Supported Devices and Features - linux-surface/linux-surface GitHub Wiki

Devices supported by linux-surface:

Surface Book 1 (SB1)
Surface Book 2 (SB2)
Surface Book 3 (SB3)
Surface Laptop Studio (SLS1)
Surface Laptop Studio 2 (SLS2)
Surface Laptop 1 (SL1)
Surface Laptop 2 (SL2)
Surface Laptop 3 (SL3, SL3A = AMD, SL3I = Intel)
Surface Laptop 4 (SL4, SL4A = AMD, SL4I = Intel)
Surface Laptop 5 (SL5)
Surface Laptop 6 (SL6)
Surface Laptop Go 1 (SLG1)
Surface Laptop Go 2 (SLG2)
Surface Laptop Go 3 (SLG3)
Surface Laptop SE (SLSE)
Surface Go 1 (SGO1)
Surface Go 2 (SGO2)
Surface Go 3 (SGO3)
Surface Go 4 (SGO4)
Surface 3 (S3)
Surface Pro 1 (SP1)
Surface Pro 2 (SP2)
Surface Pro 3 (SP3)
Surface Pro 4 (SP4)
Surface Pro (5th Gen / 2017) (SP5)
Surface Pro 6 (SP6)
Surface Pro 7 (SP7)
Surface Pro 7+ (SP7+)
Surface Pro 8 (SP8)
Surface Pro 9 (Intel) (SP9)
Surface Pro 10 (SP10)
Surface Dock

Unknown/Data needed:

Unsupported:

Surface RT 1, Surface RT 2 (See Open Surface RT instead.)
Surface Pro X (SPX) (see here and here for ongoing work)
Surface Pro 9 (ARM/SQ3)
Surface Pro 11 see this instead (https://github.com/dwhinham/linux-surface-pro-11)
Surface Laptop 7

If your device is listed under "Unknown/Data needed" or not listed at all, feel free to help us out and have a look at providing us with some diagnostic data.

Feature Matrix

Not all features are supported equally on all devices. Please check the dedicated page for your device for more detailed information on the supported and not-supported features.

✓ - The feature is supported
? - It is unknown whether the feature is supported. You are free to update it if you know
❌ - The feature is not supported and won't work
N/A - The feature is not applicable to the device because it lacks the hardware for it.
🧪 - Experimental. The feature is supported by some experimental code.

Surface Tablets

Hardware	S3	SGO	SGO2	SGO3	SGO4	SP1	SP2	SP3	SP4	SP5	SP6	SP7	SP7+	SP8	SP9(I)¹⁹	SP10	SP10(W/5G)
Keyboard	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	❌
Touchpad	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	❌
Tablet Mode	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓¹	✓¹	✓
Touchscreen	✓⁵	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹
Pen	✓⁵	✓	✓	✓	?	✓	✓	✓	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹
WiFi	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	❌
LTE	✓⁵	✓⁷	✓⁷	✓⁷	?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	✓⁷	N/A	N/A	✓	✓	N/A	N/A	❌
Bluetooth	✓¹⁵	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓¹⁵	✓	✓¹⁵	✓¹⁵	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Speakers	✓⁵	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Buttons	✓	✓	✓	✓²³	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓²	✓²	✓	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹
SD Card Reader	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Suspend	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	?
Hibernate	✓¹	✓	✓	❌	?	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓¹⁹	❌	?
S0ix³	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	N/A	N/A	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✓	✓²¹	?	✓
Sensors	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✓¹⁷	✓	✓	❌
Battery Status	✓⁵	✓	✓	✓²⁴	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓⁸	✓⁸	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	❌
Performance Modes	❌	❌	❌	❌	?	❌	❌	❌	❌	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	?
Cameras	❌	¹⁰	¹⁰	¹⁰	?	✓	✓	✓	¹⁰	¹⁰	¹⁰	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Surface Books, Surface Laptop Studio and Surface Studios

