Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 00:08:32 -0400 From: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> To: Evan Tsoukalas <evan@falcon.sourcee.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sony VAIO 505TS Message-ID: <19990520000832.A27034@netmonger.net> In-Reply-To: <19990519130507.A7848@falcon.sourcee.com>; from Evan Tsoukalas on Wed, May 19, 1999 at 01:05:07PM -0400 References: <19990519130507.A7848@falcon.sourcee.com>
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On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 01:05:07PM -0400, Evan Tsoukalas wrote: > I have seen a lot of email on the list about the Sony VAIO line, but > it's sometimes hard to follow what works with what. Has anyone > gotten any snapshot of 4.0-current to run successfully on a Sony > VAIO 505 SuperSlim (PCG-505TS), including pccard support and > advanced power management? Assuming the 505TS is very similar to my 505TX, yes. With a couple of patches, it works just fine. No problems with APM, suspend, hibernate.. pccard works (although all I have tested it with is the ep driver). Even the USB works, and with a few patches it doesn't panic when a device is unplugged. If I understand correctly, both the PCCARD and USB systems are expecting major rewrites soon, but there are currently enough workarounds available to survive until the new architectures are ready. Now I would really like to get the IrDA working, at least in SIR mode. It is detected by sio, but doesn't seem to transmit or receive. I think it might just need to be powered up somehow. > I realize that the internal modem is probably a winmodem, and I also On the 505TX at least, I was pleasantly suprised to find that the internal modem actually works. It doesn't appear to be a winmodem; I was able to get 44k connects with plain old "cu" and "ppp". > I wonder if loading FreeBSD off the pccard cdrom is possible. About that I have no idea. I didn't bother with the cdrom.. just plugged in a 3C589 and did a network install. > I need to run a dual-boot setup because I have a cellular modem that > is not yet supported (and may never be), and I am wondering if that > is going to cause any headaches (like it did with the Compaq 1675 I > have). Other than the usual headaches of switching back and forth, I don't see why it would be a problem. I don't know, since I did not accept the Windows license. All that's on my machine is FreeBSD. -- Christopher Masto Senior Network Monkey NetMonger Communications chris@netmonger.net info@netmonger.net http://www.netmonger.net Free yourself, free your machine, free the daemon -- http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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