Mac-precision-touchpad: MacBook Pro 2017

[PaulWen]

Hi, thank you for your great work!!
I am really interested in a precision touchpad driver for the MacBook Pro 2017. Can you tell me if/when this model will be supported?

[imbushuo]

Planned. New models use SPI-only trackpad, which needs additional research.

I have no ETA at this moment.

[PaulWen]

Thank you @imbushuo. I just came across the following Git repo: https://github.com/cb22/macbook12-spi-driver. Unfortunately, I am not able to evaluate if it helps regarding the SPI topic. But in case you have not seen it yet I wanted to point it out.

[PaulWen]

If I understood Microsoft's documentation correctly the SPB Framework exists for developing SPI drivers. The SPB Framework is a KMDF extension library. This being said, it seems like a KMDF driver instead of a UMDF driver has to be written in order to support an SPI device.

The SPB Framework Extension is a KMDF extension library. It handles the up-front processing of SPB request and the sequence in which they are handed to the controller driver. The SPB framework extension is designed to support I²C and SPI buses and may be appropriate for other buses with similar semantics.
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An introduction to the SPB framework can be found here.

[tspitznas]

It will make my life infinitely better if or when you are able to get compatibility with MacBookPro13/14,3 SPI models. Keep up the fantastic work!

[jourdant]

Hi @imbushuo really appreciate the work you are putting in - do you any updates on progress?

[imbushuo]

See #33.