From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 2 01:34:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8418216A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 01:34:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from arginine.spc.org (arginine.spc.org [195.206.69.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0265843D1D for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 01:34:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bms@spc.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arginine.spc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CBDA654D3; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:34:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from arginine.spc.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arginine.spc.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 21986-03-19; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:34:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from saboteur.dek.spc.org (82-147-17-88.dsl.uk.rapidplay.com [82.147.17.88]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by arginine.spc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 636E765490; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:34:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: by saboteur.dek.spc.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2546A18; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:34:00 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:33:59 +0000 From: Bruce M Simpson To: Ludwig Schreier Message-ID: <20040302093359.GE884@saboteur.dek.spc.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ludwig Schreier , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <18199CB0-6C2B-11D8-BAD8-000A959B8846@t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18199CB0-6C2B-11D8-BAD8-000A959B8846@t-online.de> cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "A IBM R40e report for FreeBSD users" or: "I want to buy a R40e, so is the R40e compatible with FreeBSD?" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:34:03 -0000 On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 10:22:15AM +0100, Ludwig Schreier wrote: > I am reporting about the new IBM R40e notebook and its compatibility > with FreeBSD. I nearly bought one of these on Saturday, but avoided it when I discovered it a) had the dreaded Broadcom ethernet chipset and b) lacked a serial port. BMS