Slackware-current on Tiger Lake for Slackware users

kernel-5.13.3
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inxi -Fa System: Host: betelgeuse.dom.org Kernel: 5.13.3-betelgeuse x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 2.36.1-slack15 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=dev000:\EFI\Slackware\vmlinuz-5.133 root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 vga=791 vt.color=2 ro ro Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.3 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 3 dm: SDDM Distro: Slackware 15.0 Machine: Type: Convertible System: Micro-Star product: Summit E13FlipEvo A11MT v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 31 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-13P2 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: E13P2IMS.107 date: 02/26/2021 Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 38.5 Wh (55.2%) condition: 69.7/67.7 Wh (103.0%) volts: 15.4 min: 15.4 model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Discharging Device-1: hid-0003:04F3:2D53.0008-battery model: ELAN Touchscreen serial: N/A charge: N/A status: N/A CPU: Info: Quad Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: 6E cache: L2: 12 MiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 47923 Speed: 4400 MHz min/max: 400/4800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4400 2: 501 3: 2438 4: 3221 5: 4800 6: 1650 7: 1122 8: 4718 Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected Type: l1tf status: Not affected Type: mds status: Not affected Type: meltdown status: Not affected Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: [Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: Acer HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-6:3 chip-ID: 5986:116f class-ID: fe01 Display: wayland server: Slackware Linux Project 1.20.12 compositor: kwin_wayland driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa alternate: fbdev display-ID: :1 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x317mm (20.0x12.5") s-diag: 599mm (23.6") Monitor-1: XWAYLAND0 res: 1920x1200 hz: 120 dpi: 168 size: 290x180mm (11.4x7.1") diag: 341mm (13.4") OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.3-betelgeuse running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.31 running: no Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0 bus-ID: 59:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 7c:50:79:e6:d1:06 Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-7:4 chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001 Report: ID: hci0 state: down bt-service: not found address: 7C:50:79:E6:D1:0A Info: acl-mtu: 0:0 sco-mtu: 0:0 Drives: Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 280.02 GiB (29.4%) SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL21T0HCLR-00B00 size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD rev: GXA7301Q scheme: GPT Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 158.24 GiB size: 154.7 GiB (97.76%) used: 16.98 GiB (11.0%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 650 MiB size: 648.7 MiB (99.80%) used: 34.5 MiB (5.3%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 ID-3: /home raw-size: 159 GiB size: 155.45 GiB (97.77%) used: 9.56 GiB (6.1%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 25.63 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 205 Uptime: 8h 22m wakeups: 826 Memory: 31.08 GiB used: 1.69 GiB (5.4%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.99 runlevel: 4 default: 4 tool: /etc/rc.d Compilers: gcc: 10.3.0 alt: 10.3.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pkgtool: 1 rpm: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.03

what works:
all except sound
Tiger Lake LP sound card is not fully supported. Installing SOF did not help, I had to force snd_hd_intel load for sound to work.
However snd_hd_intel does not support Tiger Lake LP microphone. So currently sound works without microphone enabled.
Touchscreen and pen work aout of the box.

what is not tested: fingerprint reader: Plasma5/KDE does not support fingerprint authentication
Quote:

dmesg | grep Good [ 2.446988] usb 3-8: Product: Goodix USB2.0 MISC [ 2.446989] usb 3-8: Manufacturer: Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.

Kernel is customized to work with all the installed hardware plus software: eg NFSv4, iptables and so on.
Battery life ~7hrs with average use. This is a bit less when compared exactly the same system with windows as published (I never booted system to windows but at first boot loaded liveslack DVD so I have no direct comparison.

This is full compatibility report about Slackware on the latest Tiger Lake hardware.
I don't expect any more improvements from kernel, but I am hoping that mic issue will be fixed in 5.14.x or 5.15.x series.