ThinkPad X1 Tablet

Thinkpad X1 Tablet (gen 2)

Using a standard stage3 installation everything should pretty much work out of the box.

Keyboard

for some reason on kernels >= 4.2 the keyboard, trackpoint and touchpad are not working on the first boot. To work around this problem add i8042.nomux=1 i8042.reset to your kernel command line:

FILE /etc/default.grubadd to kernel command line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="i8042.nomux=1 i8042.reset"

Wifi

the intel soc wifi that comes with the processor (i7-7Y75 in my case) works with [iwlwifi].

KERNEL

Device Drivers  --->
  [*] Network device support  --->
    [*]   Wireless LAN  --->
      [ ]   ADMtek devices
      [ ]   Atheros/Qualcomm devices
      [ ]   Atmel devices
      [ ]   Broadcom devices
      [ ]   Cisco devices
      [*]   Intel devices
      < >     Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
      < >     Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection
      < >     Intel Wireless WiFi 4965AGN (iwl4965)
      < >     Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection (iwl3945)
      <M/*>   Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi)
      <M/*>   Intel Wireless WiFi DVM Firmware support
      < >     Intel Wireless WiFi MVM Firmware support

Ethernet

the X1 has no onboard ethernet card but the notorious **OneLink+ Dock** does

KERNEL

-> Device Drivers
     -> Network device support
       -> USB Network Adapters
         -> Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
           <M>   CDC Ethernet support (smart devices such as cable modems)

Wireless Internet

KERNEL

-> Device Drivers
     -> Network device support
       -> USB Network Adapters
         -> Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
           -M-   CDC NCM support
           <M>   CDC MBIM support

Card Reader

KERNEL

-> Device Drivers  
  -> <M> MMC/SD/SDIO card support
      <M> Realtek PCI-E SD/MMC Card Interface Driver
      
  -> Misc devices
      <M> Realtek PCI-E card reader

  -> [*] USB support  
    -> [*] USB Mass Storage support
      <M> Realtek Card Reader support

DisplayLink (USB-C)

KERNEL

Device Drivers --->
    Graphics support --->
        <*> DisplayLink
        <*> Frame buffer Devices --->
            <*> Displaylink USB Framebuffer support

Touchscreen

the screen is a WCOM5115:00 056A:5115

KERNEL

Device Drivers --->
    Input device support --->
        <*> Touchscreens --->
            <*> Wacom Tablet support (I2C)

be advised: there seems to be an issue with the driver in kernels > 5.10 where the device is no longer detected.