Fedora 42 on Macbook 14,2

fedora42_macbook14_2.md

Fedora 42 on Macbook 14,2

Doumenting my journey here for myself and others. Inspired by Rob Hills

My Macbook Pro

urzo@fedora:~$ sudo dmidecode | grep -i mac
	Product Name: MacBookPro14,2
	Family: MacBook Pro
	Product Name: Mac-CAD6701F7CEA0921
	Version: MacBookPro14,2
	Version: Mac-CAD6701F7CEA0921
		MCE (Machine check exception)
		MCA (Machine check architecture)

System Checklist

• Keyboard (functional)
  • Brightness Control (functional)
• TrackPad (functional)
• TouchBar (not functional)
• WIFI (functional)
• Bluetooth (functional)
• Display (functional)
  • Brightness Control (functional)
• Sound (not functional)
  • Input (not functional)
  • Output (not functional)

Relevant Links

• https://gist.github.com/rob-hills/9134b7352ee7471c4d4f4fbd6454c4b9
  • The gist that inspired this gist. Will need to dig in more though
• https://wiki.t2linux.org/
  • This doesn't apply, as this machine does not have a T2 chip (started with 2018 models)
• https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193121#c74
  • The Broadcom 43602 wireless controller may have issues, but I haven't had those so far.