Dell Inspiron 3501
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This article focus on getting all default hardware working with this model
Hardware
Standard
| Device | Make/model | Status | Vendor ID / Product ID | Kernel driver(s) | Firmware | Kernel version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10005G1 CPU @ 1.20GHz
|
Works | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5.15.69 | Different CPU options are available for this laptop. |
| GPU | Intel® UHD Graphics
|
Works | 8086:8a56 | i915 | icl_dmc
icl_guc icl_huc |
5.15.69 | Intel Corporation Iris Plus Graphics G1 (Ice Lake) |
| RAM | RAM Module(s) 4GB SODIMM | Works | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5.15.69 | Two DIMM slots. Max memory 16GB. |
| Hard Disk |
|
Works | ahci | N/A | 5.15.69 | ||
| Wifi | Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter | Works | ath10k | ath10k | 5.15.69 | ||
| Sound | Realtek ALC3204 | Works | N/A | snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec_realtek | N/A | 5.15.69 | N/A |
| HDMI
Sound |
Intel Corporation Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller | Works | snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec_hdmi | N/A | 5.15.69 | N/A | |
| Touchpad | DELL 0A2B:00 06CB:CDD6 Touchpad | Works | intel-lpss i2c-hid | 5.15.69 |
Installation
Firmware
Due to errata in the processor, it is advised to install and keep the CPU microcode up-to-date. See intel intel microcode.
Graphics
Systems using Skylake, Broxton, or newer Intel graphics will need additional firmware from the sys-kernel/linux-firmware package:
root #emerge --ask sys-kernel/linux-firmwareAlternatively, the blobs can be directly downloaded from the Linux repository and put into /lib/firmware
DMC firmware
Display Microcontroller firmware provides support for advanced graphics low-power idle states.
GuC/HuC firmware
Graphics µController firmware offloads functions from the host driver. HEVC/H.265 µController firmware improves hardware acceleration of media decoding.
root #cp icl_guc_70.1.1.bin /var/lib/i915/KERNEL GPU firmware
Device Drivers --->
Generic Driver Options --->
Firmware loader --->
-*- Firmware loading facility
(i915/icl_dmc_ver1_09.bin ) Build named firmware blobs into the kernel binary
(/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory
Warning
Including the firmware in-kernel may cause suspend-to-ram to fail, if this is a concern don't include the blob built into the kernel, instead, add the firmware blob into the initramfs.
Including the firmware in-kernel may cause suspend-to-ram to fail, if this is a concern don't include the blob built into the kernel, instead, add the firmware blob into the initramfs.
KERNEL Graphics (Linux 5.15)
Device Drivers --->
Graphics support --->
<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) --->
--- /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
-*- Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support
<*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) --->
--- Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
[*] Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver
<*> Intel 8xx/9xx/G3x/G4x/HD Graphics
[ ] Enable alpha quality support for new Intel hardware by default
() Force probe driver for selected new Intel hardware
[*] Enable capturing GPU state following a hang
[*] Compress GPU error state
[*] Always enable userptr support
[ ] Enable Intel GVT-g graphics virtualization host support
Frame buffer Devices --->
<*> Support for frame buffer devices --->
[*] EFI-based Framebuffer Support
<*> Simple framebuffer support
Console display driver support --->
[*] Framebuffer Console support
Ethernet
Install the sys-kernel/linux-firmware package:
root #emerge --ask sys-kernel/linux-firmwareAlternatively, the blob can be directly downloaded from the Linux repository and copied to /lib/firmware/rtl_nic.
Wi-Fi
Install the sys-kernel/linux-firmware package:
root #emerge --ask sys-kernel/linux-firmwareAlternatively, the blobs can be directly downloaded from the Linux repository.
