From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 26 20:21:22 2011 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 3234E106566B for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:21:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bastian@annwfn.net) Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23348FC12 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:21:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFE1720C85 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:01:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:01:57 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=BpAsaPoDDwkuh9WkeUn1wDN1M3g=; b=Q0kBTFiTcwDHzZYhGuWF4bRpsbGiA/Wg4w5sIzXhOErrV0bcDDx0gz9glR/SdXfwE17QB0BfPS3KZCzyKmxfKbQkVU6s10D97K01QObOFdptwqKwiiKAWCR48yUfP4yZ9Z7lG6wfJAqQ26ltGAAcP36b3bJrfFdE094vJWpj02k= X-Sasl-enc: hXZfIVUJ99H5gyKvidk+1IZvp+k6zGwbgreBUk5JtEGy 1309118517 Received: from niamh (p54A3A928.dip.t-dialin.net [84.163.169.40]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 37B34441B0B for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:01:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:03:40 +0200 From: Bastian Rieck To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110626220340.69fa110e@niamh> In-Reply-To: References: <1309023264.31961.1467170105@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? 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: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:21:22 -0000 On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:34:17 -1000 Kevin Oberman wrote: > [...] > As far as wireless goes, look out for Lenovo "1x1" wireless. It's a > Realtek card and there is no support for it. The Intel cards > (Centrino) should do OK with IWN. I would be delighted if an Atheros > card would work, but Lenovo locks PCI IDs for wireless, so I suspect > Atheros won't work since Lenovo no longer sells them. Thanks --- I should be able to find this out from the vendor. > Almost all new systems use the integrated Intel 3000 GPU which won't > work with FreeBSD until GEM/KMS support is available. If you can find > AMD graphics or nVidia graphics OTHER THAN OPTIMUS, you are fine, but > I don't think this will be easy. Lenovo does sell some AMD based > laptops with Redeon graphics and hose might be your best bet. My R50e suffers from the same lack of drivers. Is there a rough guess when GEM/KMS might be coming to FreeBSD? I recall that the new `xorg-video-intel` driver has been marked as broken for quite some time. > Good luck! FreeBSD on laptops is a real problem ATM. Thanks :-) Kind regards, Bastian