From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 2 18:09:09 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D55F8E0 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2015 18:09:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-x22c.google.com (mail-pa0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A33AABBA for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2015 18:09:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f44.google.com with SMTP id rd3so85162239pab.3 for ; Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:09:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=wmb0fNxcG06ZwIgEIbEXF4RPGMxw5Q58x3ditp7IKFQ=; b=LPRZFQdgGwP5mwwdm+BLSZKDRMPjcN/JcNtxgmr/+53zqEy4HOYLsrXJaoyBY9hbpP r7cFW/WqGxpWylRZNUJvhdvaAUS7v3Qw4+zY3sO31dDsFgnCDz2jZsvf8MWItNuldwGV O3YbgmdYZeVT59+6j+B/6Ac3a4EaN1A22rptmPDrJXXZjLGY+8+QMunckcAlqPdUWGw/ nOuhHgXNCmpeWXGdD0cEfpP3+U8aQWv1eH0FZY11GjZ1r+7v0Mb8O68KOfZwundEdUfl wP4fmqOVPSyKASxJdzGcjoOjtLBYy2ePoTqkxQV2eKQ3GU+S30/Ae3LvMdU8ZpqoIg1E rQIQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.70.103.37 with SMTP id ft5mr31334055pdb.159.1422900549201; Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:09:09 -0800 (PST) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.67.22.231 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Feb 2015 10:09:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <86lhkge640.fsf@gly.ftfl.ca> References: <20150201113521.3c9bd5e4@B85M-HD3-0.alogt.com> <86lhkge640.fsf@gly.ftfl.ca> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 10:09:09 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: VPAdI6EDffx1nvK1Mc7qHywjm20 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Buying a laptop From: Kevin Oberman To: Joseph Mingrone Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:09:09 -0000 On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:32 AM, Joseph Mingrone wrote: > I also have had mostly positive experience with many Thinkpads. Note I > said Thinkpads and not Lenovos. > > Erich Dollansky writes: > > I use an Lenovo X220 with 10.1 since nearly three years. > > I also have an X220, running a recent 10-STABLE. Pretty much everything > works including wireless with the Intel Centrino Advanced-N > 6205 and suspend and resume. I haven't figured out how to control the > brightness and there is an annoying BIOS (bug/feature). You can't > legacy boot from a GPT-partitioned disk without UEFI. > > Joseph Head was recently fixed so that brightness now works fine. The patch applies cleanly to 10-stable (and 10.1) if you want to try it. My T520 has had working brightness since. Yes, it works with the Fn+HOME and Fn+END keys that are marked as brightness up and down on the keyboard. The patch is to the ACPI code in dev/drm2/i915.intel_opregion.c, though small changes were made to a couple of other files to enable access to the new code, It's in head as r270516 and Adrian has thus far not MFCed to 10-STABLE. If it works for you, you might let him know that you would like to see it done. -- Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com