From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 28 02:31:26 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 0B28237B401 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 02:31:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from poup.poupinou.org (poup.poupinou.org [195.101.94.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 546FC43F85 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 02:31:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ducrot@poupinou.org) Received: from ducrot by poup.poupinou.org with local (Exim) id 18yr8t-0005OR-00; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:31:23 +0100 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:31:23 +0100 To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20030328103123.GZ10287@poup.poupinou.org> References: <20030327165635.GP10287@poup.poupinou.org> <20030327184355.2A8FA5D07@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030327184355.2A8FA5D07@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: Ducrot Bruno X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-32.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) 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: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:31:27 -0000 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 > > 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. 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.