Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:31:23 +0100 From: Ducrot Bruno <ducrot@poupinou.org> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Centrino and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20030328103123.GZ10287@poup.poupinou.org> In-Reply-To: <20030327184355.2A8FA5D07@ptavv.es.net> References: <20030327165635.GP10287@poup.poupinou.org> <20030327184355.2A8FA5D07@ptavv.es.net>
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:43:55AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > 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. There should be at least support from ACPI, but I hope that there will be enough docu about so that people could have some sysctl as for LongRun technology (from which the new speedstep seems to be inspired in fact). > I suspect the > wireless will just work. And then no need to look for new drivers. Cheers, -- Ducrot Bruno -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care.
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