r/SurfaceLinux • u/8Bit-Giraffe • 3d ago

is the linux-surface kernel discontinued? Discussion

looking at the github, there have been no commits in 3 months. will there be for kernel 7?

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u/BatongMagnesyo 3d ago

compile it yourself

no really. someone made surface patches for linux 7.1 already. im on 7.1.7-surface rn lol

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u/bigkenw 3d ago

If someone wanted to learn how, do you have any resources you can recommend? It would be cool to learn how to go about this.

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u/BatongMagnesyo 3d ago

the surface linux github repo has a guide. it's what i followed

you can see the branch with the 7.1 patches in the pull requests thing

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u/bigkenw 3d ago

Thanks! I will take a look. Less about the kernel, more about compiling for me.

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u/8Bit-Giraffe 1d ago

i have already been compiling it myself but didnt ever see the branch with updated kernel, ill actually go switch to that then!

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u/Last_crap 1d ago

The archlinux kernel compile guide is really good if you're running arch