From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 2 01:58:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C3AC16A401 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 01:58:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from tinker.exit.com (tinker.exit.com [206.223.0.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA68243D46 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 01:58:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from realtime.exit.com (realtime [206.223.0.5]) by tinker.exit.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k321wFU6003443; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:58:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from realtime.exit.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by realtime.exit.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k321wEU1001727; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:58:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: (from frank@localhost) by realtime.exit.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k321wDj4001726; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:58:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) X-Authentication-Warning: realtime.exit.com: frank set sender to frank@exit.com using -f From: Frank Mayhar To: Mikko =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= In-Reply-To: <20060401160919.Y81445@spirou.home> References: <20060329154012.GA20678@gremlin.foo.is> <20060401160919.Y81445@spirou.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Organization: Exit Consulting Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:58:13 -0800 Message-Id: <1143943093.1568.2.camel@realtime.exit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1365/Sat Apr 1 14:49:56 2006 on tinker.exit.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Baldur Gislason , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 630m X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: frank@exit.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:58:23 -0000 On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 16:14 -0800, Mikko Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi wrote: > The bfe driver is broken for machines with more than 1GB of RAM. > If that is the case you'll have to use the NDIS driver (or set > hw.physmem to limit memory to 1GB...:-P) Odd. I'm running -current on an Inspiron 5160 that has a Broadcom BCM4401 and 2GB in it. No problems so far, at least not with just booting and letting it sit idle. I've been using wireless exclusively lately so I haven't been exercising the bfe driver, but you seem to imply that the machine would be DOA... --=20 Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/