From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 10:43:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CCC037B401 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:43:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from postal3.es.net (postal3.es.net [198.128.3.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F06943F93 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:43:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal3.es.net (Postal Node 3) with ESMTP id MUA74016; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:43:55 -0800 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 2A8FA5D07; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:43:55 -0800 (PST) To: Ducrot Bruno In-Reply-To: Message from Ducrot Bruno <20030327165635.GP10287@poup.poupinou.org> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:43:55 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20030327184355.2A8FA5D07@ptavv.es.net> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) cc: "M. Warner Losh" cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Centrino and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:43:58 -0000 > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:56:35 +0100 > From: Ducrot Bruno > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 05:31:58PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > In message: <3E73A4E7.8030403@student.gc.maricopa.edu> > > James Mabry writes: > > : I am going to start shopping around for a new notebook and was wondering > > : if centrino will be supported in FreeBSD? Thanks. > > > > Only if somebody sends me a centrino laptop :-) > > > > Unless intel's much hailed technology is just a cheap rebranding of > > prism cards, I doubt it. > > IMO if those laptops are shipped with P-M with new speedstep technology > (MSR based instead of IO horror) then it would be interresting > to look at. They do use Pentium-M with the new speedstep capability. Also, the wireless is an claimed to be an Intel PRO/Wireless mini-PCI card which is the same one used in my T30. It's a Prism 2.5. I'll be curious about the support of the Pentium-M. I suspect the wireless will just work. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634