Lenovo Ideapad Slim 7
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The IdeaPad Slim 7 is a Laptop released in 2020 with a Ryzen 4700U (Renoir) APU
and 8GB of dual-channel memory. The hardware is generally well-supported by
open-source drivers.
Hardware
Standard
| Device | Make/model | Status | Vendor ID / Product ID | Kernel driver(s) | Kernel version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with Radeon Graphics | Works | N/A | N/A | 5.7-rc7 | 8 cores, 8 threads, Integrated GPU |
| GPU | Vega | Works | 1002:1636 | amdgpu | 5.7-rc7 | Tested with Mesa 20.2.0-devel |
| Sound | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller | Works | 1022:15e3 | snd_hda_intel | 5.7-rc7 | See the note in the "Troubleshooting" section when dual-booting Windows. |
| Wifi and Bluetooth | Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 | Works | 8086:2723 | iwlwifi | 5.7-rc7 | |
| SD Card Reader | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. | Works | 0bda:0177 | ums-realtek | 5.7-rc7 | |
| SMBus | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller | Works | 1022:790b | i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco | 5.7-rc7 | |
| Touchpad | Unknown | Works | 1022:790b | i2c_hid, hid_multitouch | 5.7-rc7 | |
| I2C bus | Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter | Works | i2c-designware-pci | 5.7-rc7 | Required for the touchpad to work | |
| Webcam | Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd | Works | 04f2:b6cb | uvcvideo | 5.7-rc7 | |
| Fingerprint Sensor | Elan Microelectronics Corp. | No driver | 04f3:0c4d |
lspci
user $lspci -nn -k00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Root Complex [1022:1630] Subsystem: Lenovo Renoir Root Complex [17aa:380d] 00:00.2 IOMMU [0806]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir IOMMU [1022:1631] Subsystem: Lenovo Renoir IOMMU [17aa:380d] 00:01.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1632] 00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1632] 00:02.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe GPP Bridge [1022:1634] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:02.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe GPP Bridge [1022:1634] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:08.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1632] 00:08.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus [1022:1635] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:08.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus [1022:1635] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:790b] (rev 51) Subsystem: Lenovo FCH SMBus Controller [17aa:380d] Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus Kernel modules: sp5100_tco 00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:790e] (rev 51) Subsystem: Lenovo FCH LPC Bridge [17aa:380d] 00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 0 [1022:1448] 00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 1 [1022:1449] 00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 2 [1022:144a] 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 3 [1022:144b] 00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 4 [1022:144c] 00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 5 [1022:144d] 00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 6 [1022:144e] 00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 7 [1022:144f] 01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 [8086:2723] (rev 1a) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 [8086:0084] Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Sandisk Corp Device [15b7:5006] Subsystem: Sandisk Corp Device [15b7:5006] Kernel driver in use: nvme 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [1002:1636] (rev c2) Subsystem: Lenovo Renoir [17aa:380d] Kernel driver in use: amdgpu 03:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:1637] Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:380d] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel 03:00.2 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor [1022:15df] Subsystem: Lenovo Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor [17aa:380d] 03:00.3 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir USB 3.1 [1022:1639] Subsystem: Lenovo Renoir USB 3.1 [17aa:380d] Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 03:00.4 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir USB 3.1 [1022:1639] Subsystem: Lenovo Renoir USB 3.1 [17aa:380d] Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 03:00.5 Multimedia controller [0480]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor [1022:15e2] (rev 01) Subsystem: Lenovo Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor [17aa:380d] 03:00.6 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller [1022:15e3] Subsystem: Lenovo Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller [17aa:380d] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel 03:00.7 Signal processing controller [1180]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/Renoir Sensor Fusion Hub [1022:15e4] Subsystem: Lenovo Raven/Raven2/Renoir Sensor Fusion Hub [17aa:380d] 04:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7901] (rev 81) Subsystem: Lenovo FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [17aa:380d] Kernel driver in use: ahci 04:00.1 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7901] (rev 81) Subsystem: Lenovo FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [17aa:380d] Kernel driver in use: ahci
lsusb
user $lsusbBus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 004: ID 8087:0029 Intel Corp. Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04f3:0c4d Elan Microelectronics Corp. Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b6cb Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0bda:0177 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
i2cdetect
root #i2cdetect -li2c-3 i2c AMDGPU DM i2c hw bus 1 I2C adapter i2c-1 i2c Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter I2C adapter i2c-8 smbus SMBus PIIX4 adapter port 2 at 0b00 SMBus adapter i2c-6 i2c AMDGPU DM aux hw bus 2 I2C adapter i2c-4 i2c AMDGPU DM i2c hw bus 2 I2C adapter i2c-2 i2c AMDGPU DM i2c hw bus 0 I2C adapter i2c-0 i2c Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter I2C adapter i2c-7 smbus SMBus PIIX4 adapter port 0 at 0b00 SMBus adapter i2c-5 i2c AMDGPU DM aux hw bus 0 I2C adapter
Installation
To access the UEFI BIOS menu, hold the F2 key while powering the system on. It may be necessary to disable secure boot to boot from the installation USB drive. To access the UEFI boot menu, hold the F12 key while the system powers on. This can also be useful when dual-booting with Windows.
