Microsoft Surface Pro 11 (Snapdragon X Elite) - hardware support, open issues and testing

[turbineBMW]

Hardware results last updated 6 October 2026.

This tracks Omarchy on the Microsoft Surface Pro, 11th Edition, OLED, Snapdragon X Elite (X1E80100), device tree microsoft,denali-oled (SKU Surface_Pro_11th_Edition_2076). Shared Snapdragon work lives in #11823; this page is for how it behaves on the Surface Pro 11.

Only one unit has been tested. LCD, X Plus and 5G variants use different panels or device trees and are untested.

Where things stand

My daily system is a Dragon install from a locally built ISO, with the Surface packages below. Everything in the table works on it.

The Surface Pro 11 differs from the clamshell Snapdragon laptops in one way that matters: touch, pen and the Flex Keyboard sit behind Microsoft-specific drivers that stock linux-aarch64 doesn't have (HID-over-SPI for the digitizer, the Surface Aggregator for the keyboard cover). Until those land upstream it needs its own kernel.

Feature	Status	How
Display, GPU	✅	Surface-signed GPU firmware from Windows (omacom/omarchy-pkgs#221)
Touch and Slim Pen 2	✅	HID-over-SPI in linux-sp11, plus iptsd
Flex Keyboard (attached), incl. at the LUKS prompt	✅	Surface Aggregator in linux-sp11; early modules from the board script
Wi-Fi	✅	Qualcomm reference board data as board.bin (surface-pro-11-support)
Bluetooth	✅	Public address from the firmware Wi-Fi MAC, the same one Windows uses
Speakers, microphones	✅	ADSP firmware from Windows, AudioReach topology, UCM
Front and back cameras	✅	libcamera-surface-pro-11 (IMX681 gain helper); IR sensor hidden
Ambient light sensor	✅	surface-pro-11-sensors; config extracted from Windows, not shipped
Power profiles	✅	Patched power-profiles-daemon (platform-profile class device) plus CPU caps
Battery charge limit	✅	UPower threshold; sleep hook restores it after resume
Suspend and resume	✅	iptsd restarted across sleep
Secure Boot	❓	Dragon's path needs it disabled
IR camera / Windows Hello–style login	❌	Not attempted on Dragon

Stock Dragon media

A stock Dragon Snapdragon ISO boots and installs. systemd's hwids already list the Surface Pro 11 OLED and LCD, so it picks the Denali device tree on its own. On stock linux-aarch64 there's no keyboard, touch or pen, and the early display shows up late. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth need the fixes above.

PRs

• omarchy: Keep Intel Surface fixes off Snapdragon Surfaces #14389 Intel Surface fixes kept off Snapdragon Surfaces · Add Microsoft Surface Pro 11 board support #14390 board script (draft)
• omarchy-pkgs: Add linux-sp11: Microsoft Surface Pro 11 kernel omarchy-pkgs#830 linux-sp11 · Add surface-pro-11-support: Wi-Fi, audio, Bluetooth, charge window, keyboard pairing and pen resume omarchy-pkgs#825 surface-pro-11-support · Add iptsd for Surface pens on aarch64 omarchy-pkgs#826 iptsd · Add libcamera with IMX681 support for the Surface Pro 11 omarchy-pkgs#827 libcamera-surface-pro-11 · Add Surface Pro 11 ambient light sensor support omarchy-pkgs#828 surface-pro-11-sensors · Add power-profiles-daemon for the Surface Pro 11's platform profile omarchy-pkgs#829 power-profiles-daemon-surface-pro-11 · Windows-name fix offered on Add safe Windows firmware extraction for Snapdragon laptops omarchy-pkgs#221
• omarchy-iso: Add the Microsoft Surface Pro 11 hardware profile omarchy-iso#235 hardware profile (draft)

Kernel source: turbineBMW/linux sp11/v7.3 (v7.3-rc6 plus about 50 patches). It carries Jens Glathe's cluster_cl5 idle fix; my unit had occasional hard resets before it and none in 10 days since.

Upstream, to shrink the Surface delta

• Kernel: generic X1E fixes (battmgr charge limits, DP EDID/AUX, DPU colour after modeset, panic restart) first, then HID-over-SPI and the Surface additions.
• Denali DT: ath12k qcom,calibration-variant with a linux-firmware board-2 entry (retires board.bin); Bluetooth local-bd-address.
• archlinuxarm linux-aarch64: enable the Surface Aggregator modules (keyboard on stock kernel), like birkskyum's RESET_GPIO change.
• alsa-ucm-conf, audioreach-topology, libcamera (IMX681), libssc, hexagonrpc, power-profiles-daemon.

How to help

If you have a Surface Pro 11, especially LCD or X Plus, or a Surface Laptop 7, please comment with your exact model and results. Guidance on carrying a device kernel in omarchy-pkgs long term is also welcome.