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Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working?
--- | --- | ---
GPU |  | Yes
Audio |  | Untested
Wireless |  | Untested
Ethernet |  | Untested
Card Reader |  | Untested
Bluetooth | `04ca:3015` | Untested
Webcam | `0408:a030` | Untested

## Booting from Arch Linux ISO

In order to boot from the Arch Linux ISO, hit `F2` to enter UEFI settings (InsydeH20 Setup Utility rev. 5.0). Then set the supervisor password. From there you can disable Secure Boot and boot from any media.

## Configuration

### Add entries to UEFI menu

UEFI will not boot from menu entries created by efibootmgr. Instead, use bcfg in the UEFI Shell (v.2) to add an entry.

Tip: To get a UEFI Shell (v.2), boot from the Arch Linux ISO and select it from the menu.

### Use Secure Boot with trusted EFI executables

You can use Secure Boot and mark EFI executables as trusted through the UEFI settings. The executables must end with `.efi`. For example, if you use EFISTUB to boot the Linux kernel directly, you must copy `vmlinuz-linux` to `vmlinuz-linux.efi` and then mark that file as trusted in the UEFI settings.

Whenever the executable is updated, it might have to be removed from the trusted list and then re-added as trusted in the UEFI settings. It is only possible to remove all trusted entries at once, not individually.

See Secure Boot for other options.

### Function keys

Many function keys work without any need for changing settings. Suspend (`Fn+F4`), blanking the screen (`Fn+F6`), touchpad disable/enable (`Fn-F7`), and keyboard backlight disable/enable (`Fn+F9`) all work. Additionally `Fn+Del` is mapped to `Ins` correctly, as well as `Fn+12` to `Scroll Lock`.

To add functionality for brightness keys, `Fn+Left` and `Fn+Right`, append the following parameters to your kernel boot line:

    acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor

Other function keys are exposed as media keys and can be added as keyboard shortcuts for the desired operation.

Function Key (`Fn+`) | Media Key
--- | ---
`F3` | `XF86WLAN`
`F8` | `XF86AudioMute`
`Up` | `XF86AudioRaiseVolume`
`Down` | `XF86AudioLowerVolume`
`Home` | `XF86AudioPlay`
`Page Up` | `XF86AudioStop`
`Page Down` | `XF86AudioPrev`
`End` | `XF86AudioNext`

## Known issues

### Trusted Platform Module

You may have the following entries in your journal:

    Feb 17 09:58:29 kernel: platform MSFT0101:00: failed to claim resource 1: [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed40fff]
    Feb 17 09:58:29 kernel: acpi MSFT0101:00: platform device creation failed: -16

These are related to the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which can be safely disabled in the UEFI settings if you do not use TPM.

### Not a Dell system error

You may get the following error in your journal:

    dell_smbios: Unable to run on non-Dell system

To remove this error, blacklist the `dell_smbios` kernel module.

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