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muhlemmer
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 Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:30 am Post subject: Reference: Getting new skylake / sunpoint laptops to work |
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I've been struggling to get all the devices with their drivers to work on my new Skylake / Sunrise laptop chip-set. To make life easier for other out there, I would like to open this thread with the issues I got and how I solved them (still work in progress. This laptop is purchased from BTO, the Netherlands and, like the company name, it's build to order. Meaning, it's not a mayor brand laptop like Asus, HP etc.
List of issues:
- DRM not working
- NVMe device not showing up in UEFI boot mode (already started a thread on this one)
- No PCIe bridge drivers loaded
- WiFi not working
- No sound
- Battery indication in KDE not working, lots of ACPI table warnings in dmesg (seems that ACPI is not working)
- Can't power off laptop without holding power button after halt. Reboot works (probably also ACPI related)
- Laptop buttons not working
- Misc controllers without drivers
Current status up till now:
1. DRM not working
Sky Lake Integrated Graphics. Solved by pulling in kernel linux-4.4.* and sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20151207. Since I compile my DRM driver into kernel, I needed to include the following firmware files: i915/skl_dmc_ver1.bin i915/skl_guc_ver1.bin i915/skl_guc_ver4.bin. You can try your luck with stable linux-4.1.15 and "Enable preliminary support for prerelease Intel hardware by default ". Don't forget to deselect all the framebuffer devices, like me 
3. PCIe bridge drivers not loaded
Solved by linux-4.4.* and pcieport driver.
4. WiFi not working
This is a Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3165. Same thing, needed linux-4.4.* and recent linux-firmware to make it work. One needs to select "Intel Wireless WiFi MVM Firmware support" under iwlwifi driver also.
5. No sound
Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, with realtek chip. Need >sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20151207. So at the moment of this writing you'll need version 99999999 to pull in the latest GIT version. Since I kept puzzling how to get it work, I just selected all the codecs as Modules. In the end the system loaded these: snd_hda_codec_realtek, snd_hda_codec_hdmi, snd_hda_codec_generic, snd_hda_codec, snd_hda_intel. I'm not sure if it mattered in the end, but I also pulled in media-sound/alsa-utils-1.1.0 and media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.0
As a reference my output of lspci -kvm up to this point:
| Code: | Device: 00:00.0
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
Rev: 07
Device: 00:02.0
Class: VGA compatible controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sky Lake Integrated Graphics
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Sky Lake Integrated Graphics
Rev: 06
Driver: i915
Device: 00:14.0
Class: USB controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
Rev: 31
ProgIf: 30
Driver: xhci_hcd
Device: 00:14.2
Class: Signal processing controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem
Rev: 31
Device: 00:16.0
Class: Communication controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI
Rev: 31
Device: 00:17.0
Class: SATA controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Device a102
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Device 3568
Rev: 31
ProgIf: 01
Driver: ahci
Device: 00:1c.0
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #3
Rev: f1
Driver: pcieport
Device: 00:1c.3
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #4
Rev: f1
Driver: pcieport
Device: 00:1c.5
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #6
Rev: f1
Driver: pcieport
Device: 00:1d.0
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #13
Rev: f1
Driver: pcieport
Device: 00:1f.0
Class: ISA bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller
Rev: 31
Device: 00:1f.2
Class: Memory controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H PMC
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Sunrise Point-H PMC
Rev: 31
Device: 00:1f.3
Class: Audio device
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H HD Audio
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Sunrise Point-H HD Audio
Rev: 31
Driver: snd_hda_intel
Module: snd_hda_intel
Device: 00:1f.4
Class: SMBus
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Sunrise Point-H SMBus
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Sunrise Point-H SMBus
Rev: 31
Driver: i801_smbus
Device: 00:1f.6
Class: Ethernet controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V
Rev: 31
Driver: e1000e
Module: e1000e
Device: 01:00.0
Class: Network controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Wireless 3165
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Dual Band Wireless AC 3165
Rev: 81
Driver: iwlwifi
Module: iwlwifi
Device: 02:00.0
Class: Unassigned class [ff00]
Vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Device: RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader
SVendor: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer
SDevice: RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader
Rev: 01
Driver: rtsx_pci
Module: rtsx_pci
Device: 04:00.0
Class: Non-Volatile memory controller
Vendor: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Device: Device a802
SVendor: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
SDevice: Device a801
Rev: 01
ProgIf: 02
Driver: nvme |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Laptop buttons not working |
sometimes they work with the experimental features / wmi stuff of kernels.
See my bug at kernel.org
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106901
The only way is to generate the same bug report I did for the keys. Feel free to reutilize on how I did it.
it seems there is a new way of handling stuff, called wmi. and guess what windows bla bla bla standard, and its broken, badly implemented by uefi.
any manufacturer has a support forum. bug them there tell them their hardware is not working and you will not buy anything from them again. when complaints pile up they may do something. |
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pa4wdh
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Which BTO laptop do you have ? I'm considering a BTO laptop (i am/was planning to place the order this weekend, looking at the 14" U-book model).
