From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 02:20:40 2007 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC78416A40F; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:20:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hartzell@alerce.com) Received: from merlin.alerce.com (merlin.alerce.com [64.62.142.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF72E13C442; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:20:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hartzell@alerce.com) Received: from merlin.alerce.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merlin.alerce.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B95A33C5D; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:02:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from satchel.alerce.com (w092.z064001164.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.1.164.92]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "satchel.alerce.com", Issuer "alerce.com" (verified OK)) by merlin.alerce.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D3533C5B; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:02:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from satchel.alerce.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by satchel.alerce.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1L24c4V093302 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:04:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hartzell@satchel.alerce.com) Received: (from hartzell@localhost) by satchel.alerce.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l1L24a9n093289; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:04:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hartzell) From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17883.43187.950510.959919@satchel.alerce.com> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:04:35 -0800 To: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <45DB2EE3.5853.473629@dan.langille.org> References: <Your message of "Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:15:12 GMT." <45DACA30.8010107@freebsd.org> <20070220191125.B2FB645042@ptavv.es.net> <45DB2EE3.5853.473629@dan.langille.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under 21.4 (patch 20) "Double Solitaire" XEmacs Lucid X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations for 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: hartzell@alerce.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD <freebsd-mobile.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile>, <mailto:freebsd-mobile-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-mobile-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile>, <mailto:freebsd-mobile-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:20:40 -0000 Dan Langille writes: > On 20 Feb 2007 at 11:11, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:15:12 +0000 > > > From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> > > > > * No WiFi > > > > Get a cheap Atheros mini-PCI card. It is supported on the T42 BIOS and > > works well on FreeBSD. Much cheaper then a new laptop. > > Nik: I bought one of those, direct from IBM. It hss worked > flawlessly on my T41. > Does the T42 bios support *any* Atheros card, or just the ones that IBM sells? g.