Linux Surface

Linux running on the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4. Following 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 (for Surface Book)

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):

https://goo.gl/QSZCwq

You will need to download both the image and headers deb files for the version you want to install.

Instructions

Copy the files under root to where they belong: * $ sudo cp -R root/* /
Extract ipts_firmware.zip to /lib/firmware/intel/ipts/

$ sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/intel/ipts
$ sudo unzip ipts_firmware.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/

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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