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Pigs: Add category hardware

2025-05-17T16:39:08Z

Add category hardware

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	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

			[[Category:Hardware]]

Tomodachi94: fix syntax highlighting errors

2024-06-21T18:55:59Z

fix syntax highlighting errors

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	== Identifying your computer ==		== Identifying your computer ==

	<syntaxhighlight lang="~~commands~~">		<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
	$ cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_{family,name}		$ cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_{family,name}
	MacBook		MacBook

Jopejoe1: Make Title look nice

2024-04-12T13:53:06Z

Make Title look nice

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	{{Hardware/breadcrumb}}		{{Hardware/breadcrumb}}
			{{DISPLAYTITLE:Apple}}
	== Identifying your computer ==		== Identifying your computer ==

0x4A6F at 20:48, 3 April 2024

2024-04-03T20:48:30Z

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			{{Hardware/breadcrumb}}
	== Identifying your computer ==		== Identifying your computer ==

imported>Keithy at 05:35, 14 March 2022

2022-03-14T05:35:15Z

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	register =		register =
	{		{
	"~~mac-~~mini_white_intel+nVidia" = "00:03.0 0x7b.b=0x19";		"mini_white_intel+nVidia" = "00:03.0 0x7b.b=0x19";
	"~~mac-~~mini_white_intel" = "0:1f.0 0xa4.b=0";		"mini_white_intel" = "0:1f.0 0xa4.b=0";
	"~~mac-~~mini_unibody_intel" = "0:3.0 -0x7b=20";		"mini_unibody_intel" = "0:3.0 -0x7b=20";
	"~~mac-~~mini_unibody_M1" = "?";		"mini_unibody_M1" = "?";
	};		};

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	{		{
	options.hardware.macVariant = mkOption {		options.hardware.macVariant = mkOption {
	type = types.enum attrNames register;		type = types.enum (attrNames register);
	default = elemAt (attrNames register) 0;		default = elemAt (attrNames register) 0;
	example = elemAt (attrNames register) 0;		example = elemAt (attrNames register) 0;
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	# Needs to run every reboot		# Needs to run every reboot
	config.systemd.services.enable-autorestart = {		config.systemd.services.enable-autorestart = {
	script = "/run/current-system/sw/bin/setpci -s " + getAttr ~~register~~ config.hardware.macVariant ;		script = ("/run/current-system/sw/bin/setpci -s " + (getAttr config.hardware.macVariant register)) ;
	wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];		wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
	after = [ "default.target" ];		after = [ "default.target" ];

imported>Keithy at 01:27, 14 March 2022

2022-03-14T01:27:18Z

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	{		{
	options.hardware.~~macMiniVariant~~ = mkOption {		options.hardware.macVariant = mkOption {
	type = types.enum attrNames register;		type = types.enum attrNames register;
	default = elemAt (attrNames register) 0;		default = elemAt (attrNames register) 0;
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	# Needs to run every reboot		# Needs to run every reboot
	config.systemd.services.enable-autorestart = {		config.systemd.services.enable-autorestart = {
	script = "/run/current-system/sw/bin/setpci -s " + getAttr register config.hardware.~~macMiniVariant~~ ;		script = "/run/current-system/sw/bin/setpci -s " + getAttr register config.hardware.macVariant ;
	wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];		wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
	after = [ "default.target" ];		after = [ "default.target" ];

imported>Keithy at 01:25, 14 March 2022

2022-03-14T01:25:31Z

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	== Auto Restart ==		== Auto Restart ==
	Older Apple hardware had an elegent solution to enable automatic restart on power failure. The physical power button, when depressed, could be rotated through 90 degrees and in this position it remained permanently on. This function is now handled through software setting registers in the PMU, except that in some models this setting does not persist ~~accross~~ reboots. the following may be of help if you are looking to use a Mac-Mini as a server		Older Apple hardware had an elegent solution to enable automatic restart on power failure. The physical power button, when depressed, could be rotated through 90 degrees and in this position it remained permanently on. This function is now handled through software setting registers in the PMU, except that in some models this setting does not persist across reboots. the following may be of help if you are looking to use a Mac-Mini as a server

	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">

imported>Keithy: Added auto-restart code

2022-03-14T01:24:56Z

Added auto-restart code

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	The last line is the '''version'' field; the key to your success. This will allow you to identify with great accuracy the hardware. Fixes for other versions may apply too, but the greater the gap between revisions, the less likely it is to work.		The last line is the '''version'' field; the key to your success. This will allow you to identify with great accuracy the hardware. Fixes for other versions may apply too, but the greater the gap between revisions, the less likely it is to work.

			== Auto Restart ==
			Older Apple hardware had an elegent solution to enable automatic restart on power failure. The physical power button, when depressed, could be rotated through 90 degrees and in this position it remained permanently on. This function is now handled through software setting registers in the PMU, except that in some models this setting does not persist accross reboots. the following may be of help if you are looking to use a Mac-Mini as a server

			<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
			# https://blog.dhampir.no/content/linux-on-mac-mini-power-on-after-power-loss

			{ config, pkgs, options, lib, ... }:

			with lib;

			let
			register =
			{
			"mac-mini_white_intel+nVidia" = "00:03.0 0x7b.b=0x19";
			"mac-mini_white_intel" = "0:1f.0 0xa4.b=0";
			"mac-mini_unibody_intel" = "0:3.0 -0x7b=20";
			"mac-mini_unibody_M1" = "?";
			};

			in

			{
			options.hardware.macMiniVariant = mkOption {
			type = types.enum attrNames register;
			default = elemAt (attrNames register) 0;
			example = elemAt (attrNames register) 0;
			description = "Minor hardware variants have different registers for enabling autostart";
			};

			# https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/general/pciutils.html
			config.environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ pciutils ];

			# Needs to run every reboot
			config.systemd.services.enable-autorestart = {
			script = "/run/current-system/sw/bin/setpci -s " + getAttr register config.hardware.macMiniVariant ;
			wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
			after = [ "default.target" ];
			};
			}

			</syntaxhighlight>

imported>Samueldr: Tentatively switches to use freely readable variables in /sys/...

2018-01-15T23:49:37Z

Tentatively switches to use freely readable variables in /sys/...

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	<syntaxhighlight lang="commands">		<syntaxhighlight lang="commands">
	$ ~~sudo nix-shell -p dmidecode --run dmidecode \| grep -i macbook~~		$ cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_{family,name}
	~~Product Name: MacBookAir3~~,1		MacBook
	~~Family: MacBook~~		MacBook2,1
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	The ''~~Version~~'' field ~~is your~~ key to success~~, this~~ will allow you to identify with great accuracy the hardware. Fixes for other versions may apply too, but the greater the gap between revisions, the less likely it is to work.		The last line is the '''version'' field; the key to your success. This will allow you to identify with great accuracy the hardware. Fixes for other versions may apply too, but the greater the gap between revisions, the less likely it is to work.

imported>Samueldr: Adds a command to identify the apple hardware. (couldn't actually test though)

2018-01-15T23:40:58Z

Adds a command to identify the apple hardware. (couldn't actually test though)

New page

== Identifying your computer ==

<syntaxhighlight lang="commands">
$ sudo nix-shell -p dmidecode --run dmidecode | grep -i macbook
Product Name: MacBookAir3,1
Family: MacBook
</syntaxhighlight>

The ''Version'' field is your key to success, this will allow you to identify with great accuracy the hardware. Fixes for other versions may apply too, but the greater the gap between revisions, the less likely it is to work.