Thinkpad T470
- Year introduced: 2018
- Model: (Lenovo T470 20HD000EMX)
- FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE
- Xorg - Tested with kde plasma, xfce, mate
1. Hardware
- CPU: Intel i7-7500U (2 cores, 4 threads, Kaby Lake) (2.7GHz/3.5GHz)
- Ethernet: Intel I219-V [em(4)] - works
- Graphics: Intel HD 620 [ drm-kmod - works]
- Memory: 8192 MB - DDR4 2400MHz (1x8GB)
- Screen: 14" FHD (IPS) (1920x1080)
- Storage: PCIe NVMe: 256GB OPAL2
- Wireless: Intel 7260 [iwm(4)] Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 - works
2. Support overview
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Graphics |
Graphical sessions |
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Backlight (brightness) control |
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Input devices |
Keyboard backlight |
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Touchpad |
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Touch screen |
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Trackpoint |
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Media keys |
Brightness keys |
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Volume keys |
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Network |
Ethernet |
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Wi-Fi |
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Other |
Battery |
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Bluetooth |
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CD/DVD drive |
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ExpressCard reader |
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Fan |
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Fingerprint reader |
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PC card reader |
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SD card reader |
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SIM card slot |
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Smart card reader |
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Suspend & resume |
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Webcam |
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Ports |
DisplayPort |
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FireWire |
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HDMI |
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Thunderbolt |
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USB |
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VGA |
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Sound |
Headphone jack |
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Microphone jack |
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Speakers |
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Last update: 2023-10-15T20:46:01+0000 |
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- Legend
OK 
Somewhat OK: requires additional tweaking or works worse than expected ![/!\](/moin_static1911/modern/img/alert.png "/!\")
Present but status unknown or untested 
Does not work nothing Not sure if present
3. Notes
Supports UEFI and SecureBoot, but both can be disabled in the BIOS
- Brightness controls for screen does work depending on dwm being used. It did work by default in Gnome,KDE , but not in Mate,Xfce
- [ sysctl hw.acpi.video.lcd0.brightness=VALUE - works ]
- Suspend/Resume has random behaviour in my experience.
- [ -- S3 state seems to be working in MATE @ default , (update 2023) ] [ -- S3 state not currently working, It freezes and a reboot is required (sometimes in gnome and xfce it did work but no luck in KDE5/Plasma)]
- Headphone output, laptop speakers is working by default with [snd_hda(4)].
- Ethernet works straight out of the install ([em(4)])
- Wireless works straigh out of the install [(iwm(4)]
- Graphics work with drm-kmod, (i915kms)
- Touchpad feels like a normal linux installation but not as good as windows 7/10/11.
- Battery usage/drain depends on dwm, works excellent in xfce or mate (or i3/awesome etc), powerd++/powerd settings recommended.
- Not tested with docking yet.
- Untested: Camera,Microphone,Fingerprint reader
4. Files
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