Install mbp2018-bridge-drv

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This is required for 2018+ Intel MacBooks.

https://github.com/MCMrARM/mbp2018-bridge-drv

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mbp-manjaro ships with this kernel module pre-installed.

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Someone thankfully provides a DKMS version of this, possibly for the mbp-manjaro/archlinux project(s).

$ sudo git clone --branch aur https://github.com/marcosfad/mbp2018-bridge-drv.git /usr/src/apple-bce-0.1
$ sudo dkms install -m apple-bce -v 0.1 -k <mbp-kernel-release>-mbp
$ sudo modprobe apple-bce

https://awesomeopensource.com/project/marcosfad/mbp-ubuntu

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I'm testing this out with in our install-manjaro.sh script:

# MacBook Pro >= 2018 require a special T2 Linux driver for the keyboard and mouse to work.
manjaro-chroot /mnt git clone https://github.com/marcosfad/mbp2018-bridge-drv --branch aur
manjaro-chroot /mnt dkms install -m apple-bce -v 0.1 -k $(ls -1 /mnt/usr/lib/modules/ | grep -P "^[0-9]+")
sed -i s'/MODULES=(/MODULES=(apple-bce /'g /mnt/etc/mkinitcpio.conf

The build seems to take an usually long time. It's currently processing make -j2 KERNELRELEASE=5.10.36-2-MANJARO.

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I left the build going overnight in a VM with 2 vCPUs and 4 GB RAM. It's still building which is not normal.

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Rebooting into the installed mac-linux-gaming-stick VM and then running the build (so not via live CD and in a chroot), the dkms install takes about 5 seconds.

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I got it working in the chroot by making sure to git clone to the correct directory: /usr/src/apple-bce-0.1.