linux-surface/pkg/arch/README.md

Arch Linux PKGBUILDs for Surface Linux

Primarily tested on Arch Linux + Surface Laptop 13" (Intel).

Instructions

• Building firmware & configs

  cd surface
  makepkg -s
  sudo pacman -U surface-firmware*.pkg.tar.* surface-config*.pkg.tar.*
  

• Building the patched kernel (includes ACPI module)

  cd kernel
  PKGEXT=".pkg.tar" MAKEFLAGS="-j8" makepkg -s --skippgpcheck
  sudo pacman -U linux-surface-*.pkg.tar
  

  It's based on the Arch kernel tree (with patches curated by Arch developers) and Surface specific patches.

Advanced users / testers

• Building the ACPI module as a DKMS package (won't work with secure boot):

  cd surface-aggregator-module
  makepkg -s
  sudo pacman -U *.pkg.tar.*