Kernel
GPU firmware
KERNEL GPU firmware
Device Drivers --->
Generic Driver Options --->
Firmware loader --->
-*- Firmware loading facility
(i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin) Build named firmware blobs into the kernel binary
(/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory
CPU
KERNEL CPU
Processor type and features --->
[*] Machine Check / overheating reporting
[*] Intel MCE Features
[ ] AMD MCE Features
Processor family (Core 2/newer Xeon) --->
( ) Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8
( ) Intel P4 / older Netburst based Xeon
(X) Core 2/newer Xeon
( ) Intel Atom
( ) Generic-x86-64
Hard disk
Important
The configuration assumes that SATA mode is set to AHCI in BIOS/UEFI.
The configuration assumes that SATA mode is set to AHCI in BIOS/UEFI.
KERNEL
Device Drivers --->
<*> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers --->
[*] ATA ACPI Support
Select the driver for the SATA controller, e.g.:
<*> AHCI SATA support (ahci)
[*] ATA SFF support (for legacy IDE and PATA)
[*] ATA BMDMA support
<*> Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PATA/SATA support (ata_piix)
SCSI device support --->
<*> SCSI device support
<*> SCSI disk support
NVME Support --->
[*] NVM Express block device
[Opt] NVMe hardware monitoring
Wi-Fi and Ethernet
KERNEL Wi-Fi
[*] Networking support --->
-*- Wireless --->
<*> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[*] support CRDA
<*> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
[*] Minstrel
[*] Enable LED triggers
<*> RF switch subsystem support --->
Device Drivers --->
Generic Driver Options --->
Firmware loader --->
-*- Firmware loading facility
(ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/board-2.bin ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin regulatory.db regulatory.db.p7s)
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Ethernet driver support --->
[*] Realtek devices
<*> Realtek 8169/8168/8101/8125 ethernet support
Wireless LAN --->
[*] Atheros/Qualcomm devices
<*> Atheros 802.11ac wireless cards support
<*> Atheros ath10k PCI support
Sound
snd-hda-intel driver is used . To force sof driver with kernel parameter options snd-intel-dspcfg dsp_driver=3 but didnt see noticeable difference
KERNEL Sound
Device Drivers --->
<*> Sound card support --->
<*> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture --->
<*> HR-timer backend support
[*] Sound Proc FS Support
<*> Sequencer support
[*] Use HR-timer as default sequencer timer
[*] Generic sound devices --->
[*] PCI sound devices --->
HD-Audio --->
<*> HD Audio PCI
<*> Build Realtek HD-audio codec support
<opt> Build HDMI/DisplayPort HD-audio codec support
-*- Enable generic HD-audio codec parser
Multi-function driver
Note
The driver is needed for i2c-hid driver of touchpad and other power management.
The driver is needed for i2c-hid driver of touchpad and other power management.
KERNEL Multi-function driver
Device Drivers --->
Multifunction device drivers --->
<*> Intel ICH LPC
<*> Intel Low Power Subsystem support in ACPI mode
<*> Intel Low Power Subsystem support in PCI mode
Power management
KERNEL
Power management and ACPI options --->
[ ] Suspend to RAM and standby
[*] ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support --->
[*] Power Management Timer Support
[*] Platform Runtime Mechanism Support
CPU Frequency scaling --->
< > 'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor
< > 'conservative' cpufreq governor
[*] Intel P state control
[*] Cpuidle Driver for Intel Processors
Touchpad
kernel says DELL0A2B i2c_designware which used hid-multitouch driver
KERNEL Touchpad
Device Drivers --->
Input device support --->
<*> Event interface
-*- Pin controllers --->
[*] Intel Ice Lake PCH pinctrl and GPIO driver
-*- I2C support
I2C Hardware Bus support --->
[*] Intel 82801 (ICH/PCH)
[*] Synopsys DesignWare Platform
HID support --->
[*] /dev/hidraw raw HID device support
[*] User-space I/O driver support for HID subsystem
[*] Generic HID driver
Special HID drivers --->
[*] HID Multitouch panels
I2C HID support --->
[*] HID over I2C transport layer ACPI driver