Samsung RV511-S04ES

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Hardware Configuration
Software Configuration

The Samsung RV511-S04ES is a laptop manufactured by Samsung in 2010. It features an Intel Core i5 480M along with 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard disk and a nVidia GeForce 315M with 512 MB of VRAM.

Hardware

Hardware summary
Device	Model
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5 480M
Memory	4 GB DDR3 (2 SODIMM)
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 315M 512MB
Display	15.6" LED HD (1366 x 768) 16:9 Gloss
Hard Drive	500 GB SATA
Optical Drive	Super Multi Dual Layer
Sound Card	Intel/NVIDIA HD Audio (Speakers/HDMI)
Network	Realtek RTL8111/8168B 10/100/1000
Wireless	Broadcom BCM4313 802.11b/g/n

CPU

FILE /etc/portage/make.confCPU Flags

CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"

Video

FILE /etc/portage/make.confVideo Support

VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"

Audio

KERNEL Audio driver

<*> Sound card support
  <M> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
    [*] PCI sound devices
      <M> Intel HD Audio

Input devices

FILE /etc/portage/make.confInput Device Support

INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics"

Ethernet

Network is provided by a Realtek RTL8111/8168B Gigabit Ethernet device.

KERNEL Realtek driver

Device Drivers
  [*] Network device support
    [*] Ethernet driver support
      [*] Realtek devices
        <M> Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support

Wireless

Wireless is provided by a Broadcom BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless device.

KERNEL WiFi driver

Device Drivers
  Broadcom specific AMBA
    <M> BCMA support
  Network device support
    [*] Wireless LAN
      <M> Broadcom IEEE802.11n PCIe SoftMAC WLAN driver

You will also need linux-firmware:

root #emerge --ask linux-firmware

Software

Samsung Tools

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