Atheros wireless chipset.

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Goal of the submission:

* Functioning overall support for Haiku on the Macbook

Video:
Support for TFT screen in accelerated mode (intel_extreme additions)
Support for external DVI and VGA adapters
Monitor brightness and auto-dimming will likely not be supported.
Audio – Update of HDA audio driver for macbook codec / driver support.
USB – Correct current issues preventing the driver from accessing the touchpad / ehci port.
Native driver
IR Remote – Basic Native Driver
USB Touchpad additions – allow composite devices (trackpad + keyboard)
Wireless 802.11 will not be supported
Bluetooth will not be supported
Hotkeys will not be supported unless it is possible without ACPI, etc.
EFI Booting will not be supported.
Obvious things such as dual layer burning, etc, will not be supported.

With latest revisions:

Keyboard and mouse are unsupported. (USB Stack problem)
Video works in VESA mode, intel_extreme driver works with external VGA monitor

Networking works well using Freebsd Yukon driver.

ISight – nonfunctional

Audio - nonfunctional.

SATA driver does not work without the addition of product/vendor ID.

Other documentation:

Haikuware post on installing Haiku onto the Macbook in parallels and using a native partition.

Blog posts with updates on progress.

Relevant information

Mactel Linux
Contains a lot of information on running Linux on the Mac. Will prove useful.

More Mactel Linux
Information on running Linux on the Macbook and links to the Linux drivers.

Intel Extreme Graphics Driver for Haiku:

Info I
Info II

Intel Pro 10/100/1000 driver:

Info I
Info II

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frankps said:

Please reconsider this bounty entry:

Create drivers for the following hardware:
* Intel GMA 950 graphics processor
* Intel PRO 10/100/1000 NIC
* Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter
* IDT SigmaTel Audiocard
* Hotkeys for Sound and Brightness
* iSight (if possible?)

There should more or less be a bounty entry for each driver, and have in mind that only one of the bounty entries has a developer working on it. Keep the projects simple, and the possibility of getting a developer to commit himself gets bigger.

Regards,

frankps

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karlvd said:

	I must say, I agree with this, but it's a community member bounty - I'm just the messenger. I write in the regulations for people to consider bounties that aren't too big, and that they may fail. However, they can do as they please.
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aphex said:

	I think it's a big project for sure. But having just a few of the drivers needed would probably not be so interesting since the aim is full MacBook support. But nothing says that more than one developer could be working on it, splitting the bounty. Though, there is not much to split at the moment though
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September 22, 2007
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frankps said:

Well, I have not tried to get MacBook and Mac Mini to boot ZETA from CD, but I have tried that on my MacBook Pro. I know, not the same hardware.

The bounty should simply be to get Haiku booted, and drivers that are not Mac specific, like:

* Intel GMA 950 graphics processor
* Intel PRO 10/100/1000 NIC

should be separate bounties. Haiku need better support for the Intel graphic chipsets in general, as far as I know, only the i855 and i865 variants are supported. An updated Intel graphics driver would benefit many laptop users.

Regarding the Intel Pro driver, you should rather contact Marcus Overhagen: http://www.bebits.com/app/3862 . No point in developing the driver twice!

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aphex said:

Booting Mac OS X would probably only need S-ATA support. None of the drivers are really Mac-specific, except the hotkeys. Maybe it's good to split the product (as you said) like this:

70-75% of fund
* Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter
* IDT SigmaTel Audiocard
* Hotkeys for Sound and Brightness
* iSight (if possible?)

25-30% of fund
* Intel GMA 950 graphics processor
* Intel PRO 10/100/1000 NIC

But still keeping the items inside here, if someone want's to develop everything and also to pinpoint that MacBook support is whats sought after.

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September 23, 2007
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karlvd said:

	Email me if you'd like to change the bounty Aphex, it's up to you.
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umccullough said:

	I believe ipro1000 driver is already in the repository - and is easily tested with vmware (set to e1000 emulation) - might as well remove this one I think, unless there are different flavors of this chip.
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karlvd said:

	I guess you can only really tell for sure if you actually boot Haiku on it first.
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September 25, 2007
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karlvd said:

	Please read this update! http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/1599
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zenja said:

	Other than a different video chipset, there shouldn't be much differences between a standard MacBook and its Pro brother. I hope that this project allows Haiku to run natively on the MBP.
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T. J. said:

	Wondering how this project is moving along. About a month left till the end if the bounty I see. Really want to start testing builds of haiku on my Black MacBook. Parallels & VMWare just are not as satisfying as the prospects of running Haiku on the real hardware. Keep up the good work! I am really looking forward to this. T. J.
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karl said:

	I've emailed Chris. I'll try to post an update if I hear from him.
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April 27, 2008
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chrisjp said:

Hey guys!

Thanks for the interest.

The port is coming along well. I finished up adding support for the internal display in the intel_extreme driver. It works nicely in native mode (1280x800) and I'll be sending along the patches to the mailinglist this week. I updated makebootable to support building to a partition entirely from within OSX, so that was a big help in development. I started working on the ISight driver and got some functionality going in uhci, but it isn't completely functional, since I didn't realize the ehci(usb 2.0 high speed) driver was lacking isochronous transfers so that is something I will have to add in. Right now i'm working on the hda/sigmatel part of the port, and hopefully should have basic sine wave playback going soon. I haven't had a chance to narrow down the keyboard/touchpad usb bug, but I do have some areas where I suspect we maybe having troubles. If any of you have a macbook and are able to test natively (i.e. install to a partition) please let me know.

Sorry I haven't been able to update more, I can't login to haikuware from Safari for some reason (I get an unauthorized user message and a crash) but I just installed Firefox, so hopefully I can get a nice how-to going for you guys. Have a good weekend, and I'll post an update sometime before Wednesday.

Also, if any of you have a laptop which hasn't been able to get an active display with the intel_extreme driver, please let me know

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thenerd said:

	Hi Chris! Thanks for the update. I'm posting this from Safari on Windows XP so I don't know why it doesn't work for you. Could be MAC OS related I guess... Cheers!
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karl said:

	Thanks for the update. I can login from Safari on OS X and FireFox on OS X... By the way, I have a MacBook, a free partition and will test...
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April 27, 2008
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chrisjp said:

	Who knows what the problem is Karl, definitely a problem with Safari (I just tried logging in from a application listing and it worked) so who knows I'll try to get the usb problems for the keyboard fixed up this week and send you an image Karl. By the way, what happened to the weekly chats? All the best, Chris
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April 27, 2008
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karl said:

	Weird, where were you logging in from? Maybe I can duplicate this... Cool, finish that up when you can and send away! Oh ya, the weekly chats! Doh... hmm, well I'll try to be on tonight in an hour and a half, but yes, we were neglecting our weekly chats
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clebin said:

> Also, if any of you have a laptop which hasn't been able to get an active display with the intel_extreme driver, please let me know

I'm running Haiku natively on a Fujitsu-Siemens laptop with GMA 950 graphics. I have to put Haiku into VESA mode at boot or I just get a black screen. I also have Intel HDA sound.

I've been so looking forward to proper graphics & sound support. I'll rebuild Haiku as soon as the patches go into SVN and report back.

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the_webers_inc said:

	Wow, things are moving right along. Chris, I have an empty partition on my MacBook waiting for Haiku. I would be more than willing to install and test any images that you would/could provide. T. J.
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