Slackware-current on Tiger Lake for Slackware users

Aeterna · 07-19-2021, 06:57 PM

kernel-5.13.3

Quote:

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

1:0A
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.

eternauta2001 · 12-21-2021, 07:18 PM

Today, I tested slackware current (kernel 5.15.10) on my Dell laptop (11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7, Iris Xe Graphics) using the SlackLive current ISO.

The graphics chip is recognized but the X display runs slow, freezes and hangs. There are similar reports for kernel branch 5.15:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/4145

According to this link there are patches to be backported to 5.15.
Hopefully in the incomming version 5.16 everything is solved.

Aeterna · 12-21-2021, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eternauta2001

Today, I tested slackware current (kernel 5.15.10) on my Dell laptop (11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7, Iris Xe Graphics) using the SlackLive current ISO.

The graphics chip is recognized but the X display runs slow, freezes and hangs. There are similar reports for kernel branch 5.15:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/4145

According to this link there are patches to be backported to 5.15.
Hopefully in the incomming version 5.16 everything is solved.

I thought that because we have different CPUs, GPU is different too. It seems though that GPUs are the same:
I don't have issues with GPU since 5.15.7.
Before 5.15.7: from 5.15.0 to 5.15.6, kernels were unusable causing GPU hang, (this was fixed eventually).

Now I am on custom 5.15.10 and GPU works. I am not sure what is causing GPU issues in your case.

eternauta2001 · 12-21-2021, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aeterna

I thought that because we have different CPUs, GPU is different too. It seems though that GPUs are the same:
I don't have issues with GPU since 5.15.7.
Before 5.15.7: from 5.15.0 to 5.15.6, kernels were unusable causing GPU hang, (this was fixed eventually).

Now I am on custom 5.15.10 and GPU works. I am not sure what is causing GPU issues in your case.

Yes, the CPU is diferent, but the GPU is the same:

Quote:

lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9a49] (rev 01)

That is Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics, Tiger Lake, according to https://dgpu-docs.intel.com/devices/hardware-table.html.
I will do more research. Thanks for the reply!

ppr:kut · 12-22-2021, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eternauta2001

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/4145

According to this link there are patches to be backported to 5.15.
Hopefully in the incomming version 5.16 everything is solved.

The fix for that issue has already been backported with 5.15.7.

ppr:kut · 12-22-2021, 04:21 AM

FWIW, I have a tiger lake system since April, which I ran -current on since then, and for the most part it has been working fine.

I needed a work-around to get the ethernet port to work correctly (in rc.local)

Code:

echo on > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:16.0/power/control

and a kernel parameter to get the touchpad detected as an RMI device:

Code:

psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1

I have sof-firmware installed for sound and intel-media-driver for VAAPI acceleration.

I switched to S3 standby in the bios, otherwise standby was... not ideal (fan kept running, and huge battery drain while in standby)

Still on the TODO list is looking into thermal_daemon and tlp.

System details below:

Code:

System:
  Host: amaterasu.liwjatan.org Kernel: 5.15.10 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 2.37-slack15 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-generic-5.15.10
    root=UUID=17d6de07-e22a-48a7-944e-c4a2bc822a35 ro
    psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1 ipv6.disable=1
    initcall_blacklist=floppy_module_init
  Console: pty pts/1 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Slackware 15.0
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20W0CTO1WW v: ThinkPad T14 Gen 2i
    serial: PF2WF9WF Chassis: type: 10 serial: PF2WF9WF
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20W0CTO1WW serial: L1HF13J0081 UEFI: LENOVO
    v: N34ET46W (1.46 ) date: 12/01/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.2 Wh (99.4%) condition: 51.5/50.5 Wh (101.9%)
    volts: 12.3 min: 11.6 model: LGC 5B10W51826 type: Li-poly serial: 947
    status: Full cycles: 9
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 socket: U3E1 bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x9A
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB
    L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2819 high: 4558 min/max: 400/4800 base/boost: 3000/3000
    scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: performance volts: 0.8 V
    ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 3865 2: 3702 3: 2427 4: 4318 5: 2304 6: 4558
    7: 400 8: 985 bogomips: 47923
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  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: Lenovo
    driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 3-4:2 chip-ID: 13d3:5406 class-ID: fe01 serial: 0000
  Display: server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa alternate: fbdev display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 7680x2160 s-dpi: 193 s-size: 1013x285mm (39.9x11.2")
    s-diag: 1052mm (41.4")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 3840x2160 dpi: 316 size: 309x174mm (12.2x6.9")
    diag: 355mm (14")
  Monitor-2: DP-3 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 163
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 685mm (27")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
    alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.10 running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.42 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15fb class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 38:f3:ab:33:a9:3c
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 64:79:f0:85:9e:0e
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:6
    chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: not found
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: 64:79:F0:85:9E:12
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 1.21 TiB (33.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WDS400T3X0C-00SJG0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: 20494T801288
    rev: 114000WD temp: 46.9 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 47d 20h cycles: 57
    read-units: 2,088,693 [1.06 TB] written-units: 11,425,262 [5.84 TB]
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 3873

eternauta2001 · 12-27-2021, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eternauta2001

Yes, the CPU is diferent, but the GPU is the same:

That is Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics, Tiger Lake, according to https://dgpu-docs.intel.com/devices/hardware-table.html.
I will do more research. Thanks for the reply!

Well, I run SlackLive again, but with the option "toram". All works now! OpenGL, Vulkan,sound, wifi... Now I testing thermald and Intel's media drivers.