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Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working?
--- | --- | ---
Touchpad | `06cb:00fc` | Yes
TrackPoint |  | Yes
GPU | `8086:46a6` | Yes
Webcam |  | Some models
Bluetooth | `8087:0033` | Yes
Wireless | `8086:51f0` | Yes
Audio | `8086:51c8` | Yes
Mobile broadband |  | Untested
Fingerprint reader |  | Untested
Accelerometer |  | Yes

The 7th generation of the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga is an Intel based 2-in-1 laptop with a 14 inch touchscreen introduced in 2022. The laptop screen can be folded over transforming the device in a tablet like tool while also including a stylus as an extra form of input. It uses the Intel Iris Xe graphic card and the 12th generation of Intel processors.

To ensure you have this version, install the package dmidecode and run:

    # dmidecode -t system | grep Version

           Version: ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7

## Accessibility

The UEFI setup utility presents modern graphic and mouse support. You can switch back to the classic text-mode user interface from withing the setup utility in order to increase compatibility with screen readers. The modern graphical mode is the factory default.

## Firmware

In August of 2018 Lenovo has joined the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) project, which enables firmware updates from within the OS. BIOS updates (and possibly other firmware such as the Thunderbolt controller) can be queried for and installed through fwupd.

## Audio

Additional firmware is required for the sound card to function. See Advanced Linux Sound Architecture#ALSA firmware.

## Accelerometer

Install iio-sensor-proxy package.

This will allow the display to rotate as the device is oriented in different direction.

## Mobile broadband

The modem might prevent the laptop from suspending. Disabling its module, `mtk_t7xx`, fixes that.

## Webcam

It appears that this laptop is sold with different hardware configurations.

The more common hardware (Product name `21CES30F00`) ships with Windows pre-loaded and has a MIPI camera which as of October 2022 (Linux Kernel 5.19) is not supported under mainline Linux. When booted into Microsoft Windows, the webcam is listed as Intel(R) ADL AVStream Camera. Some people reported to have managed to use the camera using patched versions of IPU6 Drivers.

When ordering this laptop without an operating system (a.k.a. the "DOS" version, product name `21CES1XT00`), there's a chance that the webcam will be a regular USB device that identifies as `04f2:b751 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Integrated Camera` which works out of the box

## Function keys

Key | Visible?1 | Marked?2 | Effect
--- | --- | --- | ---
`Fn+Esc` | No | Yes | Enables Fn lock
`Fn+F1` | Yes | Yes | `XF86AudioMute`
`Fn+F2` | Yes | Yes | `XF86AudioLowerVolume`
`Fn+F3` | Yes | Yes | `XF86AudioRaiseVolume`
`Fn+F4` | Yes | Yes | `XF86AudioMicMute`
`Fn+F5` | Yes | Yes | `XF86MonBrightnessDown`
`Fn+F6` | Yes | Yes | `XF86MonBrightnessUp`
`Fn+F7` | Yes | Yes | `XF86Display`
`Fn+F8` | Yes | Yes | `XF86WLAN`
`Fn+F12` | Yes | Yes | `XF86Favorites`
`Fn+B` | Yes | No | `Break`
`Fn+D` | No | No | toggle Privacy Guard
`Fn+H` | No | No | toggle performance mode4
`Fn+K` | Yes | No | `ScrollLock`
`Fn+L` | No | No | toggle low-power mode4
`Fn+M` | No | No | toggle balanced mode4
`Fn+P` | Yes | No | `Pause`
`Fn+S` | Yes | No | `SysRq`
`Fn+4` | Yes3 | No | `XF86Sleep`
`Fn+Space` | No | Yes | toggle keyboard backlight
`Fn+Left Arrow` | Yes | No | `Home`
`Fn+Right Arrow` | Yes | No | `End`

1. The key is visible to `xev` and similar tools
2. The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function
3. systemd-logind handles this by default
4. See #Performance modes

### Performance modes

Lenovo supports 'platform-profiles', which can either greatly improve performance and throttling, or battery life and thermals. The default mode is "balanced" however users can switch between these modes using keyboard shortcuts.

The currently active mode can be checked with the following command:

    # cat /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile

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