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# Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 1

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Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working?
--- | --- | ---
GPU |  | Yes
Wi-Fi |  | Yes
Audio |  | Yes
TrackPoint |  | Yes
Touchpad |  | Yes
Webcam | `13d3:5405` | Yes
Fingerprint reader | `06cb:00bd` | Yes
Mobile broadband |  | Untested
Bluetooth | `8087:0029` | Yes
Smartcard reader | `058f:9540` | Yes

This article covers the installation and configuration of Arch Linux on a Lenovo Thinkpad T14s (AMD) Gen 1 laptop.

For a general overview of laptop-related articles and recommendations, see Laptop.

## Firmware

Updating the firmware using the fwupd utility works as long as all the relevant options are enabled in the BIOS (Enable Windows Update UEFI Update). A BIOS update Bootable CD ISO that is OS agnostic may be downloaded from https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/.

The UEFI BIOS can also be updated without using fwupd; see Flashing BIOS from Linux#Bootable optical disk emulation for more information (and heed the warning at the top of the article). A charged battery and AC power are required for a successful update. Avoid having any addons/docks plugged in when performing the BIOS update.

### Secure boot

Warning As of August 2021 deleting Secure Boot keys and installing your own keys (for example by using KeyTool) will brick the device.

This is a problem that is similar to one which has been reported on some other Lenovo laptops and is likely due to a faulty firmware. If the device is stuck in a boot loop after replacing the Secure Boot keys, the only way to repair it is by replacing the mainboard of the device. Hopefully, the issue will get fixed with a firmware update in the future.

## Fingerprint sensor

The fingerprint sensor works: use fwupd to install the latest firmware for "Synaptics Prometheus Fingerprint Reader".

fprint has more details on how to setup the fingerprint, for PAM-based authentication for example.

If the fingerprint reader is not detected by fwupd but is detected by `lsusb` you will need to reset the fingerprint reader in the UEFI.

## Backlight

Note If `quiet` kernel option is set you may have to add `fbcon=nodefer` or systemd-backlight will fail on boot

Backlight works correctly by manipulating the values, between 0-255, inside `/sys/class/backlight/amdgpu_bl0/brightness` or using a backlight managing utility.

## Smartcard reader

Seems to work and read cards. Following instructions from smartcards.

## Power management

### Enabling S3 sleep

For Suspend to work as expected, in the UEFI setup, under Config > Power set the option Sleep State to Linux.

Reboot and verify whether deep sleep is available, as explained in Power management/Suspend and hibernate#Changing suspend method.

## Mobile broadband

The only supported WWAN card is the Fibocom L850-GL, a PCIe card without any Linux drivers (and most probably never will get any, it is an Apple owned chipset now). All the existing WWAN workaround involve flashing a Sierra Wireless (Qualcomm) WWAN to escape the BIOS whitelist by enumerating slowly. This however does not work in the T14s, the card is entirely disabled and not even visible in lsusb. It is possible that the USB lanes are disabled on the M.2 port.

There exists an alpha-quality driver for the Fibocom L850-GL. The L860 is not proposed in the T14s AMD but is in the T14s Intel and a Linux mainline driver is being worked on by Lenovo for it. See Xmm7360-pci for more information.

## Wireless

See Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 1#Wireless

## Microphone

The microphone may not be operational. A possible fix is to blacklist the `snd_pci_acp3x` module (to allow newer kernels to use `snd_rn_pci_acp3x`?)

## Webcam

The webcam needs the upd72020x-fwAUR USB 3.0 chipset firmware.

## Install videos

- T14s Arch video playlist

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