| kernel | ||
| root | ||
| apparmor-fix-4.14.patch | ||
| config | ||
| i915_firmware.zip | ||
| ipts_firmware_v76.zip | ||
| ipts_firmware_v78.zip | ||
| ipts_firmware_v79.zip | ||
| README.md | ||
Linux Surface
Linux running on the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4. Follow the instructions below to install the latest kernel and config files.
What's Working
- Keyboard (and backlight)
- Touchpad
- 2D/3D Acceleration
- Touchscreen
- Pen (if paired and multi-touch mode enabled)
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- Speakers
- Power Button
- Volume Buttons
- SD Card Reader
- Cameras (partial support)
- Suspend/Hibernate
- Sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light sensor)
- Battery Readings
- Docking/Undocking Tablet and Keyboard
What's NOT Working
- Dedicated GPU (if you have a performance base on a Surface Book, otherwise onboard works fine)
- Cameras (not fully supported yet)
Download Pre-built Kernel and Headers
Downloads for ubuntu based distros (other distros will need to compile from source in the kernel folder):
You will need to download both the image and headers deb files for the version you want to install.
Instructions
NOTE: For the ipts_firmware files, please select a version. v76 has been reportedly the best for the Surface Book and v78 for the Surface Pro 4 and 2017.
- Copy the files under root to where they belong: * $ sudo cp -R root/* /
- Extract ipts_firmware_[VERSION].zip to /lib/firmware/intel/ipts/
- $ sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/intel/ipts
- $ sudo unzip ipts_firmware_[VERSION].zip -d /lib/firmware/intel/ipts/
- Extract i915_firmware.zip to /lib/firmware/i915/
- $ sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/i915
- $ sudo unzip i915_firmware.zip -d /lib/firmware/i915/
- (Ubuntu 17.10) Fix issue with Suspend to Disk:
- $ sudo ln -s /lib/systemd/system/hibernate.target /etc/systemd/system/suspend.target && sudo ln -s /lib/systemd/system/systemd-hibernate.service /etc/systemd/system/systemd-suspend.service
- (all other distros) Fix issue with Suspend to Disk:
- $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/hibernate.target /etc/systemd/system/suspend.target && sudo ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hibernate.service /etc/systemd/system/systemd-suspend.service
- Set permissions on mwifiex_pcie.sh script:
- $ sudo chown root /lib/systemd/system-sleep/mwifiex_pcie.sh
- $ sudo chmod 755 /lib/systemd/system-sleep/mwifiex_pcie.sh
- Install the custom kernel and headers:
- $ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-[VERSION].deb linux-image-[VERSION].deb
- Reboot on installed kernel.
NOTE: If your network won't connect on the 4.14.x series, you need to apply the apparmor-fix-4.14.patch file in /etc/: $ cd /etc/ && sudo patch -p1 < /path/to/apparmor-fix-4.14.patch
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