Hardware	SB	SB2	SB3	SLS1	SLS2	SS1	SS2	SS2+
Keyboard	✓	✓	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓	?	?	?
Touchpad	✓	✓	✓⁹	✓¹²	✓²²	?	?	?
Tablet Mode	✓	✓	✓	✓¹⁶	✓	?	?	?
Touchscreen	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	?	?	?
Pen	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	✓¹	?	?	?	?
WiFi	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	?	?
Bluetooth	✓¹⁵	✓¹⁵	✓	✓	✓	?	?	?
Speakers	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	?	?
Buttons	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	?	?
SD Card Reader	✓	✓	✓	N/A	✓	?	?	?
Suspend	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	?	?	?
Hibernate	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	?	?	?
S0ix ³	?	✓¹	?	✓	?	?	?	?
Sensors	✓	✓	?	✓	?	?	?	?
Battery Status	✓	✓⁸	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓	?	?	?
Performance Modes	❌	✓⁸	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓	?	?	?
Dedicated GPU	✓¹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓	?	?	?	?
Clipboard Detachment	✓	✓²²	✓²²	N/A	N/A	?	?	?
Cameras	¹⁰	¹⁰	❌	✓	✓	?	?	?

Surface Laptops

Hardware	SL	SL2	SL3(A)	SL3(I)	SL4(A)	SL4(I)	SL5¹⁹	SLG	SLG2	SLG3	SLSE
Keyboard	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓²⁰	✓	✓	✓	✓
Touchpad	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓²⁰	✓	✓	✓	✓
Touchscreen	✓¹	✓¹	❌	✓¹	❌	✓¹	✓¹	✓	✓	✓	N/A
Pen	✓¹	✓¹	❌	✓¹	❌	✓¹	✓¹	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WiFi	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bluetooth	✓¹⁵	✓¹⁵	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Speakers	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Buttons	✓	✓	✓²	✓²	✓¹	✓¹	✓	✓	✓	✓	❌²⁵
Suspend	✓	✓	⁴	✓	?	?	¹⁹	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hibernate	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	?	?	✓	✓	✓	✓
S0ix³	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓¹¹	✓	?	✓	✓	✓	?
Sensors	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Battery Status	✓⁸	✓⁸	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓	✓⁹	✓¹⁸	✓¹⁸	✓
Performance Modes	✓⁸	✓⁸	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓⁹	✓²⁰	✓⁹	✓¹⁸	✓¹⁸	?
Cameras	❌	❌	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fingerprint										❌

¹ Requires linux-surface kernel
² Requires linux 5.4+ (including ubuntu 20.04+ (Not sure what Linux version earlier versions of Ubuntu use))
³ Also called "Modern Standby" / "Connected Standby"
⁴ Suspends, but only wakes up from external keyboard
⁵ Visit Surface 3 page for details: Surface 3
⁷ See this page for setup information
⁸ Requires linux 5.12+ or linux-surface kernel
⁹ Requires linux 5.13+ or linux-surface kernel
¹⁰ Camera Work in Progress
¹¹ Partially working with additional patches #458
¹² Requires quirk for libinput. See this wiki entry for details.
¹⁵ Marvell Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chip has a firmware bug where system powersaving is prohibited if any Bluetooth Low Energy devices are paired (yes: paired, not connected). For best battery life, make sure not to pair any BT LE devices (that includes the Surface Pen). Bluetooth seems broken in last version. See this discussion for details.
¹⁶ Requires linux-surface kernel >=5.18.4
¹⁷ Requires linux-surface kernel >=5.18.7
¹⁸ Requires linux-surface kernel >=5.18.10
¹⁹ For Intel 12th generation devices that has problem that seem to be affected across that Intel generation of Surface devices, see device specified and "Intel 12th Generation Devices Issues" wiki page for more information.
²⁰ Requires linux-surface kernel >=6.0.8-3
²¹ s0ix performance is poor on Runtime Screen Off (tested by S0ixSelftestTool)
²² Visit your device's wiki page for more details
²³ Requires linux 5.15+ or linux-surface kernel
²⁴ Requires linux 5.17+ or linux-surface kernel
²⁵ See #767

Features provided by the Surface Aggregator Module

Some features provided by the Surface Aggregator Module (specifically faster clipboard detachment, discrete GPU power control on SB2/SB3, and performance modes) may need additional configuration. For a documentation of those features and how to use them, please have a look at the Surface Aggregator Module Wiki.