Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 15:52:30 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A30p BIOS updates? Message-ID: <20030515225230.AC4045D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> of "Thu, 15 May 2003 18:40:17 EDT." <ba14tc$bh$1@main.gmane.org>
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> From: "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> > Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:40:17 -0400 > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > Howdy list, > > I know a bunch of you have IBM Thinkpads. I just bought an A30p myself. > Before I put FreeBSD on it, I have the option to download a butt-load of > updates, including a BIOS update. > > Should I go for it? I heard the most recent BIOS update doesn't do much for > ACPI support under FreeBSD... but is the BIOS version I have right now > broken too? Jesse, Yes. There are a number of problems that are fixed in more recent BIOSes from IBM, especially the APM stuff works much better with a recent BIOS. I have seen no regression with the latest BIOS, but YMMV. You probably also want to get the latest PCDoctorDOS update. It does hardware diagnostics and comes as a group of floppy images. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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