[install][upgrade] Add ASUS ROG laptop support

[LukeShortCloud]

Things such as brightness control do not work on all ASUS ROG laptops. I know there is a project with Linux firmware files for ASUS devices. Those will work with the kernel-fsync Linux kernel.

Originally brought up: #813

Related: #809

[GuestSneezeOSDev]

What are the spec's of the ASUS ROG laptop?

[LukeShortCloud]

Great question! I personally have a relatively new ASUS ROG laptop and it works great. However, there are minor issues with other devices out there.

What I specifically want to tackle in this GitHub Issue is the following:

• Add support for ASUS ROG laptop speakers. Most do not work out-of-the-box.
  • This will be resolved when adding the asus-firmware files.
    • https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/firmware
• Add support for LED status lights.
  • https://pagure.io/kernel-fsync/blob/6.8/f/SOURCES/asus-linux.patch
  • This will be resolved when switching to the linux-fsync kernel.
    • [repo][install][upgrade] Use linux-fsync-nobara-bin #809

[GuestSneezeOSDev]

isn't there like drivers for For Arch Linux based distro's like for example from here or use supergfxctl from aur or from here

[LukeShortCloud]

Thanks for pointing that out! Sure, we can include the asusctl, rog-control-center, and supergfxctl utilities.

The drivers and firmware are still coming from the ASUS Linux project you mentioned. linux-fsync pulls in the required patches from that project.

[GuestSneezeOSDev]

Also you havent added storage requirements in the README.md

[LukeShortCloud]

All the requirements, including storage, are listed here:

https://github.com/LukeShortCloud/winesapOS/tree/4.1.0-alpha.0?tab=readme-ov-file#requirements

Do you have any suggestions on where else I should list it?

[GuestSneezeOSDev]

everythings alright

[LukeShortCloud]

Good news, audio support for the latest ASUS ROG laptops is coming in upstream Linux 6.10. This will eventually make its way to our separate Linux LTS kernel (we ship two kernels: Nobara/Bazzite and LTS).

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-ASUS-ROG-2024-13X

[LukeShortCloud]

Package	Notes
asus-firmware	Not packaged in the AUR yet
asusctl-git	Built in the Chaotic AUR repository
rog-control-center	Not in the Chaotic AUR, we need to provide it in the winesapOS repository
supergfxctl	Not specific to ASUS but can be used for any laptops, only required to use this for Xorg (not Wayland as it natively supports hybrid GPUs)

[LukeShortCloud]

I looked at all of the firmware files from the ASUS Linux project. I wrote a small script to find and compare to what the latest winesapOS development builds provide (and we now install literally every available firmware package). These are the missing firmware files:

cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-1043123f-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-1043123f-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10431473-spkid0-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10431473-spkid0-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10431483-spkid0-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10431483-spkid0-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10431ee2-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10431ee2-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10431f1f-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10431f1f-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10432004-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10432004-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10432064-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-cali-10432064-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-1043123f-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-1043123f-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431473-spkid0-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431473-spkid0-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431483-spkid0-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431483-spkid0-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431ee2-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431ee2-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431f1f-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431f1f-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10432004-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10432004-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10432064-spkid1-l0.bin
cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10432064-spkid1-r0.bin
cs35l41/v6.39.0/halo_cspl_RAM_revB2_29.41.0.wmfw
cs35l41/v6.47.0/halo_cspl_RAM_revB2_29.49.0.wmfw
cs35l41/v6.61.1/halo_cspl_RAM_revB2_29.63.1.wmfw
cs35l41/v6.63.0/halo_cspl_RAM_revB2_29.65.0.wmfw
cs35l41/v6.68.0/halo_cspl_RAM_revB2_29.70.0.wmfw
cs35l41/v6.78.0/halo_cspl_RAM_revB2_29.80.0.wmfw

[LukeShortCloud]

For the firmware, this means we only need to provide 34 out of the 182 files that they provide. Most are upstream now in linux-firmware.

[LukeShortCloud]

I have created a PKGBUILD for linux-firmware-asus and submitted it to the AUR.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-firmware-asus

[LukeShortCloud]

The rog-control-center GUI takes a long time to build and has lots of build issues recently. That is probably why it is not even in the Chaotic AUR repository. We will at least provide the asusctl CLI tool that it uses.

[GuestSneezeOSDev]

you could add a systemd service like this:
`/etc/systemd/system/battery-charge-threshold.service
[Unit]
Description=Set the battery charge threshold
After=multi-user.target
StartLimitBurst=0

[Service]
Type=oneshot
Restart=on-failure
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'echo value > /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target`