From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 9 18:43:53 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2518FB70561 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 18:43:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-f53.google.com (mail-it0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F14BF10D4 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 18:43:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-f53.google.com with SMTP id a5so45380691ita.1 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:43:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=0jBZpw4WNxs49VzmAwJ3nfrV7iiCZ7BCmYjHOXTjM0c=; b=Z2RvtWxVRG0rZhcoWZjxqC5KyEdDrMxUC2WzOxu888G2vMfEkbyrgJ7vQWJoPNhbmB fh4WRc3dR5MO2k0HMzDOigGOMiNGF2rMMTNNEwvD7HxMg7MFi7uvwa6Rpo3akTE7odIu ZYzj0yqCXU0Ydc1Xn8LzOBF0t9lAV4mjWZ4YNGLDmWUgdAp/kViN6Ac2kJ5+yU3zgIBw j2zlWBxaewUsXv3spMXXxJ0208kJkuBpE2c7E2v3kHtn6dlasQuL1MUsNUHW17BDup45 mi+zUDCOP2NKcqjV12CcionmK9P3y1FyU6d83yHZ6MWCw+bENDtPkZavaxJCSeQvo3SQ 4atw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tLRehf8IngQHceHjY1iXEgJEIZJ3jC7//oaNwsnyTHse9ka46ppjrZDvFHHpLvgJg== X-Received: by 10.36.19.16 with SMTP id 16mr20690911itz.76.1465497826620; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:43:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (174-30-204-156.mpls.qwest.net. [174.30.204.156]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 127sm3773875iov.34.2016.06.09.11.43.44 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:43:45 -0700 (PDT) References: <861t478ppu.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <45577.128.135.52.6.1465422185.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <19828.128.135.52.6.1465484549.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Cc: Christian Baer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice for buying a laptop In-reply-to: <19828.128.135.52.6.1465484549.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:43:46 -0500 Message-ID: <864m9242zh.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 18:43:53 -0000 Valeri Galtsev writes: > Intel WiFi adapters with model numbers 6xxx and 7xxx require some > additions/modifications to wireless stack on FreeBSD. These adapters will > not work under FreeBSD. If you're reading this message, then you can be absolutely certain that the Intel Centrino 6205 chip---the kind shipped in the exact make and model of the laptop the OP is interested in---works just fine with FreeBSD. The 10.1-RELEASE installer automatically detected and configured it. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------