From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 7 12:54:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B18F106564A for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:54:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD8F8FC16 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:54:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:fa1e:dfff:feda:c0bb]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pB7CsiJV007085 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:54:44 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.4.1 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk pB7CsiJV007085 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1323262484; bh=36/C+0eXjr9yJrL3CbXjG6igjuBPhv1PYYOEcAhs70U=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc; b=vOITvI1wKJeLp6BA+xLFq2X4vrBsJ+0XaikF7hOd/jJcI1heyrdpdlaFVvDYxaOiH HlAYmUflfvTJHPX+YE9xcsRR3tuQh1KXvnxqQjrDELXWWdLoyX2E/dV3N88k2NhBHy IO9/IKou40G/SDs7eUyDnQ1ALVcUj5OkMI6OnWYc= Message-ID: <4EDF620B.9030706@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:54:35 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4EDEFACB.3000809@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4EDEFACB.3000809@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.3 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig37BD004FB99F67CF8F229F34" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: Question about hardware support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:54:48 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig37BD004FB99F67CF8F229F34 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/12/2011 05:34, Ammar Shaarbaf wrote: > Are there any FreeBSD drivers for Acer Aspire 3610? >=20 This is the closest hardware match I could find: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html?action=3Dshow_laptop_detail&= laptop=3D12882 Drivers in FreeBSD are generally described in terms of the specific components (motherboard chipset, NIC, SATA controller, etc. etc.) rather than in terms of a specific whole machine produced by a manufacturer. Laptops are particularly tricky in this regard, and if no-one else has reported on your particular model, generally the best procedure is to try booting the device using a USB or CD-Rom image, and see what does and doesn't work. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig37BD004FB99F67CF8F229F34 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7fYhMACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwLqACfejQbr6RSzxwoltIIr4pQ+JEF fzIAnRP5g/u2LTJDh7DBNOGi4Vuk1K9x =AMww -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig37BD004FB99F67CF8F229F34--