Lenovo Ideapad Slim 7

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.

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. 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.

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.