Re: [PATCH 0/5] HID: multitouch: Add support for Touch Bars on x86 MacBook Pros

From: Aditya Garg
Date: Mon Mar 03 2025 - 12:03:54 EST




> On 27 Feb 2025, at 11:03 PM, Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> This patch series aims to improve the Touch Bar support for x86 Macs.
>
> Recently, the hid-appletb-kbd and hid-appletb-bl drivers were upstreamed
> into the Linux kernel [1]. They enabled the Touch Bar to display a
> predefined set of media and function keys, exactly the same it does on
> Windows Bootcamp.
>
> Now we are about to get support added for the DRM mode of the Touch Bar
> as well [2].


Update: The DRM driver finally got upstreamed and will be there in 6.15. Now only these multitouch patches are left for complete support for the touchbar.