Dear Forum,
to refresh my Macbook Retina (early 2015 or Macbook8,1) I installed Manjaro und really loves it after experiences with Ubuntu and Debian. From the installation and hardware detection it works fine, however there seems to be problems with the SPI drivers for the installed keyboards and touchpads with newer Linux kernels.
Since kernel 5.3, the devices should be supported directly without additional drivers. In Grub during the selection of the operating systems the keyboard still works, before this then later in Linux itself no more inputs accepts. The same problem also exists with EndeavourOS (Live Mode). The older kernel Ubuntu 20.04 (kernel version 5.4) has no problems with keyboard and tochpad.
I would be very happy about any help regarding my case. As first clues I attach the lsmod and dmesg. The modules spi_pxa2xx_platform and spi_pxa2xx_pci found important from the research are loaded:
Module Size Used by
bnep 28672 2
hid_apple 16384 0
r8153_ecm 16384 0
cdc_ether 24576 1 r8153_ecm
usbnet 53248 2 r8153_ecm,cdc_ether
snd_usb_audio 331776 2
snd_usbmidi_lib 40960 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi 45056 1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_seq_device 16384 1 snd_rawmidi
mc 65536 1 snd_usb_audio
mousedev 24576 0
usbhid 65536 0
apple_mfi_fastcharge 20480 0
r8152 90112 1 r8153_ecm
mii 16384 2 usbnet,r8152
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 73728 1
squashfs 73728 0
brcmfmac 430080 0
hci_uart 155648 0
intel_rapl_msr 20480 0
loop 36864 0
intel_rapl_common 28672 1 intel_rapl_msr
snd_hda_codec_cirrus 24576 1
ofpart 20480 0
snd_hda_codec_generic 98304 1 snd_hda_codec_cirrus
ledtrig_audio 16384 1 snd_hda_codec_generic
cmdlinepart 16384 0
x86_pkg_temp_thermal 20480 0
snd_hda_intel 57344 4
intel_powerclamp 20480 0
brcmutil 24576 1 brcmfmac
snd_intel_dspcfg 28672 1 snd_hda_intel
intel_spi_platform 16384 0
intel_spi 24576 1 intel_spi_platform
soundwire_intel 45056 1 snd_intel_dspcfg
coretemp 20480 0
btqca 20480 1 hci_uart
kvm_intel 327680 0
soundwire_generic_allocation 16384 1 soundwire_intel
soundwire_cadence 36864 1 soundwire_intel
btrtl 28672 1 hci_uart
kvm 974848 1 kvm_intel
spi_nor 81920 1 intel_spi
btbcm 20480 1 hci_uart
snd_hda_codec 172032 4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_cirrus
cfg80211 1040384 1 brcmfmac
mtd 81920 6 spi_nor,cmdlinepart,intel_spi,ofpart
btintel 32768 1 hci_uart
iTCO_wdt 16384 0
intel_pmc_bxt 16384 1 iTCO_wdt
i915 2756608 4
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
crct10dif_pclmul 16384 1
crc32_pclmul 16384 0
ghash_clmulni_intel 16384 0
mei_hdcp 24576 0
snd_hda_core 106496 5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_cirrus
iTCO_vendor_support 16384 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_hwdep 16384 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
bluetooth 749568 12 btrtl,btqca,btintel,hci_uart,btbcm,bnep
aesni_intel 372736 0
soundwire_bus 90112 3 soundwire_intel,soundwire_generic_allocation,soundwire_cadence
crypto_simd 16384 1 aesni_intel
cryptd 24576 2 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
applesmc 24576 0
snd_soc_core 339968 1 soundwire_intel
glue_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
vfat 24576 1
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 i915
fat 86016 1 vfat
mmc_core 196608 1 brcmfmac
rapl 16384 0
intel_cstate 20480 0
intel_uncore 172032 0
snd_compress 32768 1 snd_soc_core
pcspkr 16384 0
ecdh_generic 16384 1 bluetooth
drm_kms_helper 282624 1 i915
i2c_i801 36864 0
ac97_bus 16384 1 snd_soc_core
intel_pch_thermal 16384 0
snd_pcm_dmaengine 16384 1 snd_soc_core
i2c_smbus 20480 1 i2c_i801
lpc_ich 28672 0
cec 73728 2 drm_kms_helper,i915
rfkill 28672 7 bluetooth,cfg80211
snd_pcm 147456 9 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec,soundwire_intel,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_hda_core,snd_pcm_dmaengine
sbs 20480 0
mei_me 45056 1
acpi_als 20480 0
ecc 36864 1 ecdh_generic
kfifo_buf 16384 1 acpi_als
sbshc 16384 1 sbs
industrialio 90112 2 acpi_als,kfifo_buf
snd_timer 45056 1 snd_pcm
intel_gtt 24576 1 i915
mei 139264 3 mei_hdcp,mei_me
snd 114688 25 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi
video 53248 1 i915
syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
spi_pxa2xx_platform 32768 0
sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
mac_hid 16384 0
sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
soundcore 16384 1 snd
fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
apple_bl 20480 0
spi_pxa2xx_pci 16384 0
drm 581632 5 drm_kms_helper,i915
uinput 20480 0
fuse 159744 3
crypto_user 20480 0
agpgart 45056 2 intel_gtt,drm
ip_tables 32768 0
x_tables 53248 1 ip_tables
btrfs 1572864 1
blake2b_generic 20480 0
libcrc32c 16384 1 btrfs
crc32c_generic 16384 0
xor 24576 1 btrfs
raid6_pq 122880 1 btrfs
xhci_pci 20480 0
applespi 53248 0
crc16 16384 2 bluetooth,applespi
crc32c_intel 24576 2
Actually I wanted to add dmesg for more info, but then it collides with the maximum number of characters. Therefore, it is only an excerpt for now, which hopefully provides some clues:
[ 4.413192] input: Apple SPI Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.4/pxa2xx-spi.1/spi_master/spi1/spi-APP000D:00/input/input4
[ 4.413837] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: SPD Write Disable is set
[ 4.413879] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: SMBus using PCI interrupt
[ 4.414236] i2c i2c-0: 2/2 memory slots populated (from DMI)
[ 4.446451] Adding 1061884k swap on /dev/nvme0n1p4. Priority:-2 extents:1 across:1061884k SSFS
[ 4.472556] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input5
[ 4.555430] ACPI: Smart Battery System [SBS0]: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[ 4.619779] applespi spi-APP000D:00: SPI transfer timed out
[ 4.619868] applespi spi-APP000D:00: Error writing to device: -110
[ 4.619877] spi_master spi1: failed to transfer one message from queue
[ 4.756006] RAPL PMU: API unit is 2^-32 Joules, 4 fixed counters, 655360 ms ovfl timer
[ 4.756012] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain pp0-core 2^-14 Joules
[ 4.756015] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain package 2^-14 Joules
[ 4.756017] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain dram 2^-14 Joules
[ 4.756019] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain pp1-gpu 2^-14 Joules
[ 4.776226] cryptd: max_cpu_qlen set to 1000
[ 4.826489] applespi spi-APP000D:00: SPI transfer timed out
[ 4.826577] applespi spi-APP000D:00: Error reading from device: -110
[ 4.826591] spi_master spi1: failed to transfer one message from queue
I will be very happy to provide further logs and checks or take them very much on your guidance.
Kind regards
Jo