Lenovo Thinkpad T430

Following settings aim to make Thinkpad T430 usable.

WiFi
The Linux firmware package is needed since the Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN wifi adapter requires a specific firmware file.

Firmware file that is needed is the. It can be obtained by installing the Linux firmware package:. For more info see iwlwifi.

Bluetooth
Thus a Linux firmware file is needed. The file can be obtained from a driver package via:

More info in this Gentoo Forums thread.

Microcode
Intel released microcode updates that fixes fault on processors. Install the officially published microcode package. For more info see Intel microcode.

Kernel
Gentoo specific Menuconfig. More info at Kernel.

Compiler settings
More info is available at:
 * GCC optimization
 * MAKEOPTS
 * EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS

Packages settings
For more info: CPU_FLAGS_X86

USE flags
With Intel Modesetting DDX as video driver and libinput as input driver add the USE flags  and.

battery charge thresholds
Use:. Example econfig and instructions can be found at: github.com/teleshoes/tpacpi-bat.

fan control
Use:.

Fingerprint reader
Use:. Instructons can be found at: