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Reverse engineered Linux driver for the FacetimeHD (Broadcom 1570) PCIe webcam
12 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 2 stories, 10 comments · first 2015-01-17 · latest 2020-06-08
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…driver for the Facetime HD (Broadcom 1570) webcam on recent MacBook and iMac models: https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie/wiki
comment by commoner · 2020-06-08 · in Running Linux on My MacBook -
I Did but the camera didn't work until I did https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie
comment by mahazanuca · 2018-11-27 · in Ask HN: Did you installed linux on your macbook? -
…except the Webcam should work out-of-the-box. The webcam needs the out-of-tree bcwc_pcie driver ( https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie) ). - The Retina MacBooks need some manual work before being usable (e.g. need to compile out-of-tree…
comment by Dunedan · 2017-11-11 · in “We have obtained fully functional JTAG for Intel CSME via USB DCI” -
…https://wiki.debian.org/wl Backlight driver https://github.com/patjak/mba6x_bl FaceTime driver https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie Happy hacking!!
comment by alexhornbake · 2017-06-18 · in Debian 9 Stretch released -
…working on a MacBook with Linux. It worked fine for me but took about an hour or so of fiddling: https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie
comment by rangibaby · 2017-06-06 · in Apple Announces macOS High Sierra -
There is an open source webcam driver now [1], although it has some problems. [1] https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie
comment by inlineint · 2017-01-10 · in New Ubuntu-based Precision line-up -
Yo dawg. I heard you like ARMs, so we put an ARM on your ARM. https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie/wiki/Specification---Fea... ^^ did everyone already miss that the webcam was an entire SoC and not just a sensor hooked up to UVC?
comment by joecool1029 · 2016-10-29 · in Intel driven MacBook Pros have secondary ARM processor for Touch ID and security -
…out, I've wanted to know for ages. If the LED == LED_TORCH, then it looks like it may be possible: https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie/blob/8cc44d67f3c924f30a8... Either way, I'm planning on buying some spare parts to actually test and…
comment by wepple · 2016-09-08 · in Sophisticated OS X Backdoor Discovered -
…the newest Macbook, but the the reverse engineered driver works perfectly for me on a 2013 model: https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie/wiki Just follow the instructions exactly. If it doesn't work first time, try `sudo modprobe -r bdc_pci`…
comment by phaemon · 2016-05-10 · in Ubuntu 16.04 proves even an LTS release can live at Linux’s bleeding edge -
…to reverse engineer one on GitHub[2]. [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71131 [2] https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie
comment by ter0 · 2015-01-17 · in Arch Linux on MacBook Pro Retina 2014