Dell XPS 9365

The Dell XPS 13 (9365) is a 2-in-1 convertible ultrabook released by Dell in early 2017 and has excellent Linux compatability with only two minor outstanding issues.

Hardware
The following is a list of all PCI devices connected to the machine.

Updating the BIOS
As of July 2018, the current version of the BIOS is 1.5.0. Instructions to update the system BIOS are as follows:


 * 1) Download the latest version of the BIOS from the Dell support website here.
 * 2) Copy the downloaded file to the root of the EFI System Partition.
 * 3) Reboot the system, pressing the F12 button when the Dell logo appears to enter the BIOS configuration menu.
 * 4) On the main menu of the UEFI screen, select the red BIOS Update button.
 * 5) You will be presented with the Flash BIOS menu. Select Flash from file.
 * 6) You will be prompted to select a file using a file browser. Select the EFI system partition that you copied the update file to, and select the update file.
 * 7) Once you have selected the correct BIOS update file, select the blue Submit option. You will be taken back to the previous Flash BIOS menu.
 * 8) After verifying that the correct BIOS update file has been selected, select Update BIOS!. You will be prompted with one last confirmation. Select Confirm Update BIOS!
 * 9) This step will take several minutes to flash the new BIOS. The system will reboot automatically when the process has completed. Once the system has finished rebooting, you may remove the BIOS update file from the EFI partition.
 * 10) You can verify that the system is running the new BIOS by rebooting once again into the BIOS configuration menu (see step 3) and the version will be displayed in the top left corner, underneath the Dell logo and model. The version will read BIOS Version 1.5.0.

UEFI Configuration
Some settings must be changed from the default UEFI settings in order for the system to function correctly.

make.conf
The following are required or recommended settings for portage.

Kernel Configuration
The following kernel configuration is based on the 4.17.10 Linux kernel, available from. This configuration is based on the default set of options, meaning any options not specified are assumed to be left as default.