From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Nov 29 14:47:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CCC337B401 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:47:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA02228; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:46:47 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20001129154312.045da6d0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:46:41 -0700 To: Greg Lehey From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Cc: webmaster@wmptl.com, bwoods2@uswest.net, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20001130085351.L48277@echunga.lemis.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20001129110537.0498b6c0@localhost> <3A25415D.C7E9B04F@wmptl.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20001129110537.0498b6c0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 03:23 PM 11/29/2000, Greg Lehey wrote: >> If the problem is purely the integer assigned as the partition type, >> why not patch the code to allow an alternate number? > >Well, it's a support nightmare, but that seems to be the thing to do. > >> Also, do any of the other BSDs happen to use a different number? > >Yes, they all do. NetBSD uses 169, OpenBSD uses 166. I'm going to >send a message to both groups. Agreed; this is one area where solidarity can help. A manufacturer would likely think twice before ticking off ALL of the BSDs (including BSD/OS). --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message