There was nothing unusual about the installation process for this laptop. Be sure that the correct kernel options are enabled and that the GPU and wireless firmware are included.
Firmware
All of the needed firmware is available in sys-kernel/linux-firmware.
amdgpu/renoir_asd.bin amdgpu/renoir_me.bin amdgpu/renoir_rlc.bin amdgpu/renoir_ce.bin amdgpu/renoir_mec.bin amdgpu/renoir_sdma.bin amdgpu/renoir_dmcub.bin amdgpu/renoir_mec2.bin amdgpu/renoir_vcn.bin amdgpu/renoir_gpu_info.bin amdgpu/renoir_pfp.bin amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam17h.bin iwlwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode
Kernel
See the above list when filling in the "Build named firmware blobs into the kernel binary" section.
KERNEL Enable support for these hardware drivers
Processor type and features --->
[*] Symmetric multi-processing support
[*] AMD ACPI2Platform devices support
[*] Machine Check / overheating reporting
[*] AMD MCE features
[*] CPU microcode loading support
[*] AMD microcode loading support
[*] EFI runtime service support
[*] EFI stub support
Power management and ACPI options --->
[*] Energy Model for CPUs
[*] ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support --->
CPU Frequency scaling --->
<*> ACPI Processor P-States driver
<*> AMD Opteron/Athlon64 PowerNow!
<*> AMD frequency sensitivity feedback powersave bias
[*] Virtualization --->
<*> Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support
<*> KVM for AMD processors support
[*] Networking support --->
Wireless --->
<*> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[*] enable powersave by default
<*> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
Device Drivers --->
Generic Driver Options --->
Firmware loader --->
(SEE THE LIST ABOVE) Build named firmware blobs into the kernel binary
(/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory
[*] PCI support --->
[*] PCI Express Port Bus support
NVME Support --->
<*> NVM Express block device
[*] NVMe multipath support
<*> NVM Express over Fabrics FC host driver
<*> NVMe Target support
<*> NVMe loopback device support
<*> NVMe over Fabrics FC target driver
Misc devices --->
<*> Realtek USB card reader
I2C support --->
[*] ACPI I2C Operation region support
<*> I2C device interface
<*> I2C bus multiplexing support
[*] Autoselect pertinent helper modules
I2C Hardware Bus support --->
<*> Intel PIIX4 and compatible (ATI/AMD/Serverworks/Broadcom/SMSC
<*> SMBus Control Method Interface
<*> Synopsys DesignWare Platform
<*> Synopsys DesignWare PCI
<*> Multimedia support --->
[*] Cameras/video grabbers support
[*] Media USB Adapters --->
<*> USB Video Class (UVC)
[*] UVC input events device support
Graphics support --->
<*> AMD GPU
[*] Always enable userptr write support
[*] Allow GART access through debugfs
ACP (Audio CoProcessor) Configuration --->
[*] Enable AMD Audio CoProcessor IP support
Display Engine Configuration --->
[*] AMD DC - Enable new display engine
[*] Enable HDCP support in DC
[*] HSA kernel driver for AMD GPU devices
<*> Sound card support --->
<*> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture --->
HD-Audio --->
<*> HD Audio PCI
[*] Support initialization patch loading for HD-audio
<*> Build Realtek HD-audio codec support
<*> Build HDMI/DisplayPort HD-audio codec support
(2048) Pre-allocated buffer size for HD-audio driver
HID support --->
[*] /dev/hidraw raw HID device support
<*> User-space I/O driver support for HID subsystem
<*> Generic HID driver
USB HID support --->
<*> USB HID transport layer
[*] PID device support
[*] /dev/hiddev raw HID device support
I2C HID support --->
<*> HID over I2C transport layer
[*] USB support --->
<*> xHCI HCD (USB 3.0) support
<*> EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
[*] Root Hub Transaction Translators
[*] Improved Transaction Translator scheduling
<*> OHCI HCD (USB 1.1) support
<*> OHCI support for PCI-bus USB controllers
<*> USB Mass Storage support
<*> Realtek Card Reader support
[*] Realtek Card Reader autosuspend support
<*> USB Type-C Support --->
<*> USB Type-C Port Controller Manager
<*> Type-C Port Controller Interface driver
<*> USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver
<*> UCSI ACPI Interface Driver
USB Type-C Alternate Mode drivers --->
<*> DisplayPort Alternate Mode driver
<*> EDAC (Error Detection And Correction) reporting --->
<*> Decode MCEs in human-readable form (only on AMD for now)
<*> AMD64 (Opteron, Athlon64)
[*] X86 Platform Specific Device Drivers --->
<*> Lenovo IdeaPad Laptop Extras
[*] IOMMU Hardware Support --->
[*] AMD IOMMU support
<*> AMD IOMMU Version 2 driver
[*] Support for Interrupt Remapping
Troubleshooting
Corrupted or Silent Audio
The laptop can get into a state where the speakers are silent and the headphone jack outputs a very unpleasant squealing sound. This is caused by booting into Windows and then rebooting the laptop into Linux. To fix this issue, power down the laptop and wait for roughly 30 seconds before turning it on again and then booting directly to Linux.
System fails to correctly resume from suspen-to-RAM
This is still being investigated.