Mainline

Download mainline Linux

You should be able to use the latest versions without problems. You can get it on Github: git clone https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git --depth=1 or use .tar files from kernel.org https://www.kernel.org/

Applying patches

grate-driver/linux has these patches already included.

Adding a devicetree

Go to ./arch/arm/boot/dts, create a file with the name tegra30-microsoft-surface-rt-efi.dts and paste the contents of the code block in the devicetree sub-section.

Search for dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_TEGRA_3x_SOC) += in the Makefile (same directory), there you can see a few lines which begin with tegra30, add a line with the devicetree file name you created above, but instead of the extension .dts use .dtb. Be aware that you will need to add a backslash (\) at the end of the previous line. Here is a picture how it should look like:

Picture shows the wrong file name

Apply patch for ACPI Parking Protocol

Open up a terminal and cd into your linux-5.12.3 directory. Then download the patch from bellow and run git apply 0001-Add-ACPI-Parking-Protocol-for-arm32-devices.patch This should add ACPI Parking Protocol to your kernel and allows you to use SMP.

The patch doesn't follow kernel coding conventions. This will eventually be fixed.

7KB

0001-Add-ACPI-Parking-Protocol-for-arm32-devices.patch

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Apply patch for tCover

This patch was created from commit c0a5652f from grate-driver/linux. The changes in the devicetree were removed. (Created with git format-patch -1 c0a5652f) Rungit apply 0001-WIP-ARM-tegra-Add-Type-Touch-Power-Cover-support-for.patch to apply the patch.

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0001-WIP-ARM-tegra-Add-Type-Touch-Power-Cover-support-for.patch

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Apply patch for I2C GPIO hotplug for tCover

This patch was created from commit e2a2772b from grate-driver/linux. (Create with git format-patch -1 e2a2772b) Run git apply 0001-i2c-GPIO-based-hotplug-gate.patch to apply the patch.

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0001-i2c-GPIO-based-hotplug-gate.patch

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