Modell: g505s(Modell-ID: 2181)
Typ (notebook, netbook, motherboard, tablet):
notebook
Architektur:
x86-64/amd64
does it have a free boot firmware (BIOS,UEFI,...) ?
not-specified
can free operating systems be installed?
Ja
does the device prevent installing wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
not-specified
Jahr der Markteinführung:
not-specified
Kompatibilität mit Freie Software:
B-gold 
überprüft mit Distribution:
Parabola GNU/Linux
Überbrüft mit folgendem freien Betriebssystemkern (Libre Kernel):
Grafikkarte:
(not specified how it works)
WLAN:
(not specified how it works)
Webcam:
(not specified how it works)
Beschreibung:
That laptop cannot boot with free software until someone replaces the nonfree SMU firmware in Coreboot.
The video card also doesn't work with free software as you need a nonfree video BIOS. With the Video BIOS, the radeon driver works in recent linux-libre as I added support for it.
If I recall well, it also need the modified /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-radeon.conf that is mentioned in this page to have Xorg working:
https://libreplanet.org/wiki?title=Group:Hardware/research/gpu/radeon
I've not tested Wayland on it yet.
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