From b939d370f2720f761ac7c6dfe0041ebfd64c1b79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed Abdelhalim <pm@a14m.dev>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:19:36 +0100
Subject: Add boot args that allow gpu and other mac locked features on linux

---
 host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml                | Bin 1048 -> 1040 bytes
 host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml.example        |   2 +-
 roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml              |   3 ++-
 roles/bootstrap/meta/argument_specs.yml        |   9 +++++++--
 roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml    |  18 +++++++-----------
 roles/bootstrap/templates/refind.conf.j2       |   5 +++++
 roles/bootstrap/templates/refind_linux.conf.j2 |   2 ++
 7 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 roles/bootstrap/templates/refind.conf.j2
 create mode 100644 roles/bootstrap/templates/refind_linux.conf.j2

diff --git a/host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml b/host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml
index 9634f1d..c0b5a59 100644
Binary files a/host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml and b/host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml differ
diff --git a/host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml.example b/host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml.example
index c2bfe53..749b6a8 100644
--- a/host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml.example
+++ b/host_vars/mac-archiso.local.yml.example
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ partition_extras:
     part_end: "100%"
     fstype: "ext4"
     dev: "{{ partition_disk }}4"
-bootstrap_broadcom_wl: true
+bootstrap_mac: true
 configure_playbook_dir: "../ansible-distro-configure"
diff --git a/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml b/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
index 552f54e..bf3753f 100644
--- a/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ---
-bootstrap_broadcom_wl: false
+bootstrap_mac: false
+bootstrap_mac_boot_args: "acpi_osi=Darwin i915.modeset=1 acpi_mask_gpe=0x06"
diff --git a/roles/bootstrap/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/bootstrap/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 00c7b31..1744925 100644
--- a/roles/bootstrap/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/bootstrap/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ argument_specs:
         type: "dict"
         required: true
         description: "Check partition_root argument in role: partition, required options: mount_path"
-      bootstrap_broadcom_wl:
+      bootstrap_mac:
         type: "bool"
         required: false
         default: false
-        description: "Install broadcom-wl driver (required for BCM4360 on Intel 2012 Macs)"
+        description: "Install broadcom-wl driver/spoof_osx (required for Intel 2012 Macs)"
+      bootstrap_mac_boot_args:
+        type: "str"
+        required: false
+        default: "acpi_osi=Darwin i915.modeset=1 acpi_mask_gpe=0x06"
+        description: "Extra kernel boot arguments appended to rEFInd boot entries when bootstrap_mac is true"
diff --git a/roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml b/roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml
index 5affa1c..02ba1f3 100644
--- a/roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml
+++ b/roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml
@@ -46,20 +46,16 @@
   changed_when: true
 
 - name: "Configure rEFInd boot options"
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "refind_linux.conf.j2"
     dest: "{{ mnt_root_path }}/boot/refind_linux.conf"
     mode: "0644"
-    content: |
-      "Boot with defaults" "root=PARTLABEL={{ partition_root.name }} rw console=tty1"
-      "Boot to terminal" "root=PARTLABEL={{ partition_root.name }} rw console=tty1 systemd.unit=multi-user.target"
 
 - name: "Configure rEFInd settings"
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "refind.conf.j2"
     dest: "{{ mnt_boot_path }}/EFI/refind/refind.conf"
     mode: "0644"
-    content: |
-      timeout 5
-      textonly true
   # NOTE: this is skipped because the docker test doesn't have proper EFI/refind directory created
   tags: ["molecule-notest"]
 
@@ -88,7 +84,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.command:
     cmd: "arch-chroot {{ mnt_root_path }} pacman -S --noconfirm broadcom-wl"
   changed_when: true
-  when: bootstrap_broadcom_wl
+  when: bootstrap_mac
 
 - name: "Blacklist modules conflicting with broadcom-wl"
   ansible.builtin.copy:
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@
       blacklist b43
       blacklist ssb
       blacklist bcma
-  when: bootstrap_broadcom_wl
+  when: bootstrap_mac
 
 - name: "Load wl module at boot"
   ansible.builtin.copy:
@@ -108,4 +104,4 @@
     mode: "0644"
     content: |
       wl
-  when: bootstrap_broadcom_wl
+  when: bootstrap_mac
diff --git a/roles/bootstrap/templates/refind.conf.j2 b/roles/bootstrap/templates/refind.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..995ae1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/bootstrap/templates/refind.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+timeout 5
+textonly true
+{% if bootstrap_mac %}
+spoof_osx_version 12.7
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/bootstrap/templates/refind_linux.conf.j2 b/roles/bootstrap/templates/refind_linux.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5e9942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/bootstrap/templates/refind_linux.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+"Boot with defaults" "root=PARTLABEL={{ partition_root.name }} rw console=tty1{% if bootstrap_mac %} {{ bootstrap_mac_boot_args }}{% endif %}"
+"Boot to terminal" "root=PARTLABEL={{ partition_root.name }} rw console=tty1 systemd.unit=multi-user.target{% if bootstrap_mac %} {{ bootstrap_mac_boot_args }}{% endif %}"
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