Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:43:55 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Ducrot Bruno <ducrot@poupinou.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Centrino and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20030327184355.2A8FA5D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Ducrot Bruno <ducrot@poupinou.org> <20030327165635.GP10287@poup.poupinou.org>
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> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:56:35 +0100 > From: Ducrot Bruno <ducrot@poupinou.org> > 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 <jamabryl@student.gc.maricopa.edu> 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
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