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# Fedora KIWI image descriptions, modified to build & launch for Surface Pro 12" Gen 1
It is the fork of the original [KIWI image descriptions](https://forge.fedoraproject.org/releng/kiwi-descriptions), modified for launching Fedora Linux Rawhide Live ISO on Surface Pro 12" Gen 1 (and further installing it on the device).
I bought this device as I viewed it as a great Linux GNOME tablet, but after several days, many hours of work of trying to do so, I must say that installing a distribution here (and then having it work fine) is a huge pain in the ass.
> Special thanks to [harrisonvanderbyl](https://github.com/harrisonvanderbyl), this project wouldn't be possible without his huge contribution to this whole Linux on Surface ARM business!
## How to run
**The compiled ISOs can be downloaded [here](https://dist.sayag.it/surface-pro-12in-ports/fedora/rawhide).**
This KIWI project is built mainly on the base of Fedora Workstation Rawhide LiveCD ISO. Trying a stable version (the latest is Fedora 44 at the time of writing this) is possible, but not tested for now.
If you want to compile this image manually, **the build arch must be `aarch64`**. It means that if you are on an `amd64` machine, you would have to use aarch64 instructions emulation tools like `binfmt`. Unfortunately, such a tool will drastically increase the compilation time.
To build this on Fedora Linux:
```bash
# Fetch submodules (if you haven't yet)
[]$ git submodule update --init --recursive
# Install kiwi
[]$ sudo dnf --assumeyes install kiwi kiwi-systemdeps distribution-gpg-keys
# Run the image build
[]$ sudo ./kiwi-build --kiwi-file=Fedora.kiwi --image-type=<image_type> --image-profile=<image_profile> --output-dir ./outdir
# An example for Workstation Live CD ISO, takes around 16 minutes
[]$ sudo ./kiwi-build --kiwi-file=Fedora.kiwi --image-type=iso --image-profile=Workstation-Live --output-dir ./outdir
```
## What is left out (for now)
* Live CD has to run in RAM, so `rd.live.ram=1` is set for cmdline. Otherwise, at least on my ancient flash drive, it fails to load multiple necessary services, including `polkit`. So, ~5 minutes of loading on USB 2 drive, while screen is not backlit, is to be expected.
* No rescue vmlinuz.
* No secure boot possible for this ISO for now, as the platform used is `efi` and not `uefi`.
* No GRUB auto hidden menu. Trying to have the menu hidden results in system restarting after trying to boot it.
* `wireupcameras.service` (which enables tablet's cameras to be used) fails on installed system (not in Live CD though), as no `/dev/media*` gets initialized.
* No hardware video encoding/decoding for now, as the iris video codec (`qcvss8380_pa.mbn`) is Windows-only (as far as I researched), but you can copy one from `/path/to/mounted/windows/drive/Windows/System32/DriverStore/FileRepository/qcdx8380.inf_arm64_*/qcvss8380_pa.mbn` to `/lib/firmware/qcom/x1p42100/Microsoft/Surface12/`, if you keep Windows ARM64 partition.
* Suspend on Snapdragon X is still very unstable. No deep sleep is available, so `mem_sleep_default=s2idle` was set. Even that leads to compromises as suspending via GNOME results in hard freeze, so the default power button behavior was changed to `interactive` and should not be changed back to `suspend`.
## Image variants
Please look at [`VARIANTS`](VARIANTS.md) for details on the available configurations that can be built.
## CI information
This project is yet to adapt CI, but it is coming.
For now the images are being built and tested manually on my personal Surface Pro 12" Gen 1 (16 GB RAM, 512 GB storage).
## Licensing
This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, under version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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