From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 3 16:14:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E2CE106568D for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:14:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: from 28dayslater.mr.itd.umich.edu (28dayslater.mr.itd.umich.edu [141.211.12.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A54B28FC1C for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:14:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: FROM tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.93.161]) By 28dayslater.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4B699ADF.34AA0.27253 ; 3 Feb 2010 10:48:47 EST Received: FROM itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu (itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu [141.213.135.249]) By tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4B699ADD.B5DDC.5335 ; Authuser web; 3 Feb 2010 10:48:45 EST Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:48:16 -0500 From: William Bulley To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100203154816.GA91140@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE driver support on Thinkpad T500 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: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:14:09 -0000 My T500 has Intel 5300 (AGN) wifi hardware on-board, but it is not detected by any of the FreeBSD wireless device drivers I found in the GENERIC kernel. I have rebuilt my kernel with all the wireless device drivers listed in the GENERIC kernel and am running 7.2-STABLE. Would it do any good to upgrade to 8.0-STABLE, or am I out of luck with this particular piece of wireless hardware? If so, I am hoping that Lenovo designed the T500 with a removable wifi module so that I might (possibly) replace it with one supported by the ath(4) driver. Thanks in advance. Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu 72 characters width template ----------------------------------------->|