Enables Macbook Pro Retina's FaceTimeHD on Ubuntu/Debian (thanks to patjak)

enableWebcam.sh

#!/bin/bash
DRIVER_DIR="bcwc_pcie"


if [ ! -d "$DRIVER_DIR" ]; then

    echo "Dir not present. Well, let's bootstrap then"
    echo "Cloning code"
    git clone https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie.git
fi

echo "Installing utils"
sudo apt-get install -y cpio make curl xz-utils git kmod libssl-dev checkinstall

# enter dir
pushd bcwc_pcie

# extract firmware
pushd firmware

echo "Extracting firmware"
sudo make clean
sudo make -j4
sudo make install

popd

echo "Building driver"
sudo make clean
sudo make -j4
sudo make install

echo "Linking driver"
sudo depmod

echo "Unloading deprecated driver"
sudo modprobe -r bdc_pci

echo "Unloading old driver version"
sudo modprobe -r facetimehd

echo "Loading driver"
sudo modprobe facetimehd

popd

I would like to know if this script works on a native Linux installation on MBP or if it is necessary to have OSX in a partition?
I can install Linux Mint Sylvia without problems apart from the camera driver, but the guides found on the web are too complicated for me.
Could you give me some help about it or indicate me a differet easy way?
Thank you
Bye

Hi,
AFAIK no: it doesn't mount my OSX partition, it downloads the firmware on the fly