From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 23:50:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org 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 7FCA016A41F for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:50:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tataz@tataz.chchile.org) Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr (smtp4-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18B9843D62 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:50:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tataz@tataz.chchile.org) Received: from tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (vol75-8-82-233-239-98.fbx.proxad.net [82.233.239.98]) by smtp4-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0702B8E9; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:50:06 +0100 (CET) Received: by tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CED71405A; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:49:51 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:49:51 +0100 From: Jeremie Le Hen To: Marco Calviani Message-ID: <20051125234951.GD1006@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 6.0 on Acer Travelmate 8000 series X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:50:09 -0000 Hi Marco, > i'm searching for some informations about the possibility of install Freebsd > on an Acer Travelmate 8005. > In particular i would like some feedback on the current status of ACPI > support on that hardware regarding Centrino support both for wireless and > most important regarding CPU speed stepping. For the first one i've found > this http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw but for the latter nothing useful. > Last but not the least i would like to know if there is something like > laptop-mode tools that are present in linux for energy management. ACPI should work well though it may require a little DSDT modification due to some bugs in the BIOS (AFAIU). CPU speed is well handled through the cpufreq(4) framework, especially on RELENG_6 (6.x). powerd(8) watches after CPU idleness in order to increase or decrease CPU speed. ipw(4) is a driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 whereas the iwi(4) driver supports Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG. Both are IEEE 802.11 drivers and are indeed maintained by Damien Bergamini. Hope this helps. Best regards, -- Jeremie Le Hen < jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >