This particular bug cannot affect Dell XPS 13 9350 as it is based on Skylake and the intel-spi driver does not even support it.
However, in order to boot Linux I think you need at least to switch the SATA controller to AHCI mode as described in: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_13_(9350) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734147 Title: Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1734147/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs