Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 12:52:04 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: Tobias Roth <freebsd.lists@fsck.ch> Cc: Vishwanathan S V N <vishketan@yahoo.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A modern laptop on which suspend and resume works reliably? Message-ID: <482D6754.9090504@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <482D4AE6.5040707@fsck.ch> References: <230481.65636.qm@web31707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <482D4408.5080507@ultra-secure.de> <482D4AE6.5040707@fsck.ch>
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Tobias Roth schrieb:
> On 05/16/08 10:21, Rainer Duffner wrote:
>
>
>> AFAIK, any modern laptop (Merom or AMD platform) will have to have the
>> 2nd core deactivated to actually have a chance for a working ACPI.
>> That doesn't mean that ACPI suspend/resume actually works then, though.
>>
>
> There's a patch been sent a few days ago I think to acpi@ that is a
> beginning of a remedy.
>
>
>> Old PowerBooks and iBooks were supposedly the platforms with the best
>> suspend-resume track-record.
>>
>
> My 2.5 year old Thinkpad T43p now also works perfectly with 7.0.
>
>
Yep, the T43p seems to be one of those (few) that do work.
(I've got a Lifebook E8010 ("Centrino") from maybe 3.5 years ago and
ACPI S3/S4 doesn't work right, not even with Ubuntu).
However, the OP was asking for a new laptop.
I actually hate to bring up the "get a Mac" tagline (I like using
FreeBSD on my Lifebook, it's quick to boot, stable and the things I
mostly do with it are fast, too) almost everytime this subject comes up.
But when you want to have a truely "mobile" computer, working ACPI S3/S4
is essential, IMO.
And if it doesn't work with FreeBSD on just about any new laptop, I
can't honestly recommend it to anyone for this purpose.
Rainer
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