From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 12 18:13:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EAB31065687 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:13:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifi.khan@twincling.org) Received: from s217.sureserver.com (s217.sureserver.com [203.194.200.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77CBB8FC20 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:13:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifi.khan@twincling.org) Received: (qmail 5651 invoked by uid 1002); 12 Mar 2009 18:13:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.10.10.7?) (saifi.khan@twincling.org@59.92.192.110) by s217.sureserver.com with ESMTPA; 12 Mar 2009 18:13:17 -0000 Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:47:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Saifi Khan X-X-Sender: saifi@localhost To: "Paul B. Mahol" In-Reply-To: <3a142e750903121053j7f1c4b08tbcd31f8a6d78fd52@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <49b94250.0c11660a.248d.ffffa80e@mx.google.com> <3a142e750903121053j7f1c4b08tbcd31f8a6d78fd52@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Maciej Suszko , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is there a laptop ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:13:24 -0000 On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > On 3/13/09, Saifi Khan wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Maciej Suszko wrote: > > > >> Saifi Khan wrote: > >> > Hi all: > >> > > >> > i've looked at tuxmobil, bsdgroup.de etc and i don't want to use > >> > ndiswrapper, or broadcom or additional PCMCIA card at all. > >> > > >> > Is there a laptop model (available in market) that experienced > >> > members would like to recommend wherein > >> > . the WiFi 802.11 a/g (PCI based) > >> > . Ethernet port > >> > . and ACPI > >> > work absolutely fine with FreeBSD 7.x ? > >> > >> I use RELENG_7_1 and RELENG_7 on HP Compaq nx7300. I haven't tried the > >> suspend/resume, firewire port and I suppose the modem is not > >> going to work. Everything else is working fine for me. > >> -- > >> regards, Maciej Suszko. > >> > > > > What is the wireless chipset of your machine ? > > On mine nx7300 it is broadcom one and works fine via ndis. > Suspend/resume works fine if second core is disabled and vesa is > loaded in kernel > (either via kldload or via custom kernel) > Firewire and bluetooth are supported and should work without problems. > Ethernet works via if_bfe; carbus, drm, sound works fine ... > In short everything is supported on UP kernel except winmodem. > > There are some bugs in BIOS asl which I fixed adding: > > acpi_dsdt_load="YES" > acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/acpi.aml" > > in /boot/loader.conf > > /boot/acpi.aml is modified version of ASL which address "temperature > is absurd, ignored" > type of messages. > > > 8.0 CURRENT i386. > > -- > Paul > Thanks Paul. i'd like to avoid Trash-com chipset at all costs. When Maciej wrote HP nx, i thought here comes another laptop baked with Trash-com chipset cookie. Indian market is filled with these trash-com HP/Compaq laptops. I really don't mind buying something 1-2 yr old, as long as i've got all the stuff working fine. Any suggestions on BenQ R58 ? It's about $ 560 here and atleast one guy claims that it has Ralink chipset. Anybody knows ? thanks Saifi.