[gentoo-user] Gentoo on MacbookPro Retina

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on MacbookPro Retina

[Michael Vetter]

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Hello,

Since a few weeks I am using Gentoo Linux.
I have used Debian for something like 12 years and now decided to 
switch. So far I really enjoy the learning experience with Gentoo.

Up to know I have it only installed on an old Notebook, to play around 
with it.
However I use it way too seldom and thus want to install it on my main 
machine which is MacbookPro Retina.

I read the Gentoo wiki article and several blog posts, however some 
instructions heavily differ, and I am not sure if the wiki is up to 
date. There seem to be minor problems but maybe they already have been 
fixed.

No idea whether battery life, backlight usage, wifi and such things work 
properly. And I have heart that the high resolution causes some 
problems, but I dont understand why exactly. I would very much 
appreciate if someone could explain the _why_ to me :-)

So I wonder if someone here has some experience, and could tell me what 
works and what doesn't.
Furthermore I would greatly appreciate all kinds of advice and hints 
before I try to install it myself, maybe someone even can share his 
kernel config and other important config files which will make the 
Macbook usable. As a start for me to customize it more to my needs.

Finally some information about my model.

Name: MacbookPro Retina 15 inch mid 2012
Identifier: MacBookPro10,1
Model Number: A1398
Intel i7

dmesg: http://bpaste.net/show/xjfOdm8fRiL4QRNFw2pO/
lsmod: http://bpaste.net/show/6zwQsWDpRPkO2pJyaF5K/
lspci: http://bpaste.net/show/gik2ckJL3EiE7T2hGraO/
lsusb: http://bpaste.net/show/xTPd9BScPXlWOdKl7jcU/

Maybe I should add that I use a USB-To-Ethernet adapter from 
CableMatters which uses ASIX AX88179.

I already booted succesfully with SystemRescueCD, from which I read 
lsmod and the other commands. Afterwards I installed refind UEFI 
bootloader, since many people seem to use it, but I am not sure whether 
it's better than Grub.
And I have heard that because it's UEFI I need to use GPT partition tables.

My primary goal is to get Gentoo running on this machine, so I can use 
it everyday and learn more about it on the go. However I also would 
appreciate every background information about configuring it, what 
problems can occur and why, to understand the whole matter.

Thanks in advance
regards

Michael

PS: I might not be able to check mails (and thus reply) until next Tuesday..

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