Lenovo ThinkPad P14s (AMD) Gen 6

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Hardware
PCI/USB ID
Working?
GPU
1002:1114
Yes
Wi-Fi
14c3:7925
Yes
Bluetooth
0e8d:e025
Yes
Ethernet
10ec:8168
Yes
Audio
1022:15e3
Yes
TrackPoint
Yes
Touchpad
06cb:ce67
Yes
Touchscreen
04f3:4406
Yes
Webcam
5986:11af
Yes
TPM
Yes
Fingerprint reader
27c6:6594
Yes
Smartcard reader
Untested
NFC
Untested
Model Number:
21QLCTO1WW
This article covers the installation and configuration of
Arch Linux
on the
Lenovo
ThinkPad
P14s (AMD) Gen 6 laptop.
For a general overview of ThinkPad-related articles and recommendations, see
Laptop/Lenovo
.
Firmware
Warning
There is an issue that can leave your system in a broken state when changing sleep states in BIOS. See
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 3#Firmware
.
This model is fully compatible with
fwupd
.
Run the following command to detect system components:
fwupdmgr get-devices
This will detect:
System Firmware
UEFI BIOS
Webcam
Fingerprint sensor
CPU/GPU
TPM
NVMe controller
CPU
Since kernel 6.5, the AMD P-State EPP driver with "Active" profile is applied by default, no additional configuration is needed.
Just ensure
amd-ucode
was properly added during installation.
Tip
Verify your CPU frequency scaling driver with:
cpupower
or
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver
Shell command should provide the following result:
amd-pstate-epp
GPU
If you experience occasional split-second screen flickering or massive lags when using the terminal, add the
amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x10
kernel parameter
[1]
.
GPU Resets
If experiencing GPU resets (black screen), refer to
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 3#CPU
.
Input Devices
Touchpad
To disable sleep wake-up from touchpad, see
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 3#Disable wakeup from sleep on touchpad activity
.
Touchscreen
Note
Not all variations of this model have a touchscreen.
For variants that include a touchscreen, it should work out of the box.
See
Touchscreen
for additional information.
Audio
Speakers
Speakers work out of the box, but default sound quality is poor due to missing Dolby Atmos Convolver.
Improve sound quality using
EasyEffects
with a convolver effect. Refer to
these presets.
Note
The linked presets may not be optimal for this model and might require further tuning for the best results.
Microphone
Recognized but Silent
If the internal mic is recognized by ALSA but the recorded input is silent, see
this Arch Linux forum thread
and adapt according to your model number.
Microphone LED
If the Mic LED seems to stay always on, see
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 3#Mute Mic LED always on
.
Networking
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi works out of the box with modern kernels (such as 6.17 and newer).
The MediaTek Wi-Fi card
14c3:7925
is soldered onto the mainboard.
Peripherals
Smartcard Reader
Untested. Follow instructions from
smartcards
.
Fingerprint Reader
Works as expected. Follow
fprintd
documentation.
NFC
Uses an NXP NPC300 connected via I2C. To use, load the modules
nxp_nci
and
nxp_nci_i2c
.
Warning
As of 2025-06-18, the NFC device is not listed by nfc-list or pcsc_scan, which may indicate an issue with libnfc. However, libfido2 appears to work correctly.
For more information, see
NFC
.
Power Management
Sleep Modes
S3 vs s2idle Sleep
S3 (
deep
) sleep not supported by this CPU, and as such there is no BIOS parameter for sleep mode selection.
s2idle
, a.k.a.
S0ix
works out of the box with kernel 6.17.1. In some older firmware version of this machine, the ACPI will repeatedly wake the device if Wake-on-LAN is disabled. This issue is not present on updated firmware versions.
Sleep power consumption varies based on OS and peripheral sleep management.
s2idle
power consumption on this CPU can be debugged with
one of AMD's Linux debug tools
.
Hibernation
Not tested.
If experiencing Wi-Fi issues after hibernation, see
#Wi-Fi
Battery Management
Charge Thresholds
Battery charge thresholds can be set using:
TLP
KDE
power management
GNOME
power management
Power Profiles
Important notice
Warning
TLP and power-profiles-daemon are conflicting. Choose one method.
TLP, especially with
tlpui
has seamless integration, easy and reliable configuration.
power-profiles-daemon
, on the other hand, whereas integrated in Gnome and KDE, does not offer (yet) as many options as tlp.
TLP
Install
tlp
Start/enable
the
tlp
service
Optional: Install
tlpui
for configuration
Optional: Apply tlp configuration for P14s Gen5 (put in `/etc/tlp.d`):
Link to TLP conf for Ryzen 7
Power Profiles Daemon
Install
power-profiles-daemon
Start/enable
the
power-profiles-daemon
service.
Function keys
Key
Visible?
1
Marked?
2
Effect
Note
Fn
Yes
-
XF86WakeUp
Can be swapped with left Ctrl in BIOS
Fn+4
Yes
No
XF86Sleep
Fn+Esc
Yes
Yes
Toggles Fn lock
Has status led
Fn+F1
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioMute
Has status led
Fn+F2
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioLowerVolume
Fn+F3
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioRaiseVolume
Fn+F4
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioMicMute
Has status led
Fn+F5
Yes
Yes
XF86MonBrightnessDown
Fn+F6
Yes
Yes
XF86MonBrightnessUp
Fn+F7
Yes
Yes
XF86Display
Fn+F8
Yes
Yes
XF86WLAN
Marked with airplane mode
Fn+F9
Yes
Yes
XF86Messenger
Marked with message box
Fn+F10
Yes
Yes
XF86Go
Marked with phone answer call
Fn+F11
Yes
Yes
Cancel
Marked with phone end call
Fn+F12
Yes
Yes
XF86Favorites
Fn+Tab
Yes
No
XF86FullScreen
Fn+Left
Yes
No
Home
Fn+Right
Yes
No
End
Fn+P
Yes
No
Pause
Fn+S
Yes
No
Sys_Req
Fn+K
Yes
No
Scroll_Lock
Fn+B
Yes
No
Break
Fn+PrtSc
Yes
Yes
XF86Launch2
Fn+Space
Yes
Yes
Change keyboard backlight level
The key is visible to
xev
or
wev
and similar tools.
The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function.
See also
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s (AMD) Gen 5
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 5
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s (AMD) Gen 4
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 3
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 3