From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 2 17:43:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 367EE7E2 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 17:43:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-la0-f54.google.com (mail-la0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F15A8FC12 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 17:43:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f54.google.com with SMTP id j13so2127699lah.13 for ; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 09:43:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=rPYWpmB7kFG0K1wtvwLlrnVn2+uBCSCcFJno+Y3qAaY=; b=owGFvd9A/TgVMg/K1zBK9ZulEc2We47YRo7HrLMQpMFlrPE68QT7mf8F7ZymABf+kd p8mQwydeaa8u7wqoXX2EXG+farx+cA5qGig3OyAdZlBrWxVwpwWAXAzXZOco0p4ARlMs pNHJCiADu75Y6bsd/XWJ+hVWw4X6WUIyq3jS4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=rPYWpmB7kFG0K1wtvwLlrnVn2+uBCSCcFJno+Y3qAaY=; b=TXXljzI9hJffxkMeHOdDcOoVN0YJrlgxeJhmq0k8S11Y1Ug8IlKKO56DbEmH51+ATN VOb746Eky3g8FfbWwo4HoteiophjFIBeco5hv67ns9Inoo1SgZWqzSgm7yTAl3xii3cZ LINPuqtgBqhvuLb35H4M11Fwz6cCx/i4SaMMPULT7/F7Rgqm/O6XdF0xYb32EC6fP/RT a/wKlDAYhSdbwGfQdeOBvELngvJbPKBJSzsT8HtpMBkPLXW0wIuMT2/ViwE573LyK2oA +vjg+aUxBTJU3Dc/DAUoMxu09+Yrd3+LP5k/6KQy/dFXPFTjcCgcehigTbgDIPBTNiO6 3Z8A== Received: by 10.112.103.135 with SMTP id fw7mr3312054lbb.17.1354470192170; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 09:43:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.154.168 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 09:42:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Eitan Adler Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 12:42:41 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: IdeaPad Y580 Laptop - 59359513 - Dawn Gray To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlcLYKmV9iQ5TKJi8he/LszwNiQhJI7QxdFufYcQYGlb3DVrmRsv8RldPuiTc+lfv4MiywM Cc: mobile@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:43:14 -0000 On 2 December 2012 10:17, Warren Block wrote: > Some Lenovo/Thinkpad BIOS implementations whitelist wireless cards, only > working with "approved" wireless cards. That also makes it more difficult > and expensive to replace the included card with an Atheros. This isn't critical *if and only if* the intel card works. should I expect problems? > Can the NVidia graphics be disabled in the BIOS so the Intel graphics can be > used alone? No clue - I don't own it ;( > Thinkpad 420/520 did not want to boot from GPT disks. The BIOS was probably > at fault, misidentifying GPT partitioning. That may have been fixed by now. I'll deal if I know this is coming :) -- Eitan Adler