From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Nov 25 12:52:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA27092 for mobile-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:52:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA27082 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:52:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.cybercity.dk [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA00374; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 21:50:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: jose@dial.pipex.com (Jose Marques) cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What does "unsupported" really mean? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 25 Nov 1997 19:00:40 GMT." Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 21:50:43 +0100 Message-ID: <372.880491043@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message , Jose Marques writes: >I'm thinking of buying a laptop to run FreeBSD (yet another disillusioned >Mac user abandoning ship). The models I've looked at all have some form of >"unsupported (at the current time) by FreeBSD" hardware, i.e. CardBUS, XV >ports, USB ports etc. Does this mean that I can't use FreeBSD on these >machines? Or (hopefully) can I still use FreeBSD but not use the hardware >in question? That has worked for me on all my machines so far :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."