From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 3 17:04:21 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 9208E106566C for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:04:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ED958FC14 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:04:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o13H4KJo008963; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:04:20 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o13H4KKn008960; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:04:20 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:04:20 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: William Bulley In-Reply-To: <20100203154816.GA91140@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> Message-ID: References: <20100203154816.GA91140@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:04:20 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 17:04:21 -0000 On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, William Bulley wrote: > 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. The wireless card in that system is an ordinary mini-PCI-e: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-71353 Be aware that IBM used to have a system BIOS that only allowed certain approved wireless cards. I don't know if that's still the case. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA