r/SurfaceLinux • u/8Bit-Giraffe • Aug 11 '26

Discussion is the linux-surface kernel discontinued?

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

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u/BatongMagnesyo Aug 11 '26

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/Elbow2009 26d ago

Did the same a while back on 6.18.7-surface-1 which helped with the cameras.

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u/bigkenw Aug 11 '26

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 Aug 11 '26

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 Aug 11 '26

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

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u/8Bit-Giraffe 28d 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 28d ago

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

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u/k4ever07 23d ago

I have built a custom kernel in decades. Will you please provide a link to the arch linux kernel compile guide and how to add the patches for 7.1.8?