From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Oct 12 23:27:36 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A51442AAF9 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:27:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.ilk.org [23.30.133.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C9FFz4Mctz3YpK for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:27:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from lowell-desk.be-well.ilk.org (router.lan [172.30.250.2]) by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5736733C06; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:27:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: by lowell-desk.be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 2EB0C163232E; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:27:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Lowell Gilbert To: sasha vigole Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding a laptop with defected 2nd/GPU to the Wiki References: <64e85f7e-e9a7-7899-d272-061feadcfdb1@vigole.com> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:27:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: (sasha vigole's message of "Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:14:09 +0330") Message-ID: <44tuuzm3dx.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4C9FFz4Mctz3YpK X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org has no SPF policy when checking 23.30.133.173) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.97 / 15.00]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.49)[-0.488]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.18)[0.177]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[ilk.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.28)[0.282]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7922, ipnet:23.30.0.0/15, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:27:36 -0000 sasha vigole writes: > On 09/10/2020 00:35, sasha vigole wrote: >> Hi, I have to test/post, technical info of two laptops to the wiki. >> I'm familiar with procedure, and it's not a hardware diagnostic post. >> One of the laptops works OK with FreeBSD, but its 2nd/GPU is >> defected. >> If I post its info to the wiki, it's going to lack info about 2nd/GPU. >> Official specs at the Lenovo, states that this laptop has a 2nd/GPU. >> Should I post such non-complete technical information to the wiki, >> or >> it's not appropriate and it's going to confuse some users. >> > > I'll post the result to the wiki ASAP, setting the defected 2nd/GPU's > "Status" to: "Present but status unknown or untested". > Meanwhile, I'm happy to hear your suggestion/correct, regarding such > issues, and I'll change related status accordingly. Thanks. Unfortunately, handling these issues can be quite tricky. Telling the differences between tiny variations of "the same chip" can (usually) require vast amounts of time, and that's with the company selling the chip being extremely generous in the amount of time they're willing to expend in documenting the differences. Good luck.