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muhlemmer
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| pa4wdh wrote: | | Which BTO laptop do you have ? I'm considering a BTO laptop (i am/was planning to place the order this weekend, looking at the 14" U-book model). |
V-book 15 inch. It is a good price, you get for the performance and you have the option not to buy Windows  . But I find that the technology is a bit new, so expect to some troubles on the road. Don't expect to use any life CD out there with a LTS / latest stable kernel to boot to OS with network and graphics support. I just used my old laptop to install Gentoo in a chroot on a USB disk with the latest gentoo-sources in ~arch, boot from there and copy the root and kernel over to my new laptop. Configured the profiles, USE and build flags after that on my new laptop.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| muhlemmer wrote: |
V-book 15 inch. It is a good price, you get for the performance and you have the option not to buy Windows .
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Which is exactly what got me interested in BTO, i've emailed them and they are even willing to remove their "free trial" version \o/
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But I find that the technology is a bit new, so expect to some troubles on the road.
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Which is exactly what is holding me back after reading your initial post 
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Don't expect to use any life CD out there with a LTS / latest stable kernel to boot to OS with network and graphics support. I just used my old laptop to install Gentoo in a chroot on a USB disk with the latest gentoo-sources in ~arch, boot from there and copy the root and kernel over to my new laptop. Configured the profiles, USE and build flags after that on my new laptop. |
That sounds doable. So the drivers are basically there, but in kernels which are not (yet) marked as stable ?
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pa4wdh
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@muhlemmer
I got my laptop about a week ago and all the important parts are working. A recent kernel (4.5.x) and linux-firmware (20160331) did the trick. I only thing that isn't working for now is the built-in SD/MMC cardreader, Is it working for you ? And if so, which kernel modules are you using ?
Thanks in advance.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| htose sd card readers are most usb ones, check the usb section of your kernel, and kernel related logs, also check if htose are turned on. |
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pa4wdh
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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In neither lspci or lsusb i can find anything i can identify as the cardreader. Once i know the device i know how to find the correct driver for it.
These are my lsusb and lspci:
lsusb:
| Code: | Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b551 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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lspci:
| Code: | 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d2f (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d31 (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d3a (rev 21)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d03 (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d10 (rev f1)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d11 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d48 (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d21 (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 9d70 (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 9d23 (rev 21)
01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5287 (rev 01)
01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 (rev 3a)
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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| pa4wdh wrote: | | In neither lspci or lsusb i can find anything i can identify as the cardreader. |
By process of elimination, it must be this one...
| Quote: | | Code: | | 01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5287 (rev 01) |
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Try this:
| /usr/src/linux $ make config: |
Device Drivers -->
Multifunction device drivers -->
<Y> Realtek PCI-E card reader
<Y> MMC/SD/SDIO card support -->
<Y> Realtek PCI-E SD/MMC Card Interface Driver
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your help Ant P., that is indeed correct !
I just recompiled my kernel to include these drivers and it works.
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I guess I had luck mostly with mine (Schenker S306 btw)
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Linux ultrabook 4.5.2-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 20 23:16:58 CEST 2016 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux |
Almost everything works, even keyboard LEDs and special keys.
Things not working/issues:
-Screen flickering with the xf86-video-intel driver, no matter what version.
-After suspend, KDE doesn't react to mouse clicks. I have to change VTs twice(!), then it works 
-The intel 8260 WIFI card will not reliably detect the 5Ghz network. I have to deactivate/activate wifi several times to get it working. That's by far the most annoying issue.
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| Martux wrote: | | -After suspend, KDE doesn't react to mouse clicks. I have to change VTs twice(!), then it works |
That's odd. I get the same thing sometimes on my completely mundane desktop, with the same workaround (well, I could unplug the mouse but that loses my xset settings), except it only ever happens after a display DPMS suspend. Feels like it only started happening in the last few months too... |
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Update:
WIFI issue has magically disappeared (it was maybe an issue with powertop).
Screen flickering is gone with recent kernel/firmware/graphics update. Happy camper
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| Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| pa4wdh wrote: | @muhlemmer
I got my laptop about a week ago and all the important parts are working. A recent kernel (4.5.x) and linux-firmware (20160331) did the trick. I only thing that isn't working for now is the built-in SD/MMC cardreader, Is it working for you ? And if so, which kernel modules are you using ?
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Do you have ACPI working? Does the system power off normally? I don;t have battery indications and during shut-down the system is stuck at "reboot: system halted". Had these issues since forever and hoped that support will come with newer kernel, but maybe I'm missing something in the config. Now at vanilla-4.8.1
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May I profit?
Is your HDMI output working?
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| bandreabis wrote: | May I profit?
Is your HDMI output working? |
Yes, works. Just that in KDE the sound output is not enabled after hotplug and I lost my patience with that. If I'm watching movies with SMplayer, I can manually select the HDMI as sound output and it works. System sounds, Amarok etc doesn't.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:00 am Post subject: Update |
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As for a general update of the situation. Since kernel 4.9 series the power-off is working, I'm able to fully boot in UEFI and mount NVMe devices etc. After recent releases of sys-kernel/linux-firmware I am now using the stable tree version 20161205 and kernel series 4.9 recently have a stable version as well. It is safe to conclude that this skylake hardware is supported by now without having to pull in development versions of kernels and firmware.
I still have some ACPI functionalities that are not working. I don't have power source info (battery nor adapter state) and stand-by doesn't work. If I have time I want to start to raise bugs to the mainline kernel bugzilla, but it's hard find resources how to write a good ACPI bug. Like what kind of info do they want to be included. Error logs? what verbosity level of the kernel? ACPI dirver specific debug info? acpidump output? Do I need to raise a bug for every specific missing function or one more general for this platform? Some advice and examples would be appreciated.
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