From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 7 14:26:21 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 861131065675 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 14:26:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C468FC0C for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 14:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [93.104.67.1] (helo=localhost.my.domain) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RYIRv-00068d-01; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:26:19 +0100 Received: from localhost.my.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id pB7EQH6N003173; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:26:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.4/8.14.3/Submit) id pB7EQENB003172; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:26:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:26:13 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20111207142613.GA3142@tinyCurrent> References: <4EDEFACB.3000809@gmail.com> <4EDF620B.9030706@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4EDF620B.9030706@infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT r214444 (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Originating-IP: 93.104.67.1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about hardware support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:26:21 -0000 El día Wednesday, December 07, 2011 a las 12:54:35PM +0000, Matthew Seaman escribió: > 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. One good method is to let it boot a recent Knoppix DVD and see what chips it 'sees'; it will not touch the installed OS; matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ UNIX since V7 on PDP-11 | UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2 | FreeBSD since 2